30/12/2010
On Oct. 18, president Felipe Calderon proposed a reform to the legal code pertaining to military and legislative justice. Mexican civil society had called for reform […]
SIPAZ – Quaterly Report
30/12/2010
In light of the imminent sixteenth Conference of Parties (COP-16) on climate change that will be held at the end of November in Cancún, the International […]
30/12/2010
“We have seen aspects of culture that should be maintained from our ancestors but that the customs of some communities aren’t all […]
30/12/2010
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Northern Zone In September and October, we visited several communities in the zone below Tila to interview different actors of the […]
30/07/2010
On 4 July elections were held for mayorships, state-congresses, and governors’ positions in 12 states of the Mexican Republic in addition to local-council and state-congresses elsewhere. […]
30/07/2010
Guerrero is one of the states of the Mexican Republic in which levels of violence have exploded since the onset of the “war on drugs” declared […]
30/07/2010
“There are men who struggle for a day and are good. There are others who struggle for a year who are better. […]
30/07/2010
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Northern Zone SIPAZ visited some of the communities in the region below Tila at the beginning of August. Highlands SIPAZ met […]
31/03/2010
For decades, Mexico has enjoyed having a favorable international image with regard to human rights. Such an image has less to do with domestic realities and […]
31/03/2010
On 8 March 2010, hundreds of people responded to the call made by women of Las Abejas of Acteal to march in observation of International Women’s […]
31/03/2010
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Northern Zone In May, we visited several communities and towns of Chiapas’ Northern Zone to interview various actors in the region: […]
26/02/2010
For the first time in 16 years, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) did not celebrate the anniversary of the armed uprising that took place […]
26/02/2010
Much has been written over the past few decades about the northern border of Mexico. Legal and illegal migration as well as other kinds of trafficking […]
26/02/2010
In November 2009, the “Fifth Meeting of Builders of Peace and Reconciliation” brought together nearly 600 people in the Lacandon jungle of Chiapas, and thanks to […]
26/02/2010
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT CHIAPAS Northern Zone In December, we met with a number of counterparts that work in and around Palenque. In January, we visited […]
30/11/2009
In July, the Human Rights Commission of the Federal District (CDHDF) questioned the fact that Mexico, which is number 13 on the global economic scale, occupies […]