En daarom is de Staat verantwoordelijk - Marianella García Villas

Summary "And that is why the State is responsible" - about the Salvadoran attorney Marianella García Villas (1948-1983) who served in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from 1974 to 1976 before resigning her post to found the first independent human rights commission in the country. After the 1979 coup d'état led to the installation of a military junta, she began documenting human rights abuses in the country, helping families report disappearances and imprisonments. Under personal threat and with escalating violations of rights, García took her documentation to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, gaining international notice of the situation inside the country. She was assassinated by the Salvadoran Armed Forces in 1983 and was posthumously awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Services to Human Rights.

SUnknownEn daarom is de Staat verantwoordelijk - Marianella García Villas

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Hans Emmering Marianella García Villas Paul Jacobs Mieke Westra

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : May 14, 1984

Countries of origin : Netherlands

Official sites : Official website

Language : Dutch

Production companies : VARA-TV Channel Nederland 2

Summary "And that is why the State is responsible" - about the Salvadoran attorney Marianella García Villas (1948-1983) who served in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from 1974 to 1976 before resigning her post to found the first independent human rights commission in the country. After the 1979 coup d'état led to the installation of a military junta, she began documenting human rights abuses in the country, helping families report disappearances and imprisonments. Under personal threat and with escalating violations of rights, García took her documentation to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, gaining international notice of the situation inside the country. She was assassinated by the Salvadoran Armed Forces in 1983 and was posthumously awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize for Services to Human Rights.

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : May 14, 1984

Countries of origin : Netherlands

Official sites : Official website

Language : Dutch

Production companies : VARA-TV Channel Nederland 2

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