SCIENTISTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN GUATEMALA -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Guatemala, An Overview -- CIVILIAN GOVERNMENTS -- A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE -- The Conflict -- Universities, Professors, and Students -- Disappearances -- The Myrna Mack Case -- THE COMMITTEES' WORK IN GUATEMALA -- VISIT TO GUATEMALA, JUNE 1991 -- The 1992 Mission -- TERMS OF REFERENCE -- GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVES -- The Mack Case -- Disappearances and Political Killings -- The Police and the Armed Forces -- Judicial System Officials -- Ministry of Public Health -- Office of the Ombudsman for Human Rights -- Presidential Coordinating Committee on Human Rights Policies -- UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS -- University of San Carlos -- Association for the Advancement of the Social Sciences -- SERVICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS -- National Coordinating Committee of Guatemalan Widows -- Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese -- Christian Children's Fund -- Behrhorst Foundation -- Findings and Conclusions -- THE GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT -- NONGOVERNMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS -- INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT -- POLITICAL KILLINGS AND DISAPPEARANCES -- THE CASE OF MYRNA MACK -- SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH -- Appendix A The Committees -- COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS -- COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- Appendix B Cases in Guatemala -- CASES PRESENTED ON MISSION -- Political Killings -- Disappearances -- ADDITIONAL CASES IN GUATEMALA -- Political Killings -- Disappearances -- Threats -- Other Human Rights Abuses -- Appendix C Members of the Delegation -- Appendix D Guatemalan Judicial Procedure and the Mack Case -- INITIAL INVESTIGATION -- THE PREPARATORY OR ''SUMARIO'' PHASE -- THE INTERMEDIATE OR "ABRE A JUICIO" PHASE -- THE ACCUSATORY PHASE -- THE APPELLATE PROCESS.