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Violence and Impunity in Mexico: Ayotzinapa and Beyond

The abduction of 43 student protestors from the Ayotzinapa agricultural college in Guerrero state in September, 2014, has became a symbol of Mexico’s wider failure to protect its citizens from killings and disappearances, and to hold accountable those responsible.

This event will focus on the systemic problems facing the justice system in Guerrero, as outlined in a recent joint report by two Mexican human rights groups—Centro ProDH and Guerrero-based Tlachinollan—and the Open Society Justice Initiative.  

The report, Broken Justice in Mexico’s Guerrero State, is the most comprehensive effort to date to assess the structural challenges facing justice in the state, and to present substantive recommendations for reform.

Speakers

  • Maria Louisa Aguilar is international coordinator at the Center for Human Rights of the Mountain Tlachinollan.
  • Santiago Aguirre is deputy director at the Center for Human Rights Miguel Agustín Pro Juarez.
  • John Gutierrez is an assistant professor in Latin American studies at John Jay College.
  • Ina Zoon is a project manager with the Open Society Justice Initiative.

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