Collateral Damage: Mexico Must Implement Justice System Reforms

Monika Kalra Varma: Mexico Must Implement Justice System Reforms: "The United States' costly aid efforts will be greatly hampered unless the Calderón administration follows through with its international commitments to protect and promote human rights and the rule of law. Secretary Clinton's statements are encouraging, but Merida's human rights requirements must now be actively enforced. Ensuring that President Calderón removes all cases of human rights abuses against civilians from military jurisdiction is a necessary first step. No amount of money will make Mexico safe until institutional structures are in place to guarantee that there is civilian control over the military and that abuses of process and power are properly investigated and sanctioned." Huffington Post