2001 The Cases of the Foreign Generals Brought to Justice For Hector Gramajo, the former Minister of Defense of Guatemala, it was a proud day. He had been in the U.S. for nearly a year, pursuing post-graduate studies at Harvard’s…
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Joelito Filártiga 1995 Tyrants, Terrorists and Torturers Brought to Justice: U.S. Courts Provide Compensation for Victims Michael Ratner, former legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), is currently a member of its board of directors. Beth Stephens is a…
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1995 Holding the United States Accountable for International Crimes in Guatemala There’s little in the flat suburbs of Sacramento, California that I ever would have associated with epic tragedy before I flew there one warm afternoon to talk with a group…
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Two civil damages suits against Hector Gramajo, the ex-Defense Minister of Guatemala, may result in default judgments against him. In the first, Xuncax v. Gramajo, Gramajo is charged with designing, ordering, implementing and directing a program of massacres, murders, disappearances, widespread…
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Docket Report Fall 1992 Cases worked on by Michael Ratner: Haitians Centers Council, Inc. v. McNary – International Human Rights – Pages 10-11 Paul v. Avril – International Human Rights – Pages 11-12 Xuncax v. Gramajo – International Human Rights –…
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12-13Docket Report Fall 1991 Part 1 Docket Report Fall 1991 Part 2 Cases worked on by Michael Ratner: Xuncax v. Gramajo – International Human Rights – Pages 10-11 Ortiz v. Gramajo – International Human Rights – Page 11 Salas v. United States…
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While accepting a diploma in June 1991 during commencement ceremonies at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Guatemalan ex-Defense Minister Hector Gramajo was stopped and served legal papers charging that he designed, ordered, implemented and directed a program of massacres, murders,…
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