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March 19, 2018 - Publication
Investigation into Missing Students Marred by Torture and Cover-Ups
A report asserts that 34 of 129 people prosecuted in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in Ayotzinapa in 2014 were arbitrarily detained and tortured in order to extract information or confessions.
March 15, 2018 - Publication
Envisioning a New Prosecutor’s Office for Mexico
A Spanish-language report provides expert recommendations for the development of a new General Prosecutor’s Office for Mexico.
March 7, 2018 - Publication
Human Rights Violations by Mexican Soldiers Met with Impunity
A report by the Washington Office on Latin America analyzes the Mexican military’s participation in human rights violations and finds accountability for crimes committed by soldiers against civilians to be virtually nonexistent.A report by ...
March 7, 2018 - Publication
Advocating for Transparency in Mexico
A Spanish-language report examines cases of severe human rights violations in which the Mexican state has failed to disclose information, crafted untrue narratives, or engaged in tactics to intimidate victims and their families.
December 22, 2017 - In The Media
"A Phone Call, Then Audits: Mexico Corruption Fighter Hits a Nerve"
The Wall Street Journal
December 21, 2017 - In The Media
"Facial Scans at U.S. Airports Violate Americans’ Privacy, Report Says"
The New York Times
Related Grantee: Georgetown University Law Center, Center on Privacy and Technology
Related Grantee: Georgetown University Law Center, Center on Privacy and Technology
December 21, 2017 - In The Media
"Those Airport Cameras Tracking Your Face May Not Be Legal, Study Finds"
September 14, 2017 - From The Field
Platform Visualizes Forced Disappearances in Mexico
An interactive cartographic online platform helps to recreate and visualize the September 2014 attacks in Mexico that led to the disappearance of 43 students.
September 8, 2017 - Publication
Study Points to Security Weaknesses in Online Voter Registration Systems
Online attackers can purchase enough personal information to alter online voter registration information in as many as 35 states and the District of Columbia, according to a report by the Harvard University Institute for Quantitative Social ...
August 24, 2017 - Publication
Assessing Justice Reform in Mexico
A MacArthur-supported report by the Instituto Mexicano de lose Derechos Humanos y Democracia, Centro de los Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro, and Universidad Iberoamericana analyzes 100 judicial sentences in Mexico before and after justice reform was ...
