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31 March 2017
MEXICO
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Title:
Mexico. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
11 August 2016
Accessed Date:
19 August 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Mexico City Center
Source:
Advantage Mexico. Accent Discount Travel.
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Title:
Mexique. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Title:
Map of DTO Areas of Dominant Influence by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (2013). Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations.
Source:
United States. Drug Enforcement Agency.
Date of Document:
September 2013
Accessed Date:
17 August 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; drug trafficking; map
Title:
Mexico Peace Index 2016: Analyzing the Changing Dynamics of Peace in Mexico
Source:
Institute for Economics & Peace
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; corruption; country overview; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; gangs; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; statistics
Title:
Mexico. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
Title:
Mexico. Amnesty International Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of assembly; freedom of the press; gangs; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; Internet; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Mexico. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez. Addendum. Mission to Mexico.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
29 December 2014
Accessed Date:
17 August 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Situation of Human Rights in Mexico
Code:
OEA/Ser.L/V/II.Doc. 44/15
Source:
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Date of Document:
31 December 2015
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of assembly; freedom of the press; gangs; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; Internet; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Treated with Indolence: The State's Response to Disappearances in Mexico
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 January 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; disappeared persons; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints
Title:
Out of Control. Torture and Other Ill-Treatment in Mexico.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
September 2014
Accessed Date:
17 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gender-based violence; indigenous groups; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police/security forces; race; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Mexico. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
24 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gangs; gender-based violence; government corruption; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons; transport infrastructure
Title:
Human Rights Challenges Facing Mexico
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; femicide; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Mexico
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
11 December 2013
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; race; religion; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Mexico. Submission to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances. 8th session, 2-13 February 2015.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 January 2015
Accessed Date:
17 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Mexico: Follow-Up Report for the Committee On Enforced Disappearances
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
28 June 2016
Accessed Date:
19 August 2016
Keywords:
disappeared persons; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions in follow-up to his mission to Mexico
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
6 May 2016
Accessed Date:
19 August 2016
Keywords:
children; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; medical records; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; witness protection
Title:
Ayotzinapa Report. Research and initial conclusions of the disappearances and homicides of the normalistas from Ayotzinapa
Source:
Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; legal system
Title:
In Defense of Life. Civil Observation Mission (MOC) Report on the situation of human rights defenders in Mexico 2015.
Source:
Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos
Date of Document:
September 2015
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Undeniable Atrocities: Confronting Crimes against Humanity in Mexico
Source:
Open Society Foundations. Open Society Justice Initiative.
Accessed Date:
19 August 2016
Keywords:
disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; statistics; torture
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Title One. Chapters II, III and IV, Articles 30-38. Political Constitution of the United Mexican States.
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents; indigenous groups; legislation
Title:
Documents required and government checks conducted in connection with issuing or renewing a passport; the length of time it takes to issue or renew a passport; differences among passports valid for one, three, six or ten years
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 September 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents
Title:
Whether Mexicans who move, but fail to change their address on their voter's card (Credencial para Votar) or on the document (constancia) provided with the population register identification number (Clave Única de Registro de Población, CURP)...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 June 2009
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Mexico Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
freedom of movement; identity documents
Title:
Voter identification card (credencial para votar); whether a cardholder must make notification of a change of address; whether it can be used as an identification document; whether the card is punched in some manner once a person has voted; ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 August 2014
Accessed Date:
28 August 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; crime; document fraud; election; identity documents; legislation
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung - BTI 2016 Mexico Report.
