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<div class="panels-collection"> <section id="panel_45" class="panel panel-count-0 panel-type-image-text panel-odd panel-contained panel-white has-panel-title-inside" data-url-key="slsnav-our-mission" data-nav-title="Our Mission" data-panel-type="image-text" data-panel-layout="right" > <div class="it-layout-right it-has-image content-wrap"> <div class="it-wrap-outer"> <div class="it-wrap-inner content-wrap cw-ep cw-pad bgd-white text-dark"> <h2 class="it-title">Our Mission</h2> <div class="it-content it-content--right context-content cc-simple"> <p class="p-lg">The Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab studies and deploys legal tools–litigation and legal research, documentation, and advocacy–in close collaboration with local practitioners and academics to combat democratic decline around the world, including in the U.S.</p> <a href="#slsnav-recent-activity" class="mt-button btn btn-mashup " rel="bookmark"> View Recent Activity </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="it-image"> <img 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in authoritarianism around the world, eroding decades’ worth of post-Cold War democratic advances. In the absence of effective countervailing forces, the associated evisceration of the rule of law will only deepen and spread over time. The sheer scale of the problem–as well as significant collaboration amongst autocrats around the world to sustain their repressive agendas—illustrates the significant need for global leadership to address democratic backslide.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="panel_48" class="panel panel-count-2 panel-type-wysiwyg panel-odd panel-contained panel-white has-panel-title-inside" data-url-key="slsnav-our-focus" data-nav-title="Our Focus" data-panel-type="wysiwyg" data-panel-layout="flexible" > <div class="panel-container bgd-white text-dark"> <div class="content-wrap cw-ep"> <header class="panel-header panel-header-inside"><h2 class="panel-title panel-title-inside">Our Focus</h2></header> <div class="pwysiwyg-columns pwysiwygc-count-1 pwysiwygc-layout-flexible"> <div class="pwysiwygc-column context-content cc-simple"> <ul> <li>Developing and deploying legal strategies (litigation and legal research, documentation, and advocacy) in collaboration with local legal practitioners and academics to combat democratic decline.</li> <li>Engaging students in experiential learning on using legal tools to combat democratic decline.</li> <li>Disseminating and sharing knowledge on the subject of how best to combat democratic decline in varying contexts.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="panel_49" class="panel panel-count-3 panel-type-wysiwyg panel-even panel-contained panel-white has-panel-title-inside" data-panel-type="wysiwyg" data-panel-layout="flexible" > <div class="panel-container bgd-white text-dark"> <div class="content-wrap cw-ep"> <header class="panel-header panel-header-inside"><h2 class="panel-title panel-title-inside">Issues</h2></header> <div class="pwysiwyg-columns pwysiwygc-count-1 pwysiwygc-layout-flexible"> <div class="pwysiwygc-column context-content cc-simple"> <p>Democracy is in decline around the world. Governments elected to power with populist agendas are increasingly adopting authoritarian tactics. There are striking similarities in the methods deployed to subvert democracy. These methods typically include compromising electoral integrity, undermining judicial independence, and quashing free expression and dissent. The Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab studies and uses legal tools to counter core threats to democracy and to promote democratic renewal worldwide.</p> <p><a class="btn-filled" href="https://law.stanford.edu/rule-of-law-impact-lab/issues/">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="panel_50" class="panel panel-count-9 panel-type-mashup panel-even panel-contained panel-white has-panel-title-outside" data-url-key="slsnav-countries" data-nav-title="Countries" data-panel-type="mashup" data-panel-layout="six-up" > <h2 class="panel-title pt-pad">Countries</h2><div class="mu-has-no-image mu-has-title "> <div class="mu-wrap-outer content-wrap"> <div class="mu-wrap-inner mu-blocks-wrap mu-layout-six-up"> <article id="panel_51" class="panel-mashup panel-type-mashup-info mu-block"> <div class="mashup-info mi-wrap pm-wrap-outer mi-layout-top text-align-left bgd-grey-warm text-dark" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <div class="mi-wrap-inner pm-wrap-inner"> <figure> <figcaption class="mi-content"> <p class="ms-content"> Rule of Law in Mexico </p> <div class="mt-meta" itemprop="description"> Mexico began its transition to democracy in the late 1990s and early 2000s, after decades of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). This path was slow and sometimes [...] </div> <a href="https://law.stanford.edu/rule-of-law-impact-lab/projects/rule-of-law-in-mexico/" class="mi-wrap-inner pm-wrap-inner m-anchor-block " itemprop="url" target=""> <span class="mi-button btn btn-mashup btn-black"> Read More <span class="accessibility"> : Rule of Law in Mexico</span> </span> </a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </article> <article id="panel_52" class="panel-mashup panel-type-mashup-info mu-block"> <div class="mashup-info mi-wrap pm-wrap-outer mi-layout-top text-align-left bgd-grey-warm text-dark" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <div class="mi-wrap-inner pm-wrap-inner"> <figure> <figcaption class="mi-content"> <p class="ms-content"> Rule of Law in Guatemala </p> <div class="mt-meta" itemprop="description"> Guatemala has a checkered past with respect to democracy. High level-corruption has remained rampant. Judicial and prosecutorial independence have remained under attack, especially after the 2019 closure of the United [...] </div> <a href="https://law.stanford.edu/rule-of-law-impact-lab/projects/rule-of-law-in-guatemala/" class="mi-wrap-inner pm-wrap-inner m-anchor-block " itemprop="url" target=""> <span class="mi-button btn btn-mashup btn-black"> Read More <span class="accessibility"> : Rule of Law in Guatemala</span> </span> </a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </article> <article id="panel_53" class="panel-mashup panel-type-mashup-info mu-block"> <div class="mashup-info mi-wrap pm-wrap-outer mi-layout-top text-align-left bgd-grey-warm text-dark" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <div class="mi-wrap-inner pm-wrap-inner"> <figure> <figcaption class="mi-content"> <p class="ms-content"> Rule of Law in Senegal </p> <div class="mt-meta" itemprop="description"> Senegal is often described as one of Africa’s most stable democracies. However, recent developments have raised concerns about democratic decline there. Although the Senegalese constitution sets a two-term limit on [...] </div> <a href="https://law.stanford.edu/rule-of-law-impact-lab/projects/rule-of-law-in-senegal/" class="mi-wrap-inner pm-wrap-inner m-anchor-block " itemprop="url" target=""> <span class="mi-button btn btn-mashup btn-black"> Read More <span class="accessibility"> : Rule of Law in Senegal</span> </span> </a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </article> <article id="panel_54" class="panel-mashup panel-type-mashup-info mu-block"> <div class="mashup-info mi-wrap pm-wrap-outer mi-layout-top text-align-left bgd-grey-warm text-dark" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <div class="mi-wrap-inner pm-wrap-inner"> <figure> <figcaption class="mi-content"> <p class="ms-content"> Rule of Law in Peru </p> <div class="mt-meta" itemprop="description"> After the fall of Alberto Fujimori’s authoritarian government in 2000, Peru embarked on a transition to democracy followed by political instability. In 2022, President Pedro Castillo, was impeached and removed [...] </div> <a href="https://law.stanford.edu/rule-of-law-impact-lab/projects/rule-of-law-in-peru/" class="mi-wrap-inner pm-wrap-inner m-anchor-block " itemprop="url" target=""> <span class="mi-button btn btn-mashup btn-black"> Read More <span class="accessibility"> : Rule of Law in Peru</span> </span> </a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </article> <article id="panel_55" class="panel-mashup panel-type-mashup-info mu-block"> <div class="mashup-info mi-wrap pm-wrap-outer mi-layout-top text-align-left bgd-grey-warm text-dark" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <div class="mi-wrap-inner pm-wrap-inner"> <figure> <figcaption class="mi-content"> <p class="ms-content"> Rule of Law in the United States </p> <div class="mt-meta" itemprop="description"> Democracy is widely regarded as being under threat in the United States. Deepening political polarization and the practice of partisan gerrymandering has fueled distrust in electoral processes. Partisan polarization has also [...] </div> <a href="https://law.stanford.edu/rule-of-law-impact-lab/projects/rule-of-law-in-the-united-states/" class="mi-wrap-inner pm-wrap-inner m-anchor-block " itemprop="url" target=""> <span class="mi-button btn btn-mashup btn-black"> Read More <span class="accessibility"> : Rule of Law in the United States</span> </span> </a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <script> (function($) { $(function() { $('#panel_50').magnificPopup({ type:'inline', delegate: '.b-popup-trigger', midClick: true, gallery: { enabled: true }, callbacks: { change: function() { $(".lazyload, .lazyload-embed-thumb, .intro-lazyload", this.content).each(function() { var $this = $(this); if( $this.is( 'img' ) ){ $this.attr( 'src', $this.attr( 'data-src' ) ).css( 'opacity', 1 ); } else { $this.css( 'background-image', sprintf( 'url(%s)', $this.attr( 'data-src' ) ) ).css( 'opacity', 1 ); } }); // send popup change event to Google Analytics data 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https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>(Originally published by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurist.org\/commentary\/2024\/11\/school-book-bans-undermine-democratic-values-in-us-education\/\"><em>Jurist News<\/em><\/a> on November 22, 2024.)