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📰 New Attorney General appointed in Guatemala, Porras’ disastrous tenure ended 🇬🇹

On 17 May, Gabriel García Luna was appointed as Guatemala’s new Attorney General, sparking hopes for change in the system ⚖️

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 ‌𝘵𝘰 ⁠𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥.” —𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘰 𝘈𝘳é𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘰

This comes after the disastrous tenure of the outgoing Attorney General Consuelo Porras – who has been sanctioned by more than 40 countries for undermining and the .

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 94% 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬’ 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. (Source: ‘Efficiency or Impunity’, INECIP 2025)

The new Attorney General will face major challenges in restoring judicial independence and rebuilding public confidence in the justice system. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e6tKBuPR


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🗣️𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲?

At our recent Policy Hub in Berlin, we brought together a multidisciplinary group of practitioners, researchers, and experts in partnership with the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge.

🧠The diversity of expertise spanned the areas of law, AI and human-computer interaction, anthropology, digital heritage, media and memory studies, journalism, and transitional justice.

Perspectives were shared from Syria, Poland, the Balkans and Chile, enabling a rich and cross-contextual exchange. Participants highlighted:

❗The complexity of applying these technologies in sensitive contexts, pointing to the need for careful governance, inclusive processes, and ongoing ethical reflection
❗The need for more specific guidance on the use of AI and emerging technologies in transitional justice contexts, validating our ongoing work and strategic focus in this area

Discussions uncovered a shared understanding around the importance of 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬.

💡 Find out more: https://lnkd.in/e3zbtHtk

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The hub marked an important step in building a collaborative space for continued exchange and policy development. We thank colleagues from institutions such as the University of Cambridge (Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence), the University of Sussex (Landecker Digital Memory Lab), the The University of Edinburgh, Durham University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, as well as the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews for their participation.

The hub also brought together representatives from the Trust Fund for Victims at the ICC, the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), the Data & Society Research Institute, the Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft (EVZ), the Syria Prisons Museum, and Nuestra MemorIA in Chile.