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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Bibliographic Details
Author: Treviño Rangel, Javier
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2014
Country:México
Institution:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repository:Foro Internacional
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.forointernacional.colmex.mx:article/2187
Online Access:https://forointernacional.colmex.mx/index.php/fi/article/view/2187
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:transitional justice
Mexico
impunity
genocide
forced disappearance
justicia transicional
México
impunidad
genocidio
desaparición forzada
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Summary: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?