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Indigenous Peoples

Guatemala
  • English
    Guatemala is formed by diverse ethnic groups among which are found the indigenous groups of Mayan descent. The State recognizes, respects, and promotes their forms of life, customs, traditions, forms of social organization, the use of the indigenous attire by men and women, [and their] languages and dialects. (Art. 66)
  • Spanish
    Guatemala está formada por diversos grupos étnicos entre los que figuran los grupos indígenas de ascendencia maya. El Estado reconoce, respeta y promueve sus formas de vida, costumbres, tradiciones, formas de organización social, el uso del traje indígena en hombres y mujeres, idiomas y dialectos. (Art. 66)

Indigenous Peoples

Guatemala
  • English
    The administration of the educational system must be decentralized and regionalized.
    In the schools established in regions with a predominantly indigenous population, the education must be provided preferentially in [a] bilingual form. (Art. 76)
  • Spanish
    La administración del Sistema educativo deberá ser descentralizado y regionalizado.
    En las escuelas establecidas en zonas de predominante población indígena, la enseñanza deberá impartirse preferentemente en forma bilingüe. (Art. 76)

Indigenous Peoples

Guatemala
  • English
    The labor activities that involve the transfer of workers outside of their communities, will be the object of protection and legislation to assure adequate conditions of health, security, and social prevision that prevent the payment of wages [that are] not adjusted to the law, the disintegration of those communities and in general all of discriminatory treatment. (Art. 69)
  • Spanish
    Las actividades laborales que impliquen traslación de trabajadores fuera de sus comunidades, serán objeto de protección y legislación que aseguren las condiciones adecuadas de salud, seguridad y previsión social que impidan el pago de salarios no ajustados a la ley, la desintegración de esas comunidades y en general todo trato discriminatorio. (Art. 69)

Indigenous Peoples

Guatemala
  • English
    Through special programs and adequate legislation, the State will provide state lands to the indigenous communities who may need them for their development. (Art. 68)
  • Spanish
    Mediante programas especiales y legislación adecuada, el Estado proveerá de tierras estatales a las comunidades indígenas que las necesiten para su desarrollo. (Art. 68)

Indigenous Peoples

Guatemala
  • English
    The lands of the cooperatives, [the] indigenous communities or any other forms of communal or collective possession of agrarian ownership, as well as the family patrimony and the people's housing, will enjoy special protection of the State, [and] of preferential credit and technical assistance, which may guarantee their possession and development, in order to assure an improved quality of life to all of the inhabitants.
    The indigenous communities and others that hold lands that historically belong to them and which they have traditionally administered in special form, will maintain that system. (Art. 67)
  • Spanish
    Las tierras de las cooperativas, comunidades indígenas o cualesquiera otras formas de tenencia comunal o colectiva de propiedad agraria, así como el patrimonio familiar y vivienda popular, gozarán de protección especial del Estado, de asistencia crediticia y de técnica preferencial, que garanticen su posesión y desarrollo, a fin de asegurar a todos los habitantes una mejor calidad de vida.
    Las comunidades indígenas y otras que tengan tierras que históricamente les pertenecen y que tradicionalmente han administrado en forma especial, mantendrán ese sistema. (Art. 67)