Julio Gómez Lucas
HRD, Leader
Resistencia Pacífica de la Microregión de Ixquisis
Julio Gómez Lucas is a human rights defender, leader of the Maya Chuj community of San Mateo Ixtatán, and member of Resistencia Pacífica de la Microregión de Ixquisis (Peaceful Resistance of the Microregion of Ixquisis), a community movement defending human rights which was formed in response to grave rights violations committed in the name of economic development in Guatemala. The Peaceful Resistance of the Microregion of Ixquisis was the 2018 regional winner of the Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk.
Julio Gómez LucasCases
A climate of impunity in regard to human rights violations still prevails in the country, few attacks against HRDs are investigated and even fewer result in convictions.
