A/HRC/11/L.10 page 152 624. Mexico agreed that combating impunity and effectiveness of the justice system were the primary structural paragon for a positive transformation of the national system. The constitutional reform of the public security and criminal justice system adopted by Congress in 2008 had set a timetable of eight years for implementation. Mexico had extended an invitation to the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. 625. Mexico reiterated the fact that organized crime was being fought with full respect for human rights, greater professionalization of the police and with the legal and human rights system monitoring and sanctioning violations in full operation. At the express request of the civil authority, the participation of the armed forces was temporary, in a specific geographical area, and purely provisional and supplementary. 626. Combating organized crime had worsened working conditions for journalists. Mexico condemned their harassment and would establish appropriate mechanisms to investigate and punish such aggressions. It particularly appreciated recommendations made by non-governmental organizations in this respect. 627. Mexico referred Amnesty International to paragraph 36 of the supplementary report on enhancing investigations relating to the murder of women in Ciudad Juarez. Responding to comments by Human Rights Watch and others on the functioning of the military justice, Mexico stressed that the Federal Government had accepted all the recommendations of the national human rights commission. Mexico agreed with the comments on the harmonization of legislation. Regarding Action Canada’s comment, it pointed out that the needed legislative harmonization regarding violence against women had been identified and that the Federal Government was working on this issue. Mauritius 628. The review of Mauritius was held on 10 February 2009 in conformity with all the relevant provisions contained in Council resolution 5/1, and was based on the following documents: (a) The national report submitted by Mauritius in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 5/1, paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/4/MUS/1);

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