- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
-
1 Conceptualising Post-Transition Disappearances -
2 Conceptualising Disappearances in International Law -
3 My Promise to Look for You -
4 Disappearances in Mexico: An Analysis Based on the Northeast Region -
5 The Legal Framework on Disappearances in Mexico: From Demands to the Law and Back to Demands -
6 Woman, Mother, Human Rights Defender -
7 State Violence in Brazil: Execution, Slaughter, and Disappearance in the Post-Authoritarian Era -
8 Systematic Recurrence of Murders and Disappearances in Democratic Brazil -
9 Letters for Santiago -
10 Disappearances in Post-Transitional Argentina: A Challenge for Human Rights Interventions -
11 Wilson’s Testimony: Abuse of Authority -
12 A New Generation of Disappearances: Gangs and the State in El Salvador -
13 The Visual Image as a Tool of Power -
14 Using the Minnesota Protocol to Investigate Disappearance Cases -
15 ‘Urgent Actions’ for the Search for Disappeared Persons in the Specialised Bodies of the United Nations -
16 Using the International Criminal Court to Denounce Disappearances: Crimes against Humanity in Coahuila, Mexico -
17 Forced Disappearances in the Inter-American Human Rights System -
18 How to Create a Search Mechanism for Disappeared Persons: Lessons from Mexico -
Conclusions
- Index
Using the International Criminal Court to Denounce Disappearances: Crimes against Humanity in Coahuila, Mexico
Using the International Criminal Court to Denounce Disappearances: Crimes against Humanity in Coahuila, Mexico
- Chapter:
- (p.242) 16 Using the International Criminal Court to Denounce Disappearances: Crimes against Humanity in Coahuila, Mexico
- Source:
- Disappearances in the Post-Transition Era in Latin America
- Author(s):
Michael W. Chamberlin
- Publisher:
- British Academy
In 2017, the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), supported by 100 other organisations, submitted a communication to the ICC detailing crimes committed against the civilian population from 2009-16 in the State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico, including murder, illegal imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture, and sexual violence. This chapter explains the procedural and substantive basis of their complaint as a model for others who may seek the ICC’s involvement in the investigation and prosecution a pattern of enforced disappearances.
Keywords: Crimes Against Humanity, Drug cartels, Enforced Disappearances, International Criminal Court, Macro-criminality, Security strategy
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- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
-
1 Conceptualising Post-Transition Disappearances -
2 Conceptualising Disappearances in International Law -
3 My Promise to Look for You -
4 Disappearances in Mexico: An Analysis Based on the Northeast Region -
5 The Legal Framework on Disappearances in Mexico: From Demands to the Law and Back to Demands -
6 Woman, Mother, Human Rights Defender -
7 State Violence in Brazil: Execution, Slaughter, and Disappearance in the Post-Authoritarian Era -
8 Systematic Recurrence of Murders and Disappearances in Democratic Brazil -
9 Letters for Santiago -
10 Disappearances in Post-Transitional Argentina: A Challenge for Human Rights Interventions -
11 Wilson’s Testimony: Abuse of Authority -
12 A New Generation of Disappearances: Gangs and the State in El Salvador -
13 The Visual Image as a Tool of Power -
14 Using the Minnesota Protocol to Investigate Disappearance Cases -
15 ‘Urgent Actions’ for the Search for Disappeared Persons in the Specialised Bodies of the United Nations -
16 Using the International Criminal Court to Denounce Disappearances: Crimes against Humanity in Coahuila, Mexico -
17 Forced Disappearances in the Inter-American Human Rights System -
18 How to Create a Search Mechanism for Disappeared Persons: Lessons from Mexico -
Conclusions
- Index
