"This report was written by Nik Steinberg ..."--P. 143. "February 2013"--Table of contents page. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Executive summary -- Recommendations -- Methodology -- Enforced disappearances -- Investigative failures -- Impact on families of disappeared persons -- A promising new approach: The case of Nuevo León -- Failure to prosecute enforced disappearances and other serious abuses previously documneted by Human Rights Watch -- Failure of the federal government to develop national databases of the disappeared and unidentified remains -- Enforced disappearances and Mexico's obligations under international law -- Inadequate domestic legislation to prevent and punish enforced disappearances -- Misuse of the military justice system to prosecute enforced disappearances -- Acknowledgments -- Annex 1. Cases of disappearances documented by Human Rights Watch -- Annex 2. Letter from Human Rights Watch to Alejandro Poiré Romero, Former Secretary of the Interior, March 1, 2012.
Summary:
"This 176-page report documents nearly 250 'disappearances' during the administration of former President Felipe Calderón, from December 2006 to December 2012. In 149 of those cases, Human Rights Watch found compelling evidence of enforced disappearances, involving the participation of state agents"--Publisher's website.
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