The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, has released a press statement regarding her official visit to Mexico this October.

The United Nations, Amnesty International, Washington Office on Latin America, Human Rights Watch and other organisations have commented on the proposed reform of the military justice system, sent by President Felipe Calderón to the Mexican Congress on October 18, arguing that the proposal does not go far enough to ensure that all crimes committed against civilians by members of the Mexican armed forces be tried in civilian courts.

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