Grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity under public international law: The case of Mexico
Author(s) -
Dorothy Estrada-Tanck
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ciencia jurídica
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2007-6142
pISSN - 2007-3577
DOI - 10.15174/cj.v8i15.296
Subject(s) - human rights , crimes against humanity , humanity , political science , law , treaty , international humanitarian law , international human rights law , international law , public international law , war crime
espanolEl marco juridico internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre violaciones graves de los derechos humanos y crimenes de lesa humanidad se ha desarrollado en los ultimos anos al grado de una iniciativa para un tratado autonomo sobre crimenes de lesa humanidad. Mexico ha sufrido varias reformas constitucionales y legales que aceptan la prioridad y la supremacia de los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos, pero al mismo tiempo enfrenta una de las peores crisis humanitarias de su historia. Se revisa la relacion entre el derecho internacional en esta area y los problemas y esfuerzos facticos, juridicos y metodologicos especificos realizados por diferentes actores en Mexico y se proponen formas de acercarse a mecanismos mas adecuados para realizar los derechos internacionalmente reconocidos de las victimas a la verdad, la justicia y las reparaciones. EnglishThe UN international legal framework on grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity has developed in recent years, to the degree of an initiative for an autonomous treaty on crimes against humanity. Mexico has undergone several Constitutional and legal reforms accepting the priority and legal supremacy of international human rights instruments but confronting one of the worst humanitarian crises of its history. This article reviews the relationship between international law in this area and the specific factual, legal and methodological problems and efforts undergone by different actors in Mexico and proposes ways to step closer to fulfilling victims’ internationally recognized rights to truth, justice and reparations.
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