Mexican judges say judicial reform violated human rights

Cd. of Mexico .- A group of 14 federal judges who were or continue to perform their role requested the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to review their case and determine the reparation for the damage for the violation of their fundamental guarantees with the application of judicial reform. In a statement, the New York City Bar Association reported this Tuesday that, through the program "Cyrus R. Vance Center for International J…

Mexican judges say judicial reform violated human rights

Fourteen current and former federal judges in Mexico filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights calling for \"reparation for human rights violations\" that they say were caused by the country's recent overhaul of the judicial system, a group representing the judges said in a statement on Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In the daily life of those who seek justice, there is a natural expectation: that judges will rule impartially, promptly and clearly. However, those who are in charge of complex judicial processes, especially those related to the award of property rights, face a very different reality. In particular, cases where a company or person legally acquires a “disputed right” (i.e., the right to pursue a trial or to collect a debt already recognized by t…

Fourteen federal judges and former judges filed a petition “to obtain a full remedy for the violation of their human rights” caused by the judicial reform, they said in a statement this Tuesday a group representing fourteen federal judges and former judges, reported that they filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) “to obtain a comprehensive remedy for the violation of their human rights” caused, they claim, b…

At least fourteen people, who were serving as judges of the Federation’s judiciary, filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) last week documenting several human rights violations resulting from the recent reform and calling for an expedited decision on measures to remedy the damage to judges and magistrates. Petition to the IACHR The petition states that petitioners were “directly affected” by the judicial refo…

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