Washington D.C., October 25th, 2023 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights notifies the Government of Mexico of the initiation of proceedings for the admission of a case for possible human rights violations by denying the participation of victims of corruption in a grand corruption criminal proceeding. Washington D.C., October 25,
THE MASTER SWINDLE – ROSARIO ROBLES
TOJIL filed a criminal complaint before the General Prosecutor’s Office for the possible commission of corruption-related crimes committed by officials of the Secretariat of Social Development (SEDESOL) and the Secretariat for Agrarian, Land and Urban Development (SEDATU), discovered through the journalistic investigation commonly known as the Master Swindle. As
DUARTE CASE
In 2019, TOJIL achieved an emblematic precedent in which a federal constitutional judge recognized the organization as a victim of corruption-related crime within a criminal proceeding related to the former governor of the state of Veracruz Javier Duarte. In summary, this ruling determined that civil society organizations can represent
CASE PUBLICITY OF CRIMINAL HEARING
The Mexican Constitution, as well as that of many other countries, establishes that criminal hearings must be conducted publicly. However, despite being an explicit principle in the Constitution, the authorities insist on limiting its extent and scope. Therefore, TOJIL has undertaken the following actions to guarantee the exercise of