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2 results foundAuthor: Ingram, Matt Title: Judicial Reform in Mexico: Toward a New Criminal Justice System Summary: This report addresses the ongoing changes that are taking place within the judicial system of Mexico that were approved by the Mexican Congress in 2008. Sector reforms are taking place in the following areas: criminal procedure; due process rights of the accused; modifications to police agencies and their role in criminal investigations; and tougher measures for combating organized crime. These reforms are to be implemented by the year 2016. This report discusses the specific changes that were proposed in the reform package, and the challenges ahead in implementing these reforms. Details: San Diego, CA: Trans-Border Institute, Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego, 2010. 50p. Source: Internet Resource; Accessed August 10, 2010 at: http://www.justiceinmexico.org/resources/pdf/judicial_reform.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Mexico URL: http://www.justiceinmexico.org/resources/pdf/judicial_reform.pdf Shelf Number: 119586 Keywords: Criminal Justice System (Mexico)Criminal Procedure (Mexico)Judicial Reform (Mexico) |
Author: Rodriguez Ferreira, Octavio Title: Civic Engagement and the Judicial Reform: The role of civil society in reforming criminal justice in Mexico Summary: Mexico has historically featured a relatively weak civil society, due to the influence of corporatist structures controlled by the Mexican state. Yet, with regard to the criminal justice system, as other reports in this series have discussed, Mexican civil society has recently shown some encouraging signs of engagement and activism in response to significant rule of law and security concerns. Specifically, with regard to judicial reform, Mexican civic activists were very engaged in the historic 2008 constitutional and legal reforms that produced one of the most important changes in Mexico's contemporary history. This reform, which established the foundation for the country's New Criminal Justice System (Nuevo Sistema de Justicia Penal, NSJP), brought about significant changes to the Constitution on matters of criminal law, access to justice, alternative and restorative justice, the prison system, pre-trial detention, presumption of innocence, criminal investigation, due process, public security, asset seizure or forfeiture, special detention regimes, labor conditions in public security, and legislative faculties of Congress in public security and addressing organized crime. Through these amendments, Mexico joined a wave of progressive reforms that has spread throughout Latin America towards a more effective, democratic, and transparent criminal justice system. While the NSJP was reached by the agreement of political parties and hard negotiations in Congress, civil society played a significant role in the process, not only demanding a more just system, but also in pushing for the discussion, keeping the issue in the national agenda, and pursuing its final approval. This report focuses on the role played by organized civil society in the judicial reform process, highlighting the efforts of certain organizations that became particularly influential and emblematic of civic activism in the area of criminal justice reform. To analyze how organized civil society became such an important player in the game, the author first walks through the reform process itself, then analyzes the social dimension of the NSJP, and ends with a look at how the NSJP and society have influenced one another. Through a qualitative approach, the author obtained primary and secondary materials in an effort to analyze and measure the influence of civil society in the reform process. Specifically, the author gathered information on civil society organizations (CSO) that were considered to be amongst the most involved, visible and influential in the creation of the NSJP. Details: Washington, DC: Wilson Center, Mexico Institute; San Diego, CA: University of San Diego, Justice in Mexico Project; 2013. 44p. Source: Internet Resource: Working Paper Series on Civic Engagement and Public Security in Mexico: Accessed August 23, 2014 at: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rodriguez_judicial_reform.pdf Year: 2013 Country: Mexico URL: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/rodriguez_judicial_reform.pdf Shelf Number: 129895 Keywords: Criminal Justice PolicyCriminal Justice ReformCriminal Justice SystemJudicial Reform (Mexico) |