<\/p>\n<p>In September, a\u00a0<a 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noviembre de 2024 \u2013 La Barra Mexicana de Abogados y el <em>Rule of Law Impact Lab<\/em> de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford presentaron un\u00a0<em>amicus curiae<\/em>\u00a0ante la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Naci\u00f3n en las acciones de inconstitucionalidad que impugnan la reforma judicial recientemente promulgada en M\u00e9xico (tambi\u00e9n conocida como \u00abPlan C\u00bb). Este escrito, presentado ante el m\u00e1ximo tribunal del pa\u00eds, argumenta que la reforma judicial impugnada transgrede las obligaciones internacionales de M\u00e9xico en materia de derechos humanos.<\/p>\n<p>La reforma promulgada modifica la Constituci\u00f3n para exigir que todos los jueces estatales y federales \u2014incluidos los ministros de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Naci\u00f3n\u2014 sean reemplazados por juzgadores elegidos mediante votaci\u00f3n popular. El escrito presentado por ambas organizaciones sostiene que el procedimiento para adoptar esta reforma vulnera el derecho de las comunidades ind\u00edgenas, jueces, mujeres y otros grupos afectados a participar en la direcci\u00f3n de los asuntos p\u00fablicos. Adem\u00e1s, argumenta que la reforma infringe los est\u00e1ndares internacionales relacionados con la independencia judicial y el debido proceso.<\/p>\n<p>Asimismo, el documento sostiene que las normas internacionales facultan a la Suprema Corte para revisar reformas constitucionales que afectan los derechos humanos y describe la pr\u00e1ctica com\u00fan de cortes constitucionales en otros pa\u00edses de analizar el fondo de este tipo de reformas.<\/p>\n<p>“Quien considere que todo est\u00e1 dicho en materia de defensa de la Constituci\u00f3n no comprende la situaci\u00f3n actual en M\u00e9xico ni las discusiones jur\u00eddicas pendientes. La Barra Mexicana de Abogados ha trabajado siempre con la vista puesta en el fortalecimiento del Estado Constitucional de Derecho y continuar\u00e1 aportando su trabajo y convicci\u00f3n para mejorar el acceso a la justicia de todas y todos los mexicanos. Con este\u00a0<em>amicus<\/em>\u00a0ante la SCJN reafirmamos nuestra defensa de la abogac\u00eda y la justicia\u201d, declar\u00f3 V\u00edctor Ol\u00e9 Pel\u00e1ez, Presidente de la Barra Mexicana de Abogados.<\/p>\n<p>El documento fue presentado en las acciones que cuestionan la constitucionalidad de la reforma, presentadas ante la Suprema Corte por partidos pol\u00edticos y diversos diputados del Congreso del Estado de Zacatecas. Entre los partidos involucrados se encuentran el Partido Acci\u00f3n Nacional (PAN), Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), Movimiento Ciudadano y Unidad Democr\u00e1tica de Coahuila.<\/p>\n<p>Tras la presentaci\u00f3n de estas acciones, el 31 de octubre de 2024, se public\u00f3 una nueva reforma constitucional para eliminar la competencia del poder judicial federal de analizar reformas constitucionales. El 28 de octubre de 2024, la Barra Mexicana de Abogados y el <em>Rule of Law Impact Lab<\/em> emitieron un <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SLSruleoflaw\/status\/1851005669744525698\/photo\/1\">comunicado conjunto<\/a> advirtiendo que esta reforma violar\u00eda tanto la Constituci\u00f3n mexicana como las obligaciones internacionales de M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abLas obligaciones legales internacionales de M\u00e9xico, as\u00ed como la pr\u00e1ctica de otras cortes constitucionales, respaldan la competencia de la Suprema Corte para revisar esta reforma judicial y declararla inv\u00e1lida\u00bb, afirm\u00f3 Amrit Singh, Profesor de Pr\u00e1ctica y Director Ejecutivo del <em>Rule of Law Impact Lab<\/em> en la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford. \u00abAdem\u00e1s de ser ilegal, la reforma agravar\u00e1 los problemas de acceso a la justicia en M\u00e9xico. En Estados Unidos, la elecci\u00f3n popular de jueces de cortes estatales ha politizado y socavado la confianza p\u00fablica en el sistema judicial\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Entre otros precedentes, el\u00a0<em>amicus<\/em>\u00a0cita un fallo de 2013 de la Corte Suprema de Argentina, que declar\u00f3 inconstitucional una reforma del Consejo de la Magistratura, la cual buscaba aumentar el n\u00famero de sus miembros y permitir la elecci\u00f3n popular de los jueces. La Corte argentina consider\u00f3 que dicha reforma violaba la separaci\u00f3n de poderes y la independencia judicial al politizar el proceso de selecci\u00f3n de magistrados.<\/p>\n<p>En febrero de 2024, el presidente Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador propuso el \u00abPlan C\u00bb, una reforma judicial de gran alcance que sustituir\u00eda a todos los jueces estatales y federales \u2014cerca de 7,000\u2014 mediante votaci\u00f3n popular. En mayo de 2024, la Barra Mexicana de Abogados y el <em>Rule of Law Impact Lab<\/em> publicaron un <a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ES_Informe-Mexico_Independencia-Judicial.pdf\">reporte<\/a> concluyendo que la reforma contraven\u00eda las obligaciones internacionales de M\u00e9xico y representaba una seria amenaza para la independencia judicial y el Estado de Derecho en el pa\u00eds. A pesar de las suspensiones judiciales otorgadas por amparos federales, la reforma fue aprobada mediante un proceso expedito en el Congreso, sin suficiente deliberaci\u00f3n, y fue publicada el 15 de septiembre de 2024. El 1 de octubre de 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum asumi\u00f3 la presidencia de M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n<p>Para leer el reporte:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Oficial-Escrito-de-Amicus-Curiae.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PARA LEER EL ESCRITO DE AMICUS EN ESPANOL<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Unofficial-Amicus-Brief-MX-Bar-x-RoL-Impact-Lab.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE BRIEF IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Acerca de la Barra Mexicana de Abogados<br \/>\n<\/strong>La Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados, A.C., es una asociaci\u00f3n civil debidamente constituida conforme a las leyes mexicanas, cuyo objeto social es fomentar en sus miembros, y en la sociedad en general, el esp\u00edritu de equidad y la lucha por la plena realizaci\u00f3n de la seguridad, la justicia y la defensa de todos los principios del derecho, as\u00ed como procurar el mejoramiento de la administraci\u00f3n de justicia y la correcta aplicaci\u00f3n de la ley. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bma.org.mx\">www.bma.org.mx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Acerca del Rule of Law Impact Lab<br \/>\n<\/strong>El Laboratorio de Impacto sobre el Estado de Derecho de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford estudia y despliega herramientas jur\u00eddicas \u2013 litigios e investigaci\u00f3n jur\u00eddica, documentaci\u00f3n y defensa \u2013 en estrecha colaboraci\u00f3n con profesionales y acad\u00e9micos locales para combatir el declive democr\u00e1tico en todo el mundo, incluidos los estados unidos. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab\">www.law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab<\/a><\/p>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/11\/05\/la-reforma-judicial-en-mexico-viola-obligaciones-internacionales-en-materia-de-derechos-humanos\/","format":"standard","slug":"la-reforma-judicial-en-mexico-viola-obligaciones-internacionales-en-materia-de-derechos-humanos","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?p=503799","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","hidden_title":"","alternate_post_title":"","longform_layout":"0","author":[{"from_directory":true,"name":"Amrit Singh","first_name":"Amrit","middle_name":"","last_name":"Singh","permalink":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/amrit-singh\/"}],"primary_author":[{"from_directory":"on","post_id":"430571","name":""}],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","la_matrix_id_meta_key":"Not Legal Aggregate","_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1730811670"},"date":"November 5, 2024","press_date":"November 5, 2024","post_date":"November 5, 2024"},{"id":503795,"title":"New Court Filings Argue Mexico’s Judicial Reform Violates International Human Rights Obligations","status":"publish","type":"post","author":13316,"content":"<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/11\/05\/la-reforma-judicial-en-mexico-viola-obligaciones-internacionales-en-materia-de-derechos-humanos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEER EN ESPANOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>November 5, 2024 \u2013 The Mexican Bar Association and the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School have filed an <em>amicus curiae<\/em> brief before the Mexican Supreme Court in pending lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Mexico\u2019s recently enacted judicial reform (also known as \u201cPlan C\u201d). The brief, filed this week before Mexico\u2019s highest court, argues that the challenged judicial reform violates Mexico\u2019s international human rights obligations.