Source:
Gütersloh : Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; government corruption; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; social services; statistics
Title:
United Mexican States. Election for Cámara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies) of 7 June 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
17 August 2015
Keywords:
election; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Mexican Elections Overview
Source:
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
8 June 2016
Author:
Briseida Valencia Soto
Accessed Date:
19 August 2016
Keywords:
election; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; government corruption; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; statistics
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence
Accessed Date:
17 August 2015
Keywords:
crime; domestic violence; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; legislation; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Mexico. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
28 November 2014
Keywords:
children; crime; family law; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; political activities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Implementation of the General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence (Ley General de Acceso de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia) (June 2008-April 2009)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 May 2009
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of Mexico. Addendum. Information provided by Mexico in follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CEDAW/C/MEX/CO/7-8/Add.1
Date of Document:
10 April 2015
Accessed Date:
17 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Surviving Death: Police and Military Torture of Women in Mexico
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
28 June 2016
Accessed Date:
19 August 2016
Keywords:
drug trafficking; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; map; organized crime; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Domestic violence in the Federal District and the state of Jalisco, particularly in Guadalajara, including state protection and support services
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 September 2012
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; femicide; institutional efficacy; police efficacy
Title:
Women who head their own households without male or family support; domestic violence in the Federal District and Guadalajara; whether women who leave abusive partners can obtain housing and temporary employment in the Federal District...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 September 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; drug trafficking; femicide; gender equality; institutional efficacy; labour; legal system; social services
Title:
Shelters for women victims of violence in the Federal District; the possibility of obtaining a protection order (2006-April 2008)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 June 2008
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; legal system; social services
Title:
Child custody rights; the right of a parent to know the location of his or her children when the spouse relocates within Mexico; child abduction and legal recourse to protection (amparo) in custody situations; changes to child custody provisions...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 September 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; children; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; legislation
Title:
Violence against women in a non-domestic setting, including harassment, stalking, and physical assault; information about protection available to victims (2007-July 2010)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 September 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
femicide; institutional efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; sexual violence; social services; transport infrastructure
Title:
Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: Mexico
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Date of Document:
7 August 2012
Accessed Date:
9 September 2013
Keywords:
abduction; children; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; family law; femicide; freedom of expression; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Implementation of the General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence (Ley General de Acceso de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia) in the Federal District (June 2008-August 2011)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 September 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; femicide; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; legislation; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
State of Mexico Acknowledges Feminicides and Launches Gender Alert
Source:
Association for Women's Rights in Development
Date of Document:
19 August 2016
Accessed Date:
19 August 2016
Keywords:
extralegal executions/killings; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; political activities; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Information on the supreme court rulings regarding same-sex marriage, including societal attitudes
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 September 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
sexual minorities
Title:
Situation and treatment of sexual minorities, particularly in Mexico City, Cancún, Guadalajara, and Acapulco; state protection and support services available (2012-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 August 2015
Accessed Date:
25 August 2015
Keywords:
femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; minorities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Mexico president Enrique Pena Nieto vows to legalise same-sex marriage
Date of Document:
18 May 2016
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
family law; legislation; political activities; sexual minorities
Title:
Reports of sexual abuse committed by police officers against sexual minorities
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 September 2012
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
children; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence
Title:
The situation of transgender people, particularly in Mexico City, Cancún, Guadalajara and Acapulco, including how they are treated and the support services available to victims of ill treatment
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 April 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; police/security forces; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Situation of sexual minorities in Mexico City, Guadalajara (Jalisco) and Puerto Vallarta (Jalisco); whether there are support or advocacy groups acting on their behalf (2009-August 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 September 2012
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
police/security forces; sexual minorities
Title:
Report on Human Rights Conditions of Transgender Women in Mexico
Source:
Transgender Law Center; Cornell Law School LGBT Clinic
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; family law; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; identity documents; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; torture
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Mexico. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2016, Volume I : Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; government corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Recourse available to victims of the demand for bribes and other government corruption federally, in the Federal District, and in the states of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Puebla, Queretaro, Veracruz and Yucatan; legislation designed...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 August 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
government corruption; legislation; police corruption; witness protection
Title:
Mexico's Security Dilemma: Michoacán's Militias. The Rise of Vigilantism in Mexico and Its Implications Going Forward.
Source:
Insight Crime; Wilson Center
Author:
Dudley Althaus and Steven Dudley
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; government corruption; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence
Title:
Kidnappings for ransom, including the types of kidnapping, protection available to victims, the effectiveness of anti-kidnapping measures, and complicity of police officers (July 2009-August 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 September 2013
Accessed Date:
27 September 2013
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; gangs; police/security forces
Title:
Mexico. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2016, Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; drug trafficking; legal system; legislation; organized crime; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
The presence and structure of Los Zetas and their activities
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 March 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
armed groups; crime; drug trafficking
Title:
Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
22 July 2015
Accessed Date:
18 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; government corruption; internal displacement; Internet; map; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; statistics; torture
Title:
Drug Violence in Mexico. Data and Analysis Through 2015.
Source:
Justice in Mexico Project. University of San Diego.
