International Organizations/Links
Human Rights Watch: Mexico - Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental activist organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. It accepts no government funds, directly or indirectly. The organization investigates and publicizes human rights violations and seeks respect for international human rights law and an end to abusive practices. Its website has Mexico specific information related to human rights, including year-by-year overviews of human rights issues in Mexico and related news stories.
Internet Center for Corruption Research - A Joint Initiative of CeGE, Goettingen University and Transparency International that provides comparative data on perceptions of corruption around the world.
Justice Studies Center of the Americas (Centro de Estudios de Justicia de las Americas) - The Justice Studies Center of the Américas (CEJA) is an autonomous, intergovernmental entity created by the OAS in 1999. Its mission is to support the countries of the region in their judicial reform processes. The Center is headquartered in Santiago, Chile, and its members include every nation of the OAS. The countries of the region firmly believe that justice is a fundamental component not only of democracy, but of their economic and social development as well. It is CEJA´s mission to inject a new impetus to this reform process, while at the same time taking advantage of the synergies generated by working together at the regional level.
Lawyers' Committee on Human Rights - Since 1978, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights has worked in the U.S. and abroad to create a secure and humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of law. They support human rights activists who fight for basic freedoms and peaceful change at the local level; protect refugees in flight from persecution and repression; promote fair economic practices by creating safeguards for workers' rights; and help build a strong international system of justice and accountability for the worst human rights crimes. Based primarily in New York City, the LCHR's core areas and activities are: International Justice, Refugees, the Human Rights Defender Initiative and Workers Rights.
Transparency International - Transparency International, an international non-governmental organization devoted to combating corruption by bringing civil society, business, and governments together. TI, through its International Secretariat and more than 80 independent national chapters around the world, works at both the national and international level to curb both the supply and demand of corruption. In the international arena, TI raises awareness about the damaging effects of corruption, advocates policy reform, works towards the implementation of multilateral conventions and subsequently monitors compliance by governments, corporations and banks. At the national level, chapters work to increase levels of accountability and transparency, monitoring the performance of key institutions and pressing for necessary reforms in a non-party political manner.
Vera Institute of Justice - Vera was launched forty years ago to solve a problem. Louis Schweitzer, Vera's founder and an active philanthropist, and Herb Sturz, Vera's first director, saw the injustice of a bail system that granted liberty based on income. They created the Vera Foundation to find a way to make the system more fair. With a small staff and working closely with New York City's criminal justice leaders, they explored the problem, developed a solution, and rigorously tested it. In 1966 the Ford Foundation helped Schweitzer and Sturz transform this family foundation into the Vera Institute of Justice, a private nonprofit organization. Vera plans and demonstrates solutions; often building nonprofit organizations from successful demonstrations; studies social problems and current responses, and provides the advice and assistance leaders need to change their own systems. Every project stems from a true partnership between the Institute and its clients, leaders around the world who seek out Vera's services because they want to do justice. Website provides information about how the Vera Institute works and its current and past projects, which span the core areas of the criminal justice system: crime and victimization, policing, the judicial process, sentencing and corrections, and institutions for youth. The Vera Institute is primarily domestic, but also sponsors programs that look at justice issues in other countries.
United Nations Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention - Provides access to information about UN activities and studies related to narco-trafficking, drug abuse, and drug-related crime. Accessible in both English and Spanish.
The Mexico Project (Georgetown University) - The Mexico Project, headed by project participant John Bailey, is an initiative of the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University. This website contains links to the project's main themes, including organized crime, public insecurity, and a cross-national study of crime in the Americas.
The Rule of Law Project (Stanford Law School) - Examines critical dimensions of the relationship between economic development and economic rights in rule of law based systems. The purpose of the research is to move beyond assumptions associated with both the rule of law and with traditional and modern substitutes for the rule of law to understand their current and prospective role in risk management, especially in developing Asian countries. The Rule of Law Project will also examine the role of legal institutions in transition countries
Center for the Administration of Justice (Florida International University) - With offices in Miami and San José, Costa Rica, CAJ strives to serve as international resource at the forefront of justice sector reform in Latin America. The Center is also committed to support crime prevention efforts directed at Hispanics in the United States. The website serves as a source of information in English and Spanish for academics and public policy-makers throughout the region.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S. Department of Justice) - A website of the U.S. Department of Justice that touches on a variety of themes related to justice, both domestically in the United States and with regard to other countries. Provides links to publications. However, several links relevant to this project were found to be inactive (4/02).
News and Current Events in Criminal Justice (Wesleyan College) - An informational site managed by Tom O'Conner at the Justice Studies Department at Wesleyan College in North Carolina. The cite has links to other pages on a wide variety of topics related to justice and law enforcement. The site is not Mexico-specific.
Migration Information Source - The Migration Information Source provides fresh thought, authoritative data from numerous global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends. A unique, online resource, the Source offers useful tools, vital data, and essential facts on the movement of people worldwide.
U.S. Department of State - International Information Programs - The Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) is the principal international strategic communications service for the foreign affairs community. IIP designs, develops, and implements a variety of information initiatives and strategic communications programs, including Internet and print publications, traveling and electronically transmitted speaker programs, and information resource services. These reach--and are created strictly for--key international audiences, such as the media, government officials, opinion leaders, and the general public in more than 140 countries around the world.
The United States Agency for International Aid - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States.
Mexican and international law enforcement links
The Protection Project (Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies) The Protection Project has developed a three-phase survey that addresses the implication of immigration law, anti-corruption law and money laundering law on the trafficking in persons, as well as police investigations and court procedures. The purpose of this three-phase survey is to gather information the practical application of the law and to measure the extent to which law enforcement officials effectively implement them. The survey obtains a detailed country-by country report of law enforcement practices in persons and acquires a global perspective of the law enforcement responses to date.
"Attacking the Profits of Crime: Drugs, Money and Laundering" - A panel discussion held at the United Nations, New York, on 10 June 1998
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