<\/p>\n<p>The enacted judicial reform amends the constitution to require all sitting state and federal judges\u2014including Supreme Court Justices\u2014be replaced with judges elected by popular vote. The two organizations\u2019 brief argues that the procedure by which the judicial reform was adopted violates the right of indigenous communities, judges, women, and other affected groups to participate in the conduct of public affairs. In addition, it argues, the reform violates international legal standards relating to judicial independence and due process.<\/p>\n<p>The brief also argues that international legal standards authorize the Supreme Court to review constitutional reforms that affect human rights. The brief describes the widespread practice of constitutional courts in other countries reviewing the substance of constitutional reforms.<\/p>\n<p>“Anyone who believes that everything has been written and said regarding the defence of the Constitution does not understand what is happening in Mexico today and the legal discussions still pending. The Mexican Bar Association has always worked with a vision towards a Constitutional State of Law, and we have contributed and will continue to contribute our work and conviction to improve access to justice for all Mexicans. With the amicus we presented before the Supreme Court of Justice, we reaffirm our commitment to defending the legal profession and justice,\u201d said V\u00edctor Ol\u00e9 Pel\u00e1ez, President of the Mexican Bar Association.<\/p>\n<p>The brief was filed in pending lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the reform brought before the Supreme Court by political parties and various members of the Congress of the State of Zacatecas. The political parties include the National Action Party (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Movimiento Ciudadano, and Unidad Democr\u00e1tica de Coahuila.<\/p>\n<p>After these lawsuits were filed, on October 31, 2024, a new constitutional reform was published to eliminate the federal judiciary’s authority to review constitutional reforms. On October 28, 2024, the Mexican Bar Association and the Rule of Law Impact Lab issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SLSruleoflaw\/status\/1851005669744525698\/photo\/1\">joint statement<\/a> warning that this proposal would violate the Mexican Constitution as well as Mexico\u2019s treaty obligations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMexico\u2019s international legal obligations as well the practice of other constitutional courts support the Supreme Court\u2019s authority to review this judicial reform and to find it unlawful,\u201d said Amrit Singh, Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School. \u201cIn addition to being unlawful, the reform will make the problem of access to justice much worse in Mexico. In the United States, voting for state court judges has politicized and undermined public confidence in the judiciary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among other cases, the brief cites a 2013 case in which the Supreme Court of Argentina found unconstitutional a reform to the Council of the Magistrature. The reform proposed to increase the number of its members and allow the popular election of judges. The Court held that this reform violated the separation of powers and judicial independence by politicizing the selection process of magistrates.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2024, President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador proposed “Plan C,” a far-reaching judicial reform that would replace all state and federal judges\u2014nearly 7000 in number\u2014with judges elected by popular vote. In May 2024, the Mexican Bar Association and the Rule of Law Impact Lab issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ES_Informe-Mexico_Independencia-Judicial.pdf\">report<\/a> finding that the reform violated Mexico\u2019s international legal obligations and presented a grave threat to judicial independence and the rule of law in Mexico. Despite federal injunctions suspending the reform, it was fast-tracked through Congress without sufficient deliberation and was approved in just eight days, on September 15, 2024.\u00a0 On October 1, 2024, Claudia Scheinbaum, took office as President of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>To read the brief:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Unofficial-Amicus-Brief-MX-Bar-x-RoL-Impact-Lab.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE BRIEF IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Oficial-Escrito-de-Amicus-Curiae.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PARA LEER EL ESCRITO DE AMICUS EN ESPANOL<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Mexican Bar Association<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados, A.C. (Mexican Bar Association), is a civil association duly constituted in accordance with Mexican law, whose corporate purpose is to foster in its members, and in society in general, the spirit of equity and the struggle for the full realization of security, justice and the defense of all principles of law, as well as to strive for the improvement of the administration of justice and the correct application of the law. Learn more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bma.org.mx\">www.bma.org.mx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Rule of Law Impact Lab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab studies and deploys legal tools \u2013 litigation and legal research, documentation, and advocacy \u2013 in close collaboration with local practitioners and scholars to combat democratic decline around the world, including in the U.S. Learn more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab\">www.law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab<\/a><\/p>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/11\/05\/new-court-filings-argue-mexicos-judicial-reform-violates-international-human-rights-obligations\/","format":"standard","slug":"new-court-filings-argue-mexicos-judicial-reform-violates-international-human-rights-obligations","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?p=503795","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","hidden_title":"","alternate_post_title":"","longform_layout":"0","author":[{"from_directory":true,"name":"Amrit Singh","first_name":"Amrit","middle_name":"","last_name":"Singh","permalink":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/amrit-singh\/"}],"primary_author":[{"from_directory":"on","post_id":"430571","name":""}],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","la_matrix_id_meta_key":"Not Legal Aggregate","_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1730821278"},"date":"November 5, 2024","press_date":"November 5, 2024","post_date":"November 5, 2024"},{"id":503783,"title":"Brief on behalf of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados, A.C.) by the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School","status":"publish","type":"publication","author":13316,"content":"<p>On November 5, 2024, the SLS Rule of Law Impact Lab and the Mexican Bar Association filed an amicus curiae brief before the Mexican Supreme Court in lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the judicial reform that would replace nearly 7000 sitting judges with those elected by popular vote. The brief argues that the reform violates Mexico\u2019s international human rights obligations. The challenged judicial reform violates international standards relating to participation in public affairs, as well as those relating to judicial independence and due process.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Oficial-Escrito-de-Amicus-Curiae.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE OFFICIAL AMICUS BRIEF IN SPANISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Unofficial-Amicus-Brief-MX-Bar-x-RoL-Impact-Lab.