Overview
- First monograph on international criminal law in Mexico
- Proposes a legal framework for the prosecution of core crimes according to Mexico’s historical and political context
- Identifies patterns in Mexican legal practice
- Provides a thorough documentation on constitutional and legal amendments related to international criminal law
- Includes a number of tables setting out the information in a schematized fashion
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Features of the Mexican State and Its Relationship to International Law
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Incorporation of Major Sources of International Criminal Law: The Rome Statute and the Laws of War
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Interpretation and Application of International Criminal Law in Mexico’s State Practice
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Towards an Adequate Incorporation of International Criminal Law
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Implementation Rome Statute in Mexico
- Prosecution of core crimes in Mexico
- Crimes against humanity in Mexico
- Criminalization of grave breaches in Mexico
- Transitional justice
- Armed conflicts in Mexico
- Implementation of humanitarian law in Mexico
- Armed conflict in Chiapas
- War on drugs
- Human rights violations in Mexico
About this book
This book puts forward proposals for solutions to the current gaps between the Mexican legal order and the norms and principles of international criminal law. Adequate legislative measures are suggested for compliance with international obligations.
The author approaches the book's subject matter by tracing all norms related to the prosecution of core crimes and contextualizing each of the findings with a brief historical and political account. Additionally, state practice is analyzed, identifying patterns and inconsistencies. This approach is new in offering a wide perspective on international criminal law in Mexico. Relevant legal documents are analyzed and annexed in the book, providing the reader with a useful guide to the topics analyzed.
Issues including the following are examined: the incorporation of core crimes in the Mexican legal order, military jurisdiction, the war crimes definition under Mexican law, unaddressed atrocities, state practice and future challenges to combat impunity.
The book will be of relevance to legal scholars, students, practitioners of law and human rights advocates. It also offers interesting insights to political scientists, historians and journalists.
Tania Ixchel Atilano has a Dr. Iur. from the Humboldt Universität Berlin, an LLM in German Law from the Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Munich, and attained her law degree at the ITAM in Mexico City.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Criminal Law in Mexico
Book Subtitle: National Legislation, State Practice and Effective Implementation
Authors: Tania Ixchel Atilano
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-455-6
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: T.M.C. Asser Press and the author 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-6265-454-9Published: 27 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-6265-457-0Published: 29 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6265-455-6Published: 26 March 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 324
Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Criminal Law , International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law, Legal History, Human Rights, Constitutional Law