Date of Document:
April 2016
Author:
Kimberly Heinle et al.
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of the press; gangs; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; map; organized crime; political activities; statistics
Title:
Whether 'death threats' are specifically mentioned in the Federal Criminal Code (Código Penal Federal, CPF) and/or state criminal codes; if so, punishment specified
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 January 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Title:
Crime situation; police and state response, including effectiveness; availability of witness protection
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 August 2012
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police efficacy
Title:
Organized crime; information on police and state response, including effectiveness; availability of witness protection (2013-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 August 2015
Accessed Date:
25 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Mexico. 2016 Crime and Safety Report : Guadalajara.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual violence; transport infrastructure
Title:
Mexico. 2016 Crime and Safety Report : Ciudad Juarez.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 April 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; organized crime; police efficacy; transport infrastructure
Title:
Mexico's Drug War: Balkanization Leads to Regional Challenges
Date of Document:
18 April 2013
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces
Title:
Peña Nieto's Challenge: Criminal Cartels and Rule of Law in Mexico. Latin America Report No. 48.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
19 March 2013
Accessed Date:
9 September 2013
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Mexico (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; sexual violence; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Mexico. 2016 Crime and Safety Report : Monterrey.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; statistics; transport infrastructure
Title:
Vanished: The Disappeared of Mexico's Drug War
Date of Document:
8 January 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; corruption; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political organizations; trafficking in persons
Title:
Mexico. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report : Mexico City.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; government corruption; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics; transport infrastructure
Title:
Violence in Mexico and Latin America
Source:
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Date of Document:
21 February 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
crime; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; police corruption; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; statistics
Title:
'Mexico at Peace'… an Incomplete Approach
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
June 2014
Author:
Angela Guerrero; Alejandro Hope
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; government corruption; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; organized crime; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Mexico's Kidnapping Hotspots: The High-Risk States
Date of Document:
11 September 2014
Author:
Marguerite Cawley
Accessed Date:
3 October 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; police efficacy; statistics
Title:
Mexico. 2016 Crime and Safety Report : Tijuana
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
7 March 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; trafficking in persons
Title:
The authority that issues the National Military Service Card (Cartilla del Servicio Militar Nacional) and the purposes for which it is issued; whether military cards are required in order to obtain employment, to acquire a passport or to be married...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 November 2008
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; military service
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Supporting Criminal Justice System Reform in Mexico: The U.S. Role
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
18 March 2013
Author:
Clare Ribando Seelke
Accessed Date:
9 September 2013
Keywords:
crime; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; statistics
Title:
Whether copies of preliminary investigation (averiguación previa) files can be obtained from the consulates general of Mexico in Canada
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 July 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Title:
Whether police from one jurisdiction could process complaints related to crimes that occur outside of their jurisdiction (2014-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 August 2015
Accessed Date:
25 August 2015
Keywords:
corruption; institutional efficacy; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Whether the regional office of the Attorney General of the Republic (Procuraduría General de la República, PGR) has the jurisdiction to handle a sexual assault complaint in Mexico, including Guanajuato; whether a person can file a complaint for...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 January 2013
Accessed Date:
27 September 2013
Keywords:
abduction; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Mexico: New Victims' Law Needs to be Implemented to be Effective
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 January 2013
Accessed Date:
9 September 2013
Keywords:
crime; judicial efficacy; legislation; organized crime; police/security forces
Title:
Procedures for initiating a criminal complaint/investigation (including for domestic violence) and whether the authorities are responsible for keeping the complainant informed of the status of the proceedings
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 September 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
legislation; organized crime; witness protection
Title:
Mexico and Its Legal System
Source:
Law Library Resource Exchange
Date of Document:
27 February 2008
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
Internet; legal system
Title:
Procedure for victims of crime to identify the accused; whether the victim must identify the accused in the same room
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 May 2009
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
crime; legal system; warrants; witness protection
Title:
Mexico. WJP Rule of Law Index 2015.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
18 August 2015
Keywords:
corruption; crime; freedom of expression; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; police corruption; police efficacy
Title:
Disappeared: Justice Denied in Mexico's Guerrero State. Latin America Report No. 55.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
23 October 2015
Accessed Date:
26 August 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy
Title:
Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico, 2008-2016. The Final Countdown for Implementation.
Source:
Justice in Mexico Project. University of San Diego.