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE UNOFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE AMICUS BRIEF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"im\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/publications\/brief-on-behalf-of-the-mexican-bar-association-barra-mexicana-colegio-de-abogados-a-c-by-the-rule-of-law-impact-lab-at-stanford-law-school\/","format":"standard","slug":"brief-on-behalf-of-the-mexican-bar-association-barra-mexicana-colegio-de-abogados-a-c-by-the-rule-of-law-impact-lab-at-stanford-law-school","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?post_type=publication&p=503783","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","alternate_post_title":"","_rawhtml_settings":"0,0,0,0","_yoast_wpseo_primary_student_journal_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"90","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","author":[{"from_directory":true,"name":"Amrit Singh","first_name":"Amrit","middle_name":"","last_name":"Singh","permalink":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/amrit-singh\/"}],"primary_author":[{"from_directory":"on","post_id":"430571","name":""}],"formatted_publication_date":"November 4, 2024","publication_date":"2024-11-04T00:00:00+00:00","attachment":{"503788":{"url":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Oficial-Escrito-de-Amicus-Curiae.pdf","file_name":"Oficial-Escrito-de-Amicus-Curiae.pdf"},"503789":{"url":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Unofficial-Amicus-Brief-MX-Bar-x-RoL-Impact-Lab.pdf","file_name":"Unofficial-Amicus-Brief-MX-Bar-x-RoL-Impact-Lab.pdf"}},"citation":"<u>Brief on behalf of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana Colegio de Abogados, A.C.) by the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School<\/u>, Re: In connection with the Unconstitutionality Action 164\/2024 and its accumulated 165\/2024, 166\/2024, 167\/2024 and 170\/2024, Mexican Supreme Court (Nov. 5, 2024).","_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1730811644"},"date":"November 5, 2024","press_date":"November 5, 2024","post_date":"November 5, 2024"},{"id":501523,"title":"Por encima de la ley: el Ministerio P\u00fablico en Guatemala","status":"publish","type":"publication","author":13501,"content":"<p>En este informe, el Rule of Law Impact Lab de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford, junto con el Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice del Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Nueva York, documentaron graves faltas y abuso de poder por parte del Ministerio P\u00fablico de Guatemala bajo su actual liderazgo. Las dos organizaciones destacan la falta de un mecanismo independiente e imparcial que garantice la rendici\u00f3n de cuentas del Fiscal General por mala conducta y emiten una serie de recomendaciones al Estado de Guatemala para reformar este mecanismo.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Report_Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PARA LEER EL REPORTE EN ESPANOL<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?post_type=publication&p=501400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/publications\/por-encima-de-la-ley-el-ministerio-publico-en-guatemala\/","format":"standard","slug":"por-encima-de-la-ley-el-ministerio-publico-en-guatemala","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?post_type=publication&p=501523","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","alternate_post_title":"","_rawhtml_settings":"0,0,0,0","author":[{"from_directory":false,"name":"Vance Center for International Justice, Cyrus R.","first_name":"Cyrus R.","middle_name":"","last_name":"Vance Center for International Justice","permalink":""},{"from_directory":false,"name":"Impact Lab, Rule of Law","first_name":"Rule of Law","middle_name":"","last_name":"Impact Lab","permalink":""},{"from_directory":false,"name":"Singh, Amrit","first_name":"Amrit","middle_name":"","last_name":"Singh","permalink":""}],"primary_author":[{"from_directory":"0","post_id":"0","name":"","first_name":"Cyrus R.","middle_name":"","last_name":"Vance Center for International Justice"},{"from_directory":"0","post_id":"0","name":"","first_name":"Rule of Law","middle_name":"","last_name":"Impact Lab"},{"from_directory":"0","post_id":"0","name":"","first_name":"Amrit","middle_name":"","last_name":"Singh"}],"formatted_publication_date":"October 8, 2024","publication_date":"2024-10-08T00:00:00+00:00","citation":"<u>Report by the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice<\/u>, <em>Above the Law: The Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Guatemala<\/em> (Oct. 8, 2024).","_yoast_wpseo_primary_student_journal_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"60","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1728388877"},"date":"October 8, 2024","press_date":"October 8, 2024","post_date":"October 8, 2024"},{"id":501503,"title":"Nuevo reporte sobre el Ministerio P\u00fablico de Guatemala pide acciones para prevenir abusos de poder y garantizar la rendici\u00f3n de cuentas","status":"publish","type":"post","author":13501,"content":"<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/10\/08\/new-report-on-guatemalan-public-prosecutors-office-calls-for-actions-to-prevent-abuse-of-power-ensure-accountability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>8 de octubre de 2024 – El Rule of Law Impact Lab de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford, junto con el Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice del Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Nueva York, publicaron hoy un reporte que documenta graves faltas y abuso de poder por parte del Ministerio P\u00fablico de Guatemala bajo su actual liderazgo. Las dos organizaciones destacan la falta de un mecanismo independiente e imparcial que garantice la rendici\u00f3n de cuentas del Fiscal General por mala conducta y emiten una serie de recomendaciones al Estado de Guatemala para reformar este mecanismo.<\/p>\n<p>El reporte<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">,<\/span> titulado \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Report_Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Por encima de la ley: El Ministerio P\u00fablico en Guatemala<\/a>\u201d, documenta y analiza por primera vez decenas de denuncias oficiales emitidas por varios organismos multilaterales y diversos gobiernos contra el Ministerio P\u00fablico. Esto incluye acusaciones sobre obstrucci\u00f3n de investigaciones sobre corrupci\u00f3n, utilizaci\u00f3n del derecho penal como herramienta para perseguir a operadores de justicia, periodistas y defensores de derechos humanos, e intenciones de subvertir la democracia del pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl registro oficial del abuso de poder por parte del Ministerio P\u00fablico es abrumador y no puede ser ignorado\u201d, <strong>se\u00f1al\u00f3 Amrit Singh, profesora de derecho y Directora Ejecutiva del Rule of Law Impact Lab de la Escuela de Derecho de Stanford University<\/strong>. La profesora agreg\u00f3: \u201cSin embargo, la legislaci\u00f3n guatemalteca no proporciona ning\u00fan mecanismo independiente e imparcial para que la Fiscal\u00eda rinda cuentas, tal y como exige el derecho internacional. El Estado de Guatemala debe garantizar que el Ministerio P\u00fablico rinda cuentas y respete el Estado de Derecho.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEste reporte demuestra claramente c\u00f3mo el Ministerio P\u00fablico de Guatemala ha abusado de su poder para bloquear los esfuerzos por arrancar la corrupci\u00f3n, criminalizar a los defensores de los derechos humanos y socavar los procesos democr\u00e1ticos. Para restablecer la confianza en las instituciones p\u00fablicas y abordar la corrupci\u00f3n end\u00e9mica de Guatemala, el Ministerio P\u00fablico y sus fiscales deben comenzar a realizar investigaciones transparentes y actuar con la imparcialidad y objetividad necesarias para ese cargo. Sin mecanismos de rendici\u00f3n de cuentas, el Ministerio P\u00fablico s\u00f3lo continuar\u00e1 protegiendo la impunidad, con un gran costo para\u00a0\u00a0 Guatemala\u201d, dijo <strong>Jaime Ch\u00e1vez Alor, Director Ejecutivo Asociado del Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>El reporte documenta denuncias oficiales de la Comisi\u00f3n Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), la Organizaci\u00f3n de Estados Americanos (OEA), las Naciones Unidas, la Uni\u00f3n Europea y los gobiernos de Albania, Armenia, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Canad\u00e1, Francia, Georgia, Alemania, Islandia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia del Norte, Noruega, Montenegro, la Rep\u00fablica de Moldova, Serbia, Suecia, Suiza, Ucrania, el Reino Unido y los Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<p>Estas alegaciones plantean serias preocupaciones sobre la posible violaci\u00f3n de las obligaciones internacionales de Guatemala en virtud de la Convenci\u00f3n Americana sobre Derechos Humanos, el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Pol\u00edticos, la Convenci\u00f3n Interamericana contra la Corrupci\u00f3n y la Convenci\u00f3n de las Naciones Unidas contra la Corrupci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Guatemala ocupa el puesto 13 de 15 pa\u00edses latinoamericanos por su capacidad para detectar, castigar y prevenir la corrupci\u00f3n, seg\u00fan un reporte emitido en 2023 por Americas Society\/Council of the Americas. En 2023, el activista anticorrupci\u00f3n Bernado Ar\u00e9valo y su partido, Semilla, lograron una sorpresiva victoria en las elecciones generales. Desde entonces, las maniobras legales de integrantes de la administraci\u00f3n anterior y sus aliados, junto con el Ministerio P\u00fablico bajo su actual liderazgo, han intentado revertir los resultados electorales y debilitar al presidente y su partido..<\/p>\n<p>El reporte documenta c\u00f3mo el Ministerio P\u00fablico, bajo el liderazgo de Mar\u00eda Consuelo Porras Argueta de Porres, quien asumi\u00f3 como Fiscal General en 2018, ha desempe\u00f1ado un papel clave en frustrar las investigaciones anticorrupci\u00f3n, utilizando el derecho penal como arma en contra de jueces, periodistas y defensores de derechos humanos, y debilitando la democracia.