"This is a testimony to the perseverance of a band of victims, activists and supporters who made this trial happen," said Reed Brody, a Human Rights Watch lawyer from New York who was influential in pursuing the case.
"Whatever happens in the trial happens.
"This is the actual courtroom where the trial happened, and it's magical".
Having mobilized for over a decade to bring Mr. Ríos Montt to justice, they take enormous pride in making the trial happen.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a key funder of the TB Alliance along with the UK's Department for International Development, the United States Agency for International Development and other bodies, is supplying extra funding in to make the trial happen, but more is needed.
A third, more unexpected result of the trial happened when a burglar stole some of the tags from the labs.
And, most importantly, Americans can be proud of the process and the rest of the world can respect it because the trial happened according to the rules in a New York City courtroom.
Deliveroo's managing director in UK and Ireland, Dan Warne, said: "We want to be clear that this is a trial happening in certain parts of London.
I don't see that trial happening".
As Carron Tobin, co-ordinator for the local tourism co-operative, Heart of Argyll Tourism Alliance, explained: "We've got the Scottish beaver trial happening in our area.
