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17 July 2015
MEXICO
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Mexico. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Title:
Mexico. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
20 June 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
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 in Mexico by DEA. Mexico's Drug Trafficking Organizations: Source and Scope of the Rising Violence.
Source:
United States. United States Drug Enforcement Agency.
Date of Document:
January 2012
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
armed groups; drug trafficking; map
Title:
Mexico. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2015
Accessed Date:
29 June 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; citizenship; corruption; corruption; corruption; corruption; crime; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual violence; social services; state surveillance; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons; warrants; witness protection
Title:
Mexico. Amnesty International Report 2013: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
9 September 2013
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; gangs; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Mexico. World Report 2014: Events of 2013.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of the press; gender equality; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; torture
Title:
The availability and accessibility of medication to treat individuals who are HIV positive; whether the individual has to be employed in order to access HIV medication
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 May 2008
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
sexual minorities
Title:
Mexico: Spiralling Human Rights Violations and Impunity. Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (17th Session of the UPR Working Group, October-November 2013).
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
March 2013
Accessed Date:
9 September 2013
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Mexico's Disappeared: The Enduring Cost of a Crisis Ignored
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2013
Accessed Date:
9 September 2013
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; disappeared persons; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; map; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; social services; statistics
Title:
Known Abusers, But Victims Ignored: Torture and Ill-Treatment in Mexico
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
October 2012
Accessed Date:
9 September 2013
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of assembly; gangs; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Mexico. Freedom in the World 2014.
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; children; corruption; country overview; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gangs; government corruption; indigenous groups; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
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
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:
20 August 2014
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:
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
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Protection available for an 18-year-old man who has been abused by his father; support services available
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 June 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; family law; social services
Title:
Femicide in Ciudad Juárez: Ever-Present and Worsening
Date of Document:
31 May 2011
Author:
Sophia Koutsoyannis
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; femicide; gangs; gender equality; government corruption; human rights activists; labour; police/security forces; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Medical records; procedures to obtain a copy from the hospital; the cost; the persons who can obtain a copy; the time it takes to obtain a copy; the possibility of obtaining a copy from Canada; responsibilities of a doctor when a crime is suspected...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 June 2008
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation; social services
Title:
Case Study: Violence Against Women in Mexican Law. A Parliamentary Response to Violence Against Women.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Date of Document:
December 2008
Author:
Ludivina Menchaca
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; femicide; legislation; sexual violence
Title:
What the Children from Each Country Are Saying? Mexico. Children on the Run.
Source:
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
children; crime; drug trafficking; organized crime; police/security forces; rejected asylum seekers; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
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:
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 state of Sonora; protection and resources available to women victims of domestic violence...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 October 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; children; domestic violence; legal system; legislation; sexual violence; 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:
Divorce law and practice, including separation agreements, custody, property dispositions, consent requirements, related issues from women's perspectives and in relation to spousal and child abuse, and legal requirements for taking children abroad...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 February 2005
Accessed Date:
19 March 2013
Keywords:
abduction; children; domestic violence; family law; identity documents; legal system
Title:
Protection available to women victims of domestic violence in the state of Veracruz (2005-January 2008)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 February 2008
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation; social services
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:
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:
Adoption of the General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence (Ley General de Accesso de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia) in the state of Guanajuato (2006-July 2010)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 August 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; legislation; sexual violence
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:
Adoption 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 state of Morelos (2007-July 2010)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 September 2010
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
domestic violence; femicide; legislation; sexual violence
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:
Treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation protecting sexual minorities, other state protection, recourse and services available; treatment of sexual minorites in the Federal District; information on the Zona Rosa
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 September 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
human rights activists; institutional efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; sexual minorities; torture
Title:
The Violations of the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons in Mexico: A Shadow Report
Source:
Global Rights; International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission; International Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School; Colectivo Binni Laanu A.C.
Date of Document:
March 2010
Author:
Virginia Corrigan
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
children; family law; identity documents; labour; penal system; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
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:
Mexico's Gay Rights Movement Gaining Ground
Date of Document:
28 January 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
family law; freedom of assembly; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; social services; statistics
Title:
The Mexican Supreme Court's (Sexual) Revolution?