<\/p>\n<p>Cuarenta y dos pa\u00edses han emitido sanciones, de manera individual y colectiva contra la Fiscal General por corrupci\u00f3n e intentos de socavar la democracia. Entre estos se encuentran la Uni\u00f3n Europea (formada por 27 Estados) y los gobiernos de Albania, Armenia, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Canad\u00e1, Francia, Georgia, Alemania, Islandia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia del Norte, Noruega, Montenegro, la Rep\u00fablica de Moldavia, Serbia, Suecia, Suiza, Ucrania, el Reino Unido y Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, la legislaci\u00f3n guatemalteca no prev\u00e9 un mecanismo independiente e imparcial para exigir responsabilidades a un\/a Fiscal General, como exige el derecho internacional. El \u00fanico medio para exigir responsabilidades a el\/la Fiscal General es su destituci\u00f3n mediante una condena penal firme por un delito intencionado cometido durante su mandato. Cualquier investigaci\u00f3n penal contra el\/la Fiscal General tendr\u00eda que ser iniciada por el Ministerio P\u00fablico, que \u00e9l\/ella dirige y, o bien por personal jer\u00e1rquicamente inferior a \u00e9l\/ella, o bien por un \u00abfiscal especial\u00bb externo que es nombrado por \u00e9l\/ella y puede ser destituido por \u00e9l\/ella. La estructura jer\u00e1rquica del Ministerio P\u00fablico hace pr\u00e1cticamente imposible exigir responsabilidades a el\/la Fiscal\u00eda General por mala conducta.<\/p>\n<p>Para solucionar esta situaci\u00f3n, el reporte llama al Estado de Guatemala a tomar las siguientes acciones:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Asegurar que el Ministerio P\u00fablico y sus fiscales act\u00faen con imparcialidad, objetividad y profesionalismo.<\/li>\n<li>Implementar procedimientos disciplinarios justos y transparentes para responsabilizar a los fiscales por mala conducta.<\/li>\n<li>Garantizar la independencia de las investigaciones, especialmente de figuras como la del Fiscal General.<\/li>\n<li>Reformar las leyes y reglamentos de Guatemala para que la estructura jer\u00e1rquica del Ministerio P\u00fablico no sea un obst\u00e1culo para que los funcionarios de alto nivel de esa oficina rindan cuentas por mala conducta.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Para leer el reporte:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Report_Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PARA LEER EL REPORTE EN ESPANOL<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Report_English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE REPORT IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Acerca del Rule of Law Impact Lab <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El Laboratorio de Impacto sobre el Estado de Derecho de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford estudia y despliega herramientas jur\u00eddicas – litigios e investigaci\u00f3n jur\u00eddica, documentaci\u00f3n y defensa – en estrecha colaboraci\u00f3n con profesionales y acad\u00e9micos locales para combatir el declive democr\u00e1tico en todo el mundo, incluidos los EE.UU. El Laboratorio de Impacto sobre el Estado de Derecho se inspira en el modelo de los Laboratorios de Impacto de Stanford de toda la universidad, que se centra en abordar algunos de los retos m\u00e1s acuciantes del mundo a trav\u00e9s de los esfuerzos combinados de investigadores y responsables pol\u00edticos que trabajan en una amplia gama de disciplinas. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab\">www.law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Acerca del Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, un programa sin \u00e1nimo de lucro del Colegio de Abogados de Nueva York, promueve la justicia global a trav\u00e9s de la participaci\u00f3n de profesionales del derecho de todo el mundo para que apoyen el trabajo de la sociedad civil y una profesi\u00f3n jur\u00eddica \u00e9ticamente activa. Re\u00fane a los principales bufetes de abogados y otros socios de todo el mundo para promover iniciativas de justicia internacional y proporcionar representaci\u00f3n legal gratuita a organizaciones de sociedad civil que luchan por la justicia social. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancecenter.org\">www.vancecenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacto para los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rule of Law Impact Lab: asingh@law.stanford.edu<\/p>\n<p>Vance Center: nsouthwick@nycbar.org<\/p>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/10\/08\/501503\/","format":"standard","slug":"501503","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?p=501503","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1728408178","_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","hidden_title":"","alternate_post_title":"","longform_layout":"0","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","la_matrix_id_meta_key":"Not Legal Aggregate","author":[{"from_directory":true,"name":"Amrit Singh","first_name":"Amrit","middle_name":"","last_name":"Singh","permalink":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/amrit-singh\/"}],"primary_author":[{"from_directory":"on","post_id":"430571","name":""}]},"date":"October 8, 2024","press_date":"October 8, 2024","post_date":"October 8, 2024"},{"id":501480,"title":"New Report on Guatemalan Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office Calls for Actions to Prevent Abuse of Power, Ensure Accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","author":13501,"content":"<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/10\/08\/501503\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEER EN ESPANOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>October 8, 2024 \u2013 The Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School, alongside The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association, today issued a report documenting serious misconduct and abuse of power by Guatemala\u2019s Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office under its current leadership. The two organizations highlight the lack of an independent and impartial mechanism for holding the Attorney General accountable for misconduct and issue recommendations to the State of Guatemala for reform.<\/p>\n<p>The report, titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Report_English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Above the Law: The Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Guatemala<\/a>\u201d, for the first time compiles and analyzes scores of official findings made by several multilateral bodies and governments against the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office. This includes reports that the office obstructed corruption investigations, used criminal law as a tool to persecute justice operators, journalists, and human rights defenders, and attempted to subvert democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe official record of the abuse of power by the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office is overwhelming and cannot be ignored,” said <strong>Amrit Singh, law professor and Executive Director of the Rule of Impact Lab at Stanford Law School<\/strong>. \u201cYet, Guatemalan law provides no independent and impartial mechanism for holding the Office accountable as required under international law. The State of Guatemala must ensure that the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office is held accountable and respects the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis report demonstrates how Guatemala’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has abused its power to block efforts to root out corruption, harass human rights defenders and undermine democratic processes. In order to restore trust in public institutions and truly address Guatemala’s endemic corruption, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and its prosecutors must begin conducting transparent investigations and act with the impartiality and objectivity necessary for that office. Without accountability mechanisms in place, the Public Prosecutor’s Office will only continue protecting impunity, at great cost to Guatemala,\u201d said <strong>Jaime Ch\u00e1vez Alor, Associate Executive Director of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The report collates official findings issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Organization of American States (OAS), the United Nations, the European Union, and the governments of Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Lichtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>These findings raise serious concerns about the possible violation of Guatemala’s international obligations under the American Convention on Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Inter-American Convention against Corruption, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Guatemala ranks 13 out of 15 among Latin American countries in its ability to detect, punish, and prevent corruption, according to a 2023 Americas Society\/Council of the Americas report. In 2023, anti-corruption campaigner Bernado Ar\u00e9valo and his party, <em>Semilla<\/em>, unexpectedly won the general elections. Since then, legal maneuvers by the previous administration and its allies, as well as the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office under its current leadership, have sought to subvert the election results and undermine the President and his party.