OASIS International Study Trip in San Diego
08/28/2015 (written by msmith) – Eight faculty and five students from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Law School were chosen to participate in a two-week study trip to learn about …
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OASIS International Study Trip in Boston
08/01/2015 (written by msmith) – The Justice in Mexico Oral Advocacy Skill-building Immersion Seminar (OASIS) hosted a two-week study trip for 8 faculty and 4 students from the National Autonomous …
OASIS International Study Trip in Washington DC
09/02/2015 (written by msmith) – A study trip to Washington, D.C. conducted by the University of San Diego’s Justice in Mexico program enabled 8 faculty and 4 students from the National …
States advance in the implementation of oral trials
06/30/2015 (written by rkuckertz) – States advance in the implementation of oral trials. According to recently released data, most Mexican states keep progressing in the implementation of oral trials and their …
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Oral trials begin in Federal District with implementation of new justice reforms
02/01/15 (written by cmolzahn) — Beginning Friday, January 16, the Federal District (Distrito Federal, DF) implemented its new justice reform package, which ushers in oral trials for non-federal crimes (fuero …
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Criticisms surface against President Peña Nieto’s proposals for new reforms
12/11/14 (written by sramirez) — President Enrique Peña Nieto announced on Thursday, November 27 his proposal for anew security planthat would include dissolving municipal police forces and placing them under …
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Justice in Mexico deploys groundbreaking study of police in the city of Tijuana
Thanks to the support of the Open Society Foundation (OSF), Justice in Mexico and our partner organizations—the Instituto para Democracia y Seguridad, the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, the Universidad de …
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Attorney General acknowledges challenges of implementing New Justice System
With less than two years until the New Criminal Justice System (Nuevo Sistema de Justicia Penal, NSJP) is slated to be fully implemented and operational nationwide, Mexico’s Attorney General recently …
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New committee created to evaluate NSJP implementation
Mexico’s Interior Ministry (Secretaría de Gobernación, SEGOB) recently announced the creation of a new committee that will regularly evaluate and monitor the implementation efforts of the new criminal justice system (Nuevo Sistema de Justicia Penal, NSJP). The Evaluation and Monitoring Committee (Comté de Evaluación y Seguimiento de la Implementación del NSJP) will report directly to Mexico’s NSJP Coordination Council (Consejo de Coordinación), delivering a bi-annual summary on their findings.
Justice in Mexico’s input regarding Marine imprisoned in Mexico
Justice in Mexico’s Coordinator Octavio Rodriguez gave his expert input to Fox News about the Mexican criminal justice system in relation to the case of U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahomooressi arrested and imprisoned in Mexico. Sgt. Tahomooressi …
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