Author:
Alejandro Madrazo; Estefanía Vela
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; legal system; sexual minorities; sexual violence
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Mexico. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2014, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; drug trafficking; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces
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:
Justice at the Barrel of a Gun: Vigilante Militias in Mexico. Latin America Briefing No. 29.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
28 May 2013
Accessed Date:
9 September 2013
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; indigenous groups; legislation; map; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; statistics; torture
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's Drug Trafficking Organizations: Source and Scope of the Violence
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
15 April 2013
Accessed Date:
9 September 2013
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; government corruption; human rights activists; map; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Drug Violence in Mexico: Data and Analysis Through 2013
Source:
Justice in Mexico Project. University of San Diego.
Date of Document:
April 2014
Author:
Kimberly Heinle et al.
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; drug trafficking; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; map; organized crime; police/security forces; 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:
Situation of organized crime; police and state response including effectiveness; availability of witness protection
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 September 2012
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police efficacy; trafficking in persons
Title:
Information on the Mexican federal government report 'Information on the Crime Phenomenon in Mexico' (Información sobre el Fenómeno Delictivo en México); copy of the report
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 June 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
crime; organized crime
Title:
The anti-crime operation launched in June 2011 by the National Conference of Governors (CONAGO)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 August 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; crime; drug trafficking; organized crime; police/security forces
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:
Mexico: Crime Rate Traffic Light 2014
Source:
RRS y Asociados, S.C.
Date of Document:
23 April 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
crime; statistics
Title:
Mexico (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; children; crime; document fraud; government corruption; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Executive Summary. Neither Rights Nor Security: Killings, Torture, and Disappearances in Mexico's 'War on Drugs'.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
November 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; medical records; organized crime; penal system; police report; police/security forces; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Vanished: The Disappeared of Mexico's Drug War
Source:
Human Rights Watch
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. 2014 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 February 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; gangs; humanitarian situation; organized crime; 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:
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:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
18 April 2011
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; gender equality; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; sexual violence
Title:
Whether police from one jurisdiction would process complaints related to crimes that occurred outside of their jurisdiction (May 2006)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 June 2006
Accessed Date:
22 October 2012
Keywords:
crime; drug trafficking; legal system; 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 Extended Profile. WJP Rule of Law Index 2014.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; freedom of expression; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; police corruption; police/security forces; religion; statistics
Title:
High Stakes in Mexico's Choice on Justice System Reform
Source:
Open Society Foundations. Open Society Justice Initiative.
Date of Document:
22 March 2013
Author:
Douglas Keillor; Javier Carrasco Solis
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system
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
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:
Stop Torture. Country Briefing: Mexico.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; drug trafficking; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; torture
Title:
Mexico. Freedom of the Press 2014.
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; Internet; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Dangerous Work: Violence Against Mexico's Journalists and Lessons from Colombia. A Report to the Center for International Media Assistance.
Source:
Center for International Media Assistance; National Endowment for Democracy
Date of Document:
11 April 2012
Accessed Date:
23 October 2012
Keywords:
corruption; crime; disappeared persons; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; Internet; organized crime; police/security forces
Title:
Mexico. Attacks on the Press in 2013.
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; judicial efficacy; legislation; organized crime
12.
Religion - (No items in this section)
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
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:
Mexico. Global Overview 2014: People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council. Internal Displacement Monitoring Center.
Date of Document:
May 2014
Accessed Date:
20 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; crime; human rights activists; identity documents; indigenous groups; internal displacement; labour; legislation; organized crime; religion; social services; statistics
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
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Mexico. ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
11 August 2014
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 29 August 2014:
Title:
Mexico. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 February 2014
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2013&dlid=220457
Accessed Date:
7 March 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; citizenship; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; drug trafficking; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; female genital mutilation; femicide; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; human rights activists; identity documents; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political organizations; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; state surveillance; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons; transport infrastructure; warrants; witness protection
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