<\/p>\n<p>The report documents how the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office under the leadership of Mar\u00eda Consuelo Porras Argueta de Porres, who took over as Attorney General in 2018, has played a key role in thwarting anti-corruption investigations, weaponizing criminal law against judges, journalists and human rights defenders, and undermining democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-two countries have individually or collectively issued sanctions against the Attorney General for corruption and attempts to subvert democracy. These include the European Union (comprising 27 states) and the governments of Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, France, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Lichtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Guatemalan law does not provide an independent and impartial mechanism for holding the Attorney General accountable, which is required under international law. The only means for holding the Attorney General accountable is his\/her removal on the basis of a final criminal conviction for an intentional crime committed while in office. Any criminal investigation against the Attorney General would have to be initiated by the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office, which he\/she heads and either by personnel who are all hierarchically inferior to him\/her, or an external \u201cspecial prosecutor\u201d who is appointed by and can be removed by the Attorney General. The hierarchical structure of the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office makes it practically impossible to hold the Attorney General accountable for misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>To remedy this situation, the report calls on the State of Guatemala to take the following actions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ensure that the Public Prosecutor’s Office and its prosecutors act with impartiality, objectivity, and professionalism.<\/li>\n<li>Implement fair and transparent disciplinary procedures to hold prosecutors accountable for misconduct.<\/li>\n<li>Guarantee the independence of investigations, especially into figures such as the Attorney General.<\/li>\n<li>Reform Guatemala’s laws and regulations so that the hierarchical structure of the Public Prosecutor’s Office is not an obstacle for high-level officials in that office to be held accountable for misconduct.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To read the full report:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Report_English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE REPORT IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Report_Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PARA LEER EL REPORTE EN ESPANOL<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Rule of Law Impact Lab\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab studies and deploys legal tools \u2013 litigation and legal research, documentation, and advocacy \u2013 in close collaboration with local practitioners and academics to combat democratic decline around the world, including in the US The Rule of Law Impact Lab is inspired by the university-wide Stanford Impact Labs model, which focuses on addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges through the combined efforts of researchers and policymakers working across a range of disciplines. Learn more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab\">www.law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, a non-profit program of the New York City Bar Association, promotes global justice by engaging legal professionals around the world to support the work of civil society and an ethically active legal profession. It brings together leading law firms and other partners around the world to promote international justice initiatives and provide pro bono legal representation to civil society organizations that fight for social justice. Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vancecenter.org\/\">www.vancecenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rule of Law Impact Lab: <a href=\"mailto:asingh@law.stanford.edu\">asingh@law.stanford.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vance Center: <a href=\"mailto:nsouthwick@nycbar.org\">nsouthwick@nycbar.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/10\/08\/new-report-on-guatemalan-public-prosecutors-office-calls-for-actions-to-prevent-abuse-of-power-ensure-accountability\/","format":"standard","slug":"new-report-on-guatemalan-public-prosecutors-office-calls-for-actions-to-prevent-abuse-of-power-ensure-accountability","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?p=501480","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1728408254","_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","hidden_title":"","alternate_post_title":"","longform_layout":"0","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"1","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","la_matrix_id_meta_key":"Not Legal Aggregate","author":[{"from_directory":true,"name":"Amrit Singh","first_name":"Amrit","middle_name":"","last_name":"Singh","permalink":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/amrit-singh\/"}],"primary_author":[{"from_directory":"on","post_id":"430571","name":""}]},"date":"October 8, 2024","press_date":"October 8, 2024","post_date":"October 8, 2024"},{"id":501400,"title":"Above the Law: The Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Guatemala","status":"publish","type":"publication","author":13501,"content":"<p>In this report, The Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School, alongside The Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association, documented serious misconduct and abuse of power by Guatemala\u2019s Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office under its current leadership. The two organizations highlight the lack of an independent and impartial mechanism for holding the Attorney General accountable for misconduct and issue recommendations to the State of Guatemala for reform.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Report_English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?post_type=publication&p=501523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PARA LEER EL REPORTE EN ESPANOL<\/a><\/p>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/publications\/above-the-law-the-public-prosecutors-office-in-guatemala\/","format":"standard","slug":"above-the-law-the-public-prosecutors-office-in-guatemala","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?post_type=publication&p=501400","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","alternate_post_title":"","_rawhtml_settings":"0,0,0,0","_yoast_wpseo_primary_student_journal_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1728388811","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"90","author":[{"from_directory":false,"name":"Vance Center for International Justice, Cyrus R.","first_name":"Cyrus R.","middle_name":"","last_name":"Vance Center for International Justice","permalink":""},{"from_directory":false,"name":"Impact Lab, Rule of Law","first_name":"Rule of Law","middle_name":"","last_name":"Impact Lab","permalink":""},{"from_directory":false,"name":"Singh, Amrit","first_name":"Amrit","middle_name":"","last_name":"Singh","permalink":""}],"primary_author":[{"from_directory":"0","post_id":"0","name":"","first_name":"Cyrus R.","middle_name":"","last_name":"Vance Center for International Justice"},{"from_directory":"0","post_id":"0","name":"","first_name":"Rule of Law","middle_name":"","last_name":"Impact Lab"},{"from_directory":"0","post_id":"0","name":"","first_name":"Amrit","middle_name":"","last_name":"Singh"}],"formatted_publication_date":"October 8, 2024","publication_date":"2024-10-08T00:00:00+00:00","citation":"<u>Report by the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice<\/u>, <em>Above the Law: The Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Guatemala<\/em> (Oct. 8, 2024)."},"date":"October 8, 2024","press_date":"October 8, 2024","post_date":"October 8, 2024"},{"id":499275,"title":"Mexico\u2019s Democratic Disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","author":13091,"content":"<p>(Originally published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalofdemocracy.org\/online-exclusive\/mexicos-democratic-disaster\/\"><em>Journal of Democracy<\/em><\/a> in September 2024.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_430572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-430572\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-430572 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Amrit Singh\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-1152x1152.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-725x725.jpg 725w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-362x362.jpg 362w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-566x566.jpg 566w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-164x164.jpg 164w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-220x220.jpg 220w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/auto-draft-456.