Mexico

Read the full report on Standing up for Justice and Dignity: Human Rights Defenders in Mexico.

December 2009
A report detailing the use of torture, arbitrary arrest, unlawful killings and other serious human rights violations by the Mexican army between October 2008 and August 2009

December 2009
Statistics of alleged human rights abuses carried out by the Mexican military

August 2008
Violence in the family is the most common form of gender-based violence experienced by women worldwide. In Mexico, in a 2006 national survey almost one in four women said that they had suffered physical and/or sexual violence at the hands of an intimate partner. This report focuses on cases of violence against women in the family in order to show that even in this area where official attention has been clearest, victims continue to encounter major barriers in obtaining justice and ensuring their safety. The report ends with recommendations to the authorities at all levels on the measures which they should take to fulfill their obligations under international law and to ensure that the protections promised by the law are made a reality in practice for women and their families throughout Mexico.

August 2007
Amnesty International has prepared this briefing in order to highlight human rights concerns associated with La Parota hydroelectric dam. The briefing focuses in particular on the rights of affected communities to information, to participation in decisions on development projects which affect the exercise of their human rights, to consultation and to effective legal remedy. It also highlights concerns about the displacement of local communities, which may amount to forced eviction, and instances of violence and intimidation that have surrounded the project. The briefing concludes with recommendations to the Mexican government, the CFE (Federal Commission of Electricity), federal, state and local authorities.

February 2007 This report examines in detail some of the failings of criminal justice system which often result in the arbitrary and unfair application of the law in Mexico, and presents recommendations to the government in five main areas: international human rights standards; public security and the criminal justice system; accountability; human rights defenders and rights of victims

February 2007
This report examines in detail some of the failings of criminal justice system which often result in the arbitrary and unfair application of the law in Mexico, and presents recommendations to the government in five main areas: international human rights standards; public security and the criminal justice system; accountability; human rights defenders and rights of victims

October 2006
An Amnesty International delegation visited Mexico State in June 2005 and interviewed several of the people arrested in May, as well as human rights organizations and the Mexican authorities. This report describes what happened to the women. This report shows how the Mexican authorities are still not taking effective steps to ensure that such abuses do not go unpunished.

December 2004
In connection with the violent events that took place in Guadalajara in May 2004; the manner in which many of these detentions were conducted, the way in which the prisoners were treated, the allegations of torture and ill treatment and failure to carry out an independent investigation are all violations of fundamental rights which raise doubts about the criminal proceedings at which the accused were tried.

March 2004
In this report Amnesty International considers developments over the last year in the struggle to end violence against women in Ciudad Juárez and the city of Chihuahua and makes a number of recommendations to the authorities on issues that remain unresolved and need urgent attention.