Título II · Capítulo II Sección Tercera. Comunidades indígenas

Guatemala is formed by diverse ethnic groups among which are 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 indigenous dress by men and women, languages and dialects.

The lands of cooperatives, indigenous communities or any other forms of communal or collective tenure of agrarian property, as well as family patrimony and popular housing, shall enjoy special protection of the State, credit assistance and preferential technical assistance, which guarantee their possession and development, in order to ensure a better quality of life for all inhabitants.

Indigenous communities and others that have lands that historically belong to them and that they have traditionally administered in a special form, shall maintain that system.

Through special programs and appropriate legislation, the State shall provide state lands to the indigenous communities that need them for their development.

Labor activities involving the relocation of workers outside their communities shall be subject to protection and legislation that ensure adequate conditions of health, safety and social welfare that prevent the payment of wages not in accordance with the law, the disintegration of those communities and in general any discriminatory treatment.

A law shall regulate matters relating to the subjects of this Section.