This website is meant to serve as a tool for the dissemination of information and publications related to the provision of public security and the rule of law in Mexico. This website provides access to:

• Information about the Justice in Mexico Project, and the schedule of project activities, events and publications;
• Information from Mexican media on major news related to the justice reform and the challenges to the rule of law in Mexico;
• Information on non-governmental, academic and public institutions devoted to the analysis of the Mexican justice system;
• Information of experts from Europe, Mexico and the United States that focus their research or activities on the analysis of the rule of law and related topics; and
• Basic data on major indicators of crime, victimization, order and rule of law in Mexico and Mexican states.
• Information about the Justice in Mexico Project’s partnership with the Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, AC (CIDAC) in a comprehensive research project on criminal law and criminal law reforms at the sub-national level in Mexico. The Justice in Mexico Project proudly supports two research teams that work on the analysis of the status of criminal law in Baja California and Chihuahua. Click here to learn more about this partnership.

Recent Publications

Of interest to international and comparative law students and professors, the “Binational Forum on Alternative Criminal Justice” featured presentations and panel discussions on the application of alternative dispute resolution and sentencing mechanisms in Mexico. It included presentations by U.S. and Mexican experts who compared mediation, arbitration, and other pretrial and post-trial alternatives in the two countries. The forum also included detailed state-level analyses of criminal justice reforms in Coahuila, Baja California, and Nuevo León states.

Conference Report
"Reforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico" / "Reforma de la Justicia en México"

  

REFORMING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN MEXICO

Edited by:

Dr. Wayne A. Cornelius, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, UCSD
and
Dr. David A. Shirk, Associate Professor of Political Science, USD

University of Notre Dame Press, 2007

From the book's backcover: "This landmark study examines the challenges Mexico faces in reforming the administration of its justice system. The contributors cover five key themes in Mexican justice reform: crime and criminology, policing and police reform, legal actors and judicial reform, civic mobilization and oversight in the justice system, and practical policy recommendations for future improvement of the justice system."