Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar
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Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar is a judge.[1][2] She was the president of one of Guatemala’s two High Risk Court Tribunals.[2] A High Risk Court Tribunal is a kind of court that has authority in difficult cases. The cases are likely to cause people to become upset because they are related to politics or government.[3]
In 2014, Barrios received an International Women of Courage Award from the United States Department of State.[4][5]
Barrios was in charge of the trial of Efraín Ríos Montt, who ruled Guatemala with total authority.[2] This trial was the first time a national court tried a former leader of a country for genocide.[6][7] That trial decided that Montt was responsible for committing the crime of genocide against Ixil Mayans. The trial finished in 2013.[8]
However, on May 20th, 2013, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala decided that the decision was wrong and changed the decision. It ordered the trial to start again, because of a disagreement over the judges. Officials said that Ríos Montt's trial will start again in January 2015.[9][1] In April 2014, Barrios' authority as a judge was suspended for a year. This was because of a complaint against her by a lawyer who had a part in the trial of Efrain Rios Montt.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2014 International Women of Courage Award Winners - International Women of Courage Celebration". Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bios of 2014 Award Winners".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "AWIU » Introducing Judge Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar of Guatemala, a 2014 International Woman of Courage". AWIU. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ "US Honors International Women of Courage". VOA. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ "FITE Celebrates 2014 Women of Courage, Honored by First Lady". JoinFITE. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ Stearns, Scott. "US Honors International Women of Courage".
- ↑ "Ukrainian Euromaidan volunteer receives State Department's International Women of Courage Award".
- ↑ Mariano Castillo, CNN (10 May 2013). "Guatemala's Rios Montt guilty of genocide". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/10/world/americas/guatemala-genocide-trial/. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ "Guatemala Rios Montt genocide trial to resume in 2015". BBC News. 6 November 2013. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24833642. Retrieved 6 November 2013.