HIJOS

{{Short description|Two human rights organizations based in Argentina and Guatemala}}

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HIJOS is a recursive acronym for Hijas e Hijos por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio (English: Daughters and Sons for Identity and Justice Against Forgetfulness and Silence). It is the name of two organizations founded by children of people who were forcibly "disappeared" by military dictatorships in Argentina and Guatemala. The Argentine organization was founded in 1995 in Córdoba and La Plata.{{cite web|title=H.I.J.O.S.|url=https://cl.boell.org/es/2010/10/05/hijos-hijas-e-hijos-por-la-identidad-y-la-justicia-contra-el-olvido-y-el-silencio|lang=es|date=5 October 2010|author=Paloma de la Paz Montes Araya|work=Heinrich Böll Stiftung - Santiago de Chile|accessdate=20 June 2024}} The Guatemalan organization, founded in 1999 and based in Guatemala City, has received many death threats from government sympathizers.

HIJOS Guatemala raises awareness by painting graffiti style murals dealing with the death of their relatives and how Guatemalan youth and Mayan youth are treated in the country.

In Argentina in 1995, HIJOS started to perform escraches to raise public awareness about former dirty-war criminals being free despite their crimes.{{cite web|url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-187955-2012-02-20.html|author=H.I.J.O.S.|title=Astiz ya no camina por las calles|work=Página 12}}