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-430572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amrit Singh, executive director of the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"font--large font--serif\">Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador (AMLO), with only two weeks left in office, signed into law a raft of constitutional amendments that will remove nearly seven-thousand state and federal judges and replace them with popularly elected ones. The amendments approved on September 15 \u2014 just before his prot\u00e9g\u00e9, Claudia Sheinbaum,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/930427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">takes the helm<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 are a last-ditch effort in his longstanding plan to undermine democracy in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font--large font--serif\">This was not AMLO\u2019s first attempt to run roughshod over Mexico\u2019s checks and balances, or even his second. In 2022, President L\u00f3pez Obrador proposed \u201cPlan A\u201d \u2014 a constitutional amendment to gut Mexico\u2019s National Electoral Institute (INE), the highly regarded independent body responsible for overseeing elections. Democratic checks and balances prevailed: The amendment failed to gather the required two-thirds majority in the Senate. 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Fifty-five thousand judicial employees went on strike as legislators pushed the law forward; the peso fell, and international banks issued dire warnings about the effect of the proposal on the economy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, issued an unusual warning. The plan, he said late last month, presented \u201ca major risk to the functioning of Mexico\u2019s democracy.\u201d The\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/27\/world\/americas\/mexico-us-pause-relations.html\">president responded<\/a>\u00a0by angrily announcing a \u201cpause\u201d of diplomatic relations with the U.S. Embassy. 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Expression","status":"publish","type":"post","author":13316,"content":"<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/06\/19\/el-laboratorio-de-impacto-sobre-el-estado-de-derecho-de-la-facultad-de-derecho-de-stanford-defiende-la-independencia-y-el-derecho-a-la-libertad-de-expresion-del-fiscal-anticorrupcion-en-un-escrito-pre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 19, 2023<\/strong> – Frank La Rue, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, has warned that disciplinary measures imposed on anti-corruption senior prosecutor Rafael Vela Barba violate Peru\u2019s obligations under international law, in a brief filed on his behalf by the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School (SLS) before the Ninth Constitutional Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima.<\/p>\n<p>The amicus brief was filed in an <em>amparo<\/em> lawsuit in which Prosecutor Vela Barba challenges the disciplinary proceedings and sanctions imposed on him for criticizing in 2020 the judiciary\u2019s decision to release from pretrial detention Keiko Fujimori (the leader of the political party Fuerza Popular), who Vela was investigating for allegedly receiving campaign contributions from the Brazilian company Odebrecht.<\/p>\n<p>Although a judge initially granted the request of the Public Prosecutor\u2019s office to subject Fujimori to 15 months of pre-trial detention for the alleged crime of money laundering, on May 1, 2020, this decision was revoked by three judges of the Second Criminal Chamber of Appeals. In May 2020, Vela Barba publicly criticized the revocation as having been already decided before the hearing on the issue. \u00a0He noted that the court\u2019s bias was evident from its adoption of an \u201catypical procedure\u201d in which the hearing was conducted in absence of the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office, despite the latter\u2019s request for a postponement.<\/p>\n<p>The same month, one of the three judges filed a complaint against him for functional misconduct. On June 22, 2023, the Disciplinary Procedures Commission formally initiated disciplinary proceedings against him, and on October 5, 2023, the National Control Authority of the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office suspended him for eight months and fifteen days. Prosecutor Vela filed a writ of <em>amparo<\/em> challenging his suspension and requested his provisional reinstatement while the amparo was being decided.\u00a0 On March 7, 2024, the First Constitutional Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima provisionally reinstated Vela Barba in his position. The merits of this <em>amparo<\/em> must be resolved in the first instance by the Ninth Constitutional Court of Lima, before which the amicus curiae brief has been filed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeru is bound by international law, which protects the right of prosecutors to freedom of expression, especially in situations that threaten their independence and the integrity of the justice system,\u201d said Frank La Rue, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression. \u201cAs justice operators in Peru continue to face systematic attacks, this case presents a profoundly important opportunity for the Court to reject such attacks as unlawful and uphold the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sanctions imposed on Prosecutor Vela Barba are part of a pattern of increasing of harassment of anti-corruption prosecutors, whistleblowers, and investigative journalists in Peru. After several years of significant progress in the investigation of corrupt actors at the highest levels of public office, recent years have seen the weaponization of the law to remove independent public servants from office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case is of crucial significance for the fight against corruption and the rule of law in Peru,\u201d said Stanford Law School Professor of Practice Amrit Singh, Executive Director of SLS\u2019s Rule of Law Impact Lab. \u201cProsecutor Vela Barba\u2019s public comments related to matters of significant public interest. The Court should recognize that the disciplinary sanctions are an unlawful attack on his independence and his right to free expression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The amicus brief argues that the disciplinary proceedings and sanctions imposed on Prosecutor Vela Barba violate Peru\u2019s obligations under Articles 8 and 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.<\/p>\n<p>The right to freedom of expression of prosecutors is particularly relevant in light of the ongoing debate on the creation of the National Judicial School in Peru, a measure that would modify the disciplinary system of judges and prosecutors and would facilitate indirect political control over them. Under this proposal, the authority that suspended Prosecutor Vela Barba could remove him permanently from his position. During the debate on the proposal, on June 4, Congressman Alejandro Mu\u00f1ante of the political party Renovaci\u00f3n Popular, requested in the session of the Constitutional Commission of the Congress, that article 156 of the Peruvian Constitution be amended to prohibit judges and prosecutors from \u201cparticipating in or issuing political opinions.\u201d The Constitutional Commission approved this proposal.\u00a0 A vote on the proposal by the Plenary of Congress is pending.<\/p>\n<p>Peru has signed and ratified the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidh.oas.org\/basicos\/english\/basic3.american%20convention.htm\">American Convention on Human Rights<\/a> as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/instruments-mechanisms\/instruments\/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights\">International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights<\/a>. In November 2023, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oas.org\/en\/IACHR\/jsForm\/?File=\/en\/iachr\/media_center\/PReleases\/2023\/263.asp\">granted<\/a> precautionary measures in favor of public prosecutor Rafael Vela Barba and his family.\u00a0 The precautionary measures required the State of Peru to Take any measures necessary to enable Rafael Ernesto Vela Barba to protect the rights to life and personal integrity of Vela Barba and his family and to take necessary measures to enable him to do his work as a public prosecutor without being subjected to threats, harassment, or any other acts of violence for doing such work.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Amicus-Vela-June-19-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE BRIEF IN SPANISH<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Amicus-Vela-June-19-Unofficial-English-Translation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE BRIEF IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Rule of Law Impact Lab <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab studies and deploys legal tools\u2013litigation and legal research, documentation, and advocacy\u2013in close collaboration with local practitioners and academics to combat democratic decline around the world, including in the U.S. The Rule of Law Impact Lab is inspired by the university-wide Stanford Impact Labs model, which focuses on tackling some of the world\u2019s most pressing challenges through the combined efforts of researchers and policymakers working across a range of disciplines.