Mexico

Important Documents

May 2017 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (Author)
Mexico

Report on domestic violence (relevant legislative framework; incidence of domestic violence; state protection)
Mexico: Domestic violence; COI Compilation (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1401475
May 2017 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (Author)
Mexico

Report on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) (relevant legislative framework; treatment of individuals of diverse SOGI by state and non-state actors; situation of human rights defenders advocating rights related to SOGI; state protection)
Mexico: Sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI); COI Compilation (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1401522
22 October 2015 | IDMC – Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (formerly Global IDP Project) (Author)
El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico

Report on violence exerted by elements of organised crime in Mexico and Central America (state measures against organised crime; migrant flows; humanitarian response and access)
New humanitarian frontiers: Addressing criminal violence in Mexico and Central America (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1344907
18 September 2013 | KAS – Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Author)
Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico

Report on indigenous and state justice (structure of indigenous communities; treatment of women in traditional law; death penalty for adultery in Bolivian traditional law; discrepancies between collective and individual rights; indigenous peoples and national law)
Indigenes und staatliches Recht in Lateinamerika; Miteinander oder nebeneinander? (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 1056517
4 June 2013 | Amnesty International (Author)
Mexico

Report on cases of missing persons and disappearances from 2006 to 2012 (scale; enforced disappearances from 1960 to 1990; prevalence; victims and their families; perpetrators; risks for human rights defenders; widespread impunity; government response)
Confronting a nightmare: Disappearances in Mexico [AMR 41/025/2013] (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1065801
6 December 2011 | Bechle, Karsten (Author), published by bpb – Federal Agency for Civic Education (Germany)
Mexico

Brief profile on the conflict with drug cartels in Mexiko
Konfliktporträt: Mexiko (Special or Analytical Report, German)
de ID 1264542
13 February 2008 | HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author)
Mexico

Report on the National Human Rights Commission, the official human rights organ (background, obligations under international law, remedies, reforms, publicity, collaboration, accountability)
Mexico`s National Human Rights Commission: A critical assessment (Special or Analytical Report, English)
en ID 1124343

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Important Documents

Report on domestic violence (relevant legislative framework; incidence of domestic violence; state protection)

Report on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) (relevant legislative framework; treatment of individuals of diverse SOGI by state and non-state actors; situation of human rights defenders advocating rights related to SOGI; state protection)

Report on violence exerted by elements of organised crime in Mexico and Central America (state measures against organised crime; migrant flows; humanitarian response and access)

Report on indigenous and state justice (structure of indigenous communities; treatment of women in traditional law; death penalty for adultery in Bolivian traditional law; discrepancies between collective and individual rights; indigenous peoples and national law)

Report on cases of missing persons and disappearances from 2006 to 2012 (scale; enforced disappearances from 1960 to 1990; prevalence; victims and their families; perpetrators; risks for human rights defenders; widespread impunity; government response)

Brief profile on the conflict with drug cartels in Mexiko

Report on the National Human Rights Commission, the official human rights organ (background, obligations under international law, remedies, reforms, publicity, collaboration, accountability)