Perpetrator Accountability

IJM Vice President of Field Operations Sean Litton shares why holding perpetrators accountable matters to him -- and how it's changing survivors' lives.

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[poloferghail]

Wall Photos so my question is wat is gong to happen to the perpatrators of ths injustice and will you accept your accountability

[intljusticemission]

@poloferghail Thanks for the good question. IJM works in countries where it is against the law to commit crimes against the oppressed (i.e. sex trafficking of minors, forced labor, etc). The perpetrators are tried in the judical system of the country and their sentences will vary according to the crime. Hope this helps!

[poloferghail]

‎26 ‎September ‎2011, ‏‎13:12:55 | jeffjournalism

Dubliner lost five years behind bars in Central America — then cleared of alleged crime

Jeff Farrell.

A Dublin man acquitted of the attempted rape of a nine-year-old girl in Guatemala returned to the Central American country this weekend to fight the authorities for compensation.

Paul Farrell (53) spent almost five years behind bars before he was found innocent in February of the charges in relation to the girl, now 14,

[poloferghail]

you are missing the point and tha ist the IJ M guatemala was the perpatrator and who is going to make them accountable .....or is it that you are accountable to no one..... these.double standerds are not acceptable it is not a very christan act ..........

[poloferghail]

i spent 5 years in a guatemalan prison because of a fabrication by the guatemalan AG and the IJM guatemala they kept me there in a legal limbo trying to force me to say i was guilty of a crime which i was innocent of and every time i i got a new trial date they would appeal it and would approach my lawter and said that if i sai dthat if i saidi was guilty they would let me go free after 1734 days in prison i was found not guilty by a panel of 3 judgesrthat i was innocent

[judyblueshoes]

All power to you and respect. Without consistent convictions traffickers are laughing all the way to the bank, wrecking lives on the way. I have sat in EU courtrooms while traffickers have walked free. Revolting.