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of 83 recommendations, but noted that successive Mexican Governments had made similar
commitments to address long-standing human rights issues without delivering effective results.
While welcoming legislative advances to combat violence against women, it noted that most
authorities in the country had not taken measures to implement them, and that many continued to
view the issue as a low priority. It stressed that the federal Government had failed to demonstrate
its commitment to prevent and punish violence against women, and referred to the situation in
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua City and San Salvador Atenco.
614. Human Rights Watch was concerned that Mexico had not accepted recommendations
relating to impunity for the grave human rights violations committed by the military. It stressed
that the General Prosecutor for Military Justice had not provided one example over the last
10 years in which military courts had convicted a military member accused of committing a
human rights violation. It stressed that Mexico’s commitment to encourage military justice
reform in line with its international human rights obligations would never be fulfilled if the
military continued to claim jurisdiction over investigations of grave human rights violations
through a system of military justice that lacked basic guarantees, and that cases in which military
members were accused of human rights violations against civilians should be immediately
referred to Public Ministry officials.
615. Action Canada for Population and Development noted that the conditions put to the
criminalization of seduction by deceit (estrupo) of minors were not in conformity with the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Mexico should
be encouraged to implement without delay the recommendations that it unify domestic
legislation - particularly regarding estrupo - and harmonization with international law, and that it
reform or abolish laws, regulations and practices that were discriminatory against women, with a
view to protect their freedom, autonomy and sexual rights.
616. The International Commission of Jurists and the Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel
Agustin Pro Juarez referred to the need to resolve the problems of torture and arbitrary detention
and to combat impunity. They referred to a pattern of criminalization of social protest and
political dissidence in Oaxaca, which took the form of arbitrary detention, excessive use of force,
the murder of political opponents and the intimidation of civil society, the media and
independent journalists. They indicated that denial of justice for persons detained in relation to
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