questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by Independent Delegation of International Lawyers to Guatemala, entitled We are not trespassers: this is our land: Agrarian conflict and Indigenous peoples’ rights in Alta Verapaz, published on 19 October 2023, whether his Department is taking steps to help protect (a) indigenous communities and (b) land rights in Guatemala.
answerText: When I [Minister Rutley] visited Guatemala in April, I spoke with representatives from civil society groups about the need to protect space for environmental and human rights defenders including from indigenous communities. These concerns are regularly re...
heading: Guatemala: Indigenous Peoples and Land