Lost in
Transition
Bold Ambitions, Limited Results for
Human Rights Under Fox
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I. Summary and Recommendations
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Openness and
Transparency
Accountability and Law Enforcement
The Lessons of Ciudad Juárez
Recommendations
II. Openness: A New Approach to Foreign Policy
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The Old
Closed-Door Policy
A New Approach to Foreign Policy
Harmonization Efforts
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Ratification
of International Human Rights Treaties
Reforming Domestic Law
Embedding International Norms in the Constitution
The National Human Rights Program
Mechanisms to Ensure Continuity
III. Transparency: Ending the Culture of Official Secrecy
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Background
The Transparency Law
The Opening of Secret Government Archives
Transparency and Human Rights
Recommendations
IV. Accountability: Ongoing Impunity for Past Atrocities
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Background
The Special Prosecutor’s Office
Obstacles to Accountability
Shortcomings of the Special Prosecutor’s Office
Recommendations
V. Law Enforcement: Ongoing Abuses that Undermine Public Security
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Torture
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Mexico’s
Open Secret
The Incentive to Torture
Mexico’s Obligations Under International Law
Why Past Efforts to Curb Torture Have Failed
Fox’s Reform Package
Misguided Opposition to an Urgent Reform
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How the
Legal System Limits Judges’ Discretion
Impact on Prison Conditions
Mexico’s Obligations Under International Law
Fox’s Reform Package
Misguided Opposition to an Urgent Reform
VI. A Paradigmatic Case: Ciudad Juárez
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Scapegoats:
How Abuses Undermine Public Security
Using Foreign Policy to Promote Local Change
The Lessons of Ciudad Juárez
May 2006 ISBN 1-56432-337-4