Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar
Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar is a judge and the president of one of Guatemala’s two High Risk Court Tribunals.[1] She was the presiding judge in the case of Efrain Rios Montt, a former dictator of Guatemala.[1] In that trial Montt was found guilty of the genocide of indigenous Ixil Mayans; the verdict came in 2013.[2] The trial was the first time a national judiciary tried a former head of state for genocide in his home country.[1] However, on May 20, 2013, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala overturned the conviction, voiding all proceedings back to April 19 and ordering that the trial be "reset" to that point, pending a dispute over the recusal of judges. Officials have said that Ríos Montt's trial will resume in January 2015.[3]
Barrios received a 2014 International Women of Courage award.[4][5]
As of April 2014 her judicial authority was suspended for a year due to a complaint against her by a lawyer who was involved in the trial of Efrain Rios Montt.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2014/bio/index.htm
- ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/10/world/americas/guatemala-genocide-trial/
- ↑ "Guatemala Rios Montt genocide trial to resume in 2015". BBC News. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ↑ http://www.voanews.com/content/us-honors-women-of-courage/1863937.html
- ↑ http://joinfite.org/fite-celebrates-2014-women-of-courage-honored-by-first-lady/
- ↑ http://www.awiu.org/2014/04/23/introducing-judge-iris-yassmin-barrios-aguilar-of-guatemala-a-2014-international-woman-of-courage/
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