Violaciones graves a derechos humanos y crímenes contra la humanidad en el Derecho Internacional Público: el caso de México

Abstract

The UN international legal framework on grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity has developed in recent years, to the degree of an initiative for an autonomous treaty on crimes against humanity. Mexico has undergone several Constitutional and legal reforms accepting the priority and legal supremacy of international human rights instruments but confronting one of the worst humanitarian crises of its history. This article reviews the relationship between international law in this area and the specific factual, legal and methodological problems and efforts undergone by different actors in Mexico and proposes ways to step closer to fulfilling victims’ internationally recognized rights to truth, justice and reparations.