Governing the Past: the Process of Transitional Justice in Mexico, 2001-2006.

This paper explores the many factors that caused the process of transitional justice in Mexico to result in impunity. It examines the historical development of the process of transitional justice since the creation of the Special Prosecutor’s Office in 2001 until it was closed down in 2006. The guid...

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Autor: Treviño Rangel, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Foro Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.forointernacional.colmex.mx:article/2187
Acceso en línea:https://forointernacional.colmex.mx/index.php/fi/article/view/2187
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:transitional justice
Mexico
impunity
genocide
forced disappearance
justicia transicional
México
impunidad
genocidio
desaparición forzada
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Sumario:This paper explores the many factors that caused the process of transitional justice in Mexico to result in impunity. It examines the historical development of the process of transitional justice since the creation of the Special Prosecutor’s Office in 2001 until it was closed down in 2006. The guiding question in this paper is: what factors allowed this process of transitional justice to protect rather than punish perpetrators of past crimes in Mexico?