<\/p>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/06\/19\/slss-rule-of-law-impact-lab-advocates-for-anti-corruption-prosecutors-independence-and-right-to-free-expression-in-brief-on-behalf-of-frank-la-rue-former-un-special-rapporteur-on-fr\/","format":"standard","slug":"slss-rule-of-law-impact-lab-advocates-for-anti-corruption-prosecutors-independence-and-right-to-free-expression-in-brief-on-behalf-of-frank-la-rue-former-un-special-rapporteur-on-fr","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?p=473927","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","hidden_title":"","alternate_post_title":"","longform_layout":"0","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"[]","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"[\"\"]","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1718991292","_permission_group_visibility":null,"_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":"","la_matrix_id_meta_key":"Not Legal Aggregate"},"date":"June 19, 2024","press_date":"June 19, 2024","post_date":"June 19, 2024"},{"id":473926,"title":"El Laboratorio de Impacto sobre el Estado de Derecho de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford defiende la independencia y el derecho a la libertad de expresi\u00f3n del fiscal anticorrupci\u00f3n en un escrito presentado ante un tribunal peruano en nombre de Frank La Rue, Ex Relator Especial de la ONU sobre la promoci\u00f3n y protecci\u00f3n del derecho a la libertad de opini\u00f3n y de expresi\u00f3n","status":"publish","type":"post","author":13316,"content":"<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/06\/19\/slss-rule-of-law-impact-lab-advocates-for-anti-corruption-prosecutors-independence-and-right-to-free-expression-in-brief-on-behalf-of-frank-la-rue-former-un-special-rapporteur-on-fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>19 de junio de 2023 – <\/strong>Frank La Rue, Ex Relator Especial de la ONU sobre la promoci\u00f3n y protecci\u00f3n del derecho a la libertad de opini\u00f3n y de expresi\u00f3n, ha advertido que las medidas disciplinarias impuestas al fiscal anticorrupci\u00f3n Rafael Vela Barba violan las obligaciones internacionales del Per\u00fa, en un escrito presentado en su nombre por el Laboratorio de Impacto sobre el Estado de Derecho de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford ante el Noveno Juez Constitucional de la Corte Superior de Justicia de Lima.<\/p>\n<p>El amicus fue presentado en un proceso de amparo en el que el fiscal Vela Barba impugn\u00f3 el proceso disciplinario y las sanciones que se le impusieron por criticar en el 2020 la decisi\u00f3n del Poder Judicial de liberar de prisi\u00f3n preventiva a Keiko Fujimori (l\u00edder del partido pol\u00edtico Fuerza Popular), a quien Vela investigaba por presuntamente recibir aportes de campa\u00f1a de la empresa brasile\u00f1a Odebrecht.<\/p>\n<p>Aunque inicialmente un juez concedi\u00f3 el pedido del Ministerio P\u00fablico de someter a Fujimori a 15 meses de prisi\u00f3n preventiva por el presunto delito de lavado de activos, el 1 de mayo de 2020, esta decisi\u00f3n fue revocada por tres magistrados de la Segunda Sala Penal de Apelaciones. En mayo de 2020, Vela Barba critic\u00f3 p\u00fablicamente la revocatoria por considerar que ya hab\u00eda sido decidida antes de la audiencia sobre el tema. \u00a0Se\u00f1al\u00f3 que la parcialidad del tribunal era evidente por haber adoptado un “procedimiento at\u00edpico” en el que la audiencia se llev\u00f3 a cabo en ausencia del Ministerio P\u00fablico, a pesar de la solicitud de aplazamiento de este \u00faltimo.<\/p>\n<p>Ese mismo mes, uno de los tres jueces present\u00f3 una denuncia en su contra por inconducta funcional. El 22 de junio de 2023, la Comisi\u00f3n de Procedimientos Disciplinarios inici\u00f3 formalmente un proceso disciplinario en su contra, y el 5 de octubre de 2023, la Autoridad Nacional de Control del Ministerio P\u00fablico lo suspendi\u00f3 por ocho meses y quince d\u00edas. El Fiscal Vela interpuso un recurso de amparo impugnando su suspensi\u00f3n y solicit\u00f3 su reincorporaci\u00f3n provisional mientras se resolv\u00eda el amparo.\u00a0 El 7 de marzo de 2024, la Primera Sala Constitucional de la Corte Superior de Justicia de Lima reincorpor\u00f3 provisionalmente a Vela Barba en su cargo. El fondo de este amparo deber\u00e1 ser resuelto en primera instancia por el Noveno Juzgado Constitucional de Lima, ante el cual se ha presentado el amicus curiae.<\/p>\n<p>Per\u00fa est\u00e1 obligado por el derecho internacional, que protege el derecho de los fiscales a la libertad de expresi\u00f3n, especialmente en situaciones que amenazan su independencia y la integridad del sistema de justicia”, dijo Frank La Rue, ex Relator Especial de la ONU sobre la Promoci\u00f3n y Protecci\u00f3n del Derecho a la Libertad de Opini\u00f3n y de Expresi\u00f3n. “Mientras los operadores de justicia en Per\u00fa contin\u00faan enfrentando ataques sistem\u00e1ticos, este caso presenta una oportunidad profundamente importante para que la Corte rechace tales ataques como ilegales y defienda el estado de derecho.<\/p>\n<p>Las sanciones impuestas al fiscal Vela Barba forman parte de un patr\u00f3n de creciente acoso a fiscales anticorrupci\u00f3n, denunciantes y periodistas de investigaci\u00f3n en Per\u00fa.\u00a0 Despu\u00e9s de varios a\u00f1os de avances significativos en la investigaci\u00f3n de actores corruptos en los m\u00e1s altos niveles de la funci\u00f3n p\u00fablica, en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os se ha visto la instrumentalizaci\u00f3n de la ley para destituir a funcionarios p\u00fablicos independientes.<\/p>\n<p>“Este caso es de crucial importancia para la lucha contra la corrupci\u00f3n y el Estado de Derecho en Per\u00fa”, dijo la profesora de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford Amrit Singh, Directora Ejecutiva del Laboratorio de Impacto del Estado de Derecho de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford. “Los comentarios p\u00fablicos del Fiscal Vela Barba se relacionaron con asuntos de inter\u00e9s p\u00fablico significativo. El Tribunal deber\u00eda reconocer que las sanciones disciplinarias son un ataque ilegal a su independencia y a su derecho a la libre expresi\u00f3n.”<\/p>\n<p>El amicus sostiene que los procedimientos disciplinarios y las sanciones impuestas al Fiscal Vela Barba violan las obligaciones de Per\u00fa establecidas en los art\u00edculos 8 y 13 de la Convenci\u00f3n Americana sobre Derechos Humanos y el art\u00edculo 19 del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Pol\u00edticos.<\/p>\n<p>El derecho a la libertad de expresi\u00f3n de los fiscales es particularmente relevante a la luz del debate en curso sobre la creaci\u00f3n de la Escuela Nacional de la Magistratura en Per\u00fa, una medida que modificar\u00eda el sistema disciplinario de jueces y fiscales y facilitar\u00eda el control pol\u00edtico indirecto sobre ellos. Bajo esta propuesta, la autoridad que suspendi\u00f3 al Fiscal Vela Barba podr\u00eda removerlo definitivamente de su cargo. Durante el debate de la propuesta, el 4 de junio, el congresista Alejandro Mu\u00f1ante del partido pol\u00edtico Renovaci\u00f3n Popular, solicit\u00f3 en la sesi\u00f3n de la Comisi\u00f3n de Constituci\u00f3n del Congreso, que se modifique el art\u00edculo 156 de la Constituci\u00f3n peruana para prohibir a los jueces y fiscales “participar o emitir opiniones pol\u00edticas”. La Comisi\u00f3n Constitucional aprob\u00f3 esta propuesta.\u00a0 Est\u00e1 pendiente la votaci\u00f3n de la propuesta por el Pleno del Congreso.<\/p>\n<p>Per\u00fa ha firmado y ratificado la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cidh.oas.org\/basicos\/english\/basic3.american%20convention.htm\">Convenci\u00f3n Americana sobre Derechos Humanos<\/a>, as\u00ed como el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/instruments-mechanisms\/instruments\/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights\">Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Pol\u00edticos<\/a>. En noviembre de 2023, la Comisi\u00f3n Interamericana de Derechos Humanos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oas.org\/en\/IACHR\/jsForm\/?File=\/en\/iachr\/media_center\/PReleases\/2023\/263.asp\">otorg\u00f3<\/a> medidas cautelares a favor del fiscal Rafael Vela Barba y su familia. Las medidas cautelares requirieron al Estado de Per\u00fa Adoptar todas las medidas necesarias para que Rafael Ernesto Vela Barba pueda proteger los derechos a la vida y a la integridad personal de Vela Barba y su familia y adoptar las medidas necesarias para que pueda realizar su trabajo como fiscal sin ser objeto de amenazas, hostigamiento o cualquier otro acto de violencia por realizar dicho trabajo.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Amicus-Vela-June-19-Spanish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEA EL INFORME EN ESPA\u00d1OL AQUI:<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Amicus-Vela-June-19-Unofficial-English-Translation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEA EN INFORME EN INGL\u00c9S AQUI:<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Acerca del Laboratorