the Executive Director of Amnesty International Mexico, Tania Reneaum, said that Mexico is the country in Latin America with more femicides, even beyond countries like Honduras and Brazil, so it has a debt d and justice with the form the framework of the international women’s day (8 March), stressed that the Mexican State has failed in the proper pursuit of crimes committed them both the duty of care of women.” Mexico comes (to this date) as the country of Latin America that more femicides records, more than Brazil, more than El Salvador, more than Honduras. “Arrives with a huge rate of impunity, of all crimes in general, but the crime of femicide in particular”, said.
“We arrived with a debt of Justice for women. More basics about what we have to work very hard is the idea that violence against women, this violence, are part of the human rights crisis,”he said.
Figures of the Executive Secretariat of the national system of public security (SESNSP), indicate that the crime of femicide grew 104 percent between 2015 and 2018, going from 422 to 861 cases, respectively.
Femicides in the last year. Agency reform reform published yesterday that the rally has given while in that period were issued 17 alerts violence of gender, which is a governmental mechanism for the urgent protection of the rights of women and the eradication of violence in its with TRA. Also unveiled that it is the State of Mexico, where there are more cases of feminicidiosUn report of the National Commission of human rights (CNDH), points out that thousand 662 intentional killings of women and girls reported by agencies and Prosecutor’s office of the country in 2016, only 947 cases were recorded. Of them, by 10 per cent was achieved the consignment and arrest of the alleged murderer.
“It is essential to understand that with impunity, with the invisibility of the violence against women, women will not be safe in an extremely violent country for them,” said the specialist.
In an interview, Reneaum stressed the high rates of impunity surrounding gender-based violence to send a message that there is no real consequences for perpetrators.” Non-violence aside, violence is not only affecting the private sphere of women, they are part of the human rights crisis. The State fails in duty of proper prosecution of the crime, investigation and punishment of the crime”, he said.
And above all understand that when 50 per cent of the population is at risk, that definitely has to be treated as part of the crisis of human rights Amnesty International Mexico Director, emphasized that the State has an essential duty of salva Save the life and integrity of women, so it requires a clear public policy that addresses the social fields, of Justice and reparation of the damage.
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