Fredy Peccerelli
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Fredy Peccerelli a forensic anthropologist, is the Director and one of the founding members of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation
in Guatemala City
, a nongovernmental organization that exhumes mass grave
s of victims of Guatemala's civil war
. Peccerelli, along with members of his immediate family, has been the subject of repeated death threats as a result of his work.
In 1999, he was chosen by CNN
and Time Magazine as one of the "50 Latin American Leaders for the New Millennium."
In addition to his ongoing work in Guatemala, Peccerelli has conducted exhumations of mass graves in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina
. He testified about this work at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
on 13 March 2007.
Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation
The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation is an autonomous, non-profit, technical and scientific non-governmental organisation.Its aim is to strengthen the administration of justice and respect for human rights by investigating, documenting, and raising awareness about past instances of...
in Guatemala City
Guatemala City
Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...
, a nongovernmental organization that exhumes mass grave
Mass grave
A mass grave is a grave containing multiple number of human corpses, which may or may not be identified prior to burial. There is no strict definition of the minimum number of bodies required to constitute a mass grave, although the United Nations defines a mass grave as a burial site which...
s of victims of Guatemala's civil war
Guatemalan Civil War
The Guatemalan Civil War ran from 1960-1996. The thirty-six-year civil war began as a grassroots, popular response to the rightist and military usurpation of civil government , and the President's disrespect for the human and civil rights of the majority of the population...
. Peccerelli, along with members of his immediate family, has been the subject of repeated death threats as a result of his work.
In 1999, he was chosen by CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
and Time Magazine as one of the "50 Latin American Leaders for the New Millennium."
In addition to his ongoing work in Guatemala, Peccerelli has conducted exhumations of mass graves in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
. He testified about this work at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a...
on 13 March 2007.
External links
- A Guatemalan Returns to Help Find the 'Disappeared', summary of radio interview by Michele Kelemen on National Public Radio (full audio interview available). Original air date 2006-06-15, accessed 2008-06-16.
- Brief biography from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, accessed 2008-06-16
- A Conversation with: Fredy Peccerelli; 'The Bones Tell the Story': Revealing History's Darker Days interview in the New York Times by Claudia Dreifus on 2004-03-30, accessed 2008-06-16