Document #1204072
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Attached please find a copy of the
above-mentioned document and accompanying introductory remarks by
Dr. Philip Heymann, Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice of
Harvard University, to the 17 July 1990 hearing of the Subcommittee
on Western Hemisphere Affairs, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House
of Representatives. The Subcommittee was considering options for
United States policy towards Guatemala. The document provides
information on the reasons that the Harvard Law School withdrew
their support and participation from a USAID project that focused
on reforming the Guatemalan judicial system.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachment
United States Congress, House of
Representatives, Committee of Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on
Western Hemisphere Affairs. 1990. Options for United States
Policy Towards Guatemala: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on
Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Committee of Foreign Affairs,
House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second
Session, July 17, 1990. Washington, DC: United States
Government Printing Office, pp. 4-44.