Date of Document:
October 2015
Author:
Octavio Rodríguez Ferreira; David A. Shirk
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; penal system; political activities; statistics
Title:
The State of Judicial Reform in Mexico
Source:
Justice in Mexico Project. University of San Diego.
Date of Document:
25 July 2016
Author:
Nancy Cortés et al.
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; penal system; political activities; statistics
Title:
Detention Without Charge. The Use of Arraigo for Criminal Investigations in Mexico.
Source:
Justice in Mexico Project. University of San Diego.
Date of Document:
January 2015
Author:
Janice Deaton; Octavio Rodríguez Ferreira
Accessed Date:
24 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; penal system; political activities; statistics; torture
Title:
Mission Unaccomplished. Mexico's New Criminal Justice System Is Still a Work in Progress.
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
20 July 2016
Author:
Maureen Meyer; Ximena Suarez-Enriquez
Accessed Date:
26 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; political activities; statistics; torture
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Mexico's Police. Many Reforms, Little Progress.
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
May 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; election; extralegal executions/killings; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political organizations; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
The responsibilities and duties of police officers in the municipality of Juarez and the Federal District, including legislation governing police actions and effectiveness of police
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 April 2012
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; torture
Title:
The responsibilities and duties of police officers in Nuevo Leon and Veracruz, including police structure, legislation governing police actions, effectiveness of police, and dismissal of police forces
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 September 2012
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; torture
Title:
The Durango State elite anti-kidnapping group Unit Against Organized Crime (Unidad Contra el Crimen Organizado, UCCO) and the State Bureau of Investigation (Dirección Estatal de Investigación, DEI); requirements for joining the units; whether members...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 December 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; organized crime; police/security forces
Title:
Information contained in the National Registry of Public Security Personnel (Registro Nacional de Personal de Seguridad Pública), as well as information on the schedule for updating the information; whether the names of former and current police...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 July 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
police/security forces
Title:
Mexico. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
24 August 2016
Keywords:
drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; government corruption; institutional efficacy; Internet; legal system; legislation; organized crime; political activities; statistics
Title:
Mexico's Mechanism to Protect Human Rights Defenders and Journalists. Progress and Continued Challenges.
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America; Peace Brigades International
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; legal system; legislation; organized crime
Title:
Mexican Journalism, Still in the Line of Fire
Source:
Center for International Media Assistance. National Endowment for Democracy.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; political activities; statistics
Title:
Mexican editor flees after gunmen abduct and beat him
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Date of Document:
6 February 2015
Accessed Date:
18 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; organized crime
Title:
Mexico. Freedom of the Net 2015.
Accessed Date:
4 August 2016
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; government corruption; institutional efficacy; Internet; legislation; organized crime; police/security forces; social services; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Mexico. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
24 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; political activities; religion; statistics
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 9 of the Convention - Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Mexico
Code:
CERD/C/MEX/CO/16-17
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
4 April 2012
Accessed Date:
11 September 2013
Keywords:
human rights activists; indigenous groups; legal system; legislation; minorities; organized crime; penal system; political activities; race; social services
Title:
Mexico. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2014: Events of 2013.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
3 July 2014
Accessed Date:
18 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; gender equality; gender-based violence; indigenous groups; legal system; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; race
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
The use of government databases by third parties to locate persons; privacy issues; security of information about witnesses in the witness protection program (2008-September 2011)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 September 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
corruption; gangs; police corruption; police/security forces; witness protection
Title:
The Americas. Global Overview 2015: People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Center.
Date of Document:
May 2015
Accessed Date:
18 August 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender-based violence; internal displacement; legislation; organized crime; police/security forces; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Cases in which personal data from a bank account, cellular telephone or credit card statement have been used by the police or the population in general to locate a third party
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 July 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; identity documents; legislation; police/security forces
Title:
Increased Enforcement at Mexico's Southern Border. An Update on Security, Migration, and U.S. Assistance.
Source:
Washington Office on Latin America
Date of Document:
9 November 2015
Author:
Adam Isacson et al.
Accessed Date:
22 August 2016
Keywords:
children; freedom of movement; identity documents; institutional efficacy; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; statistics
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Mexico. The 2016 ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
24 August 2016
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; labour; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; statistics
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 August 2016:
Title:
Mexico. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 April 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=253027
Accessed Date:
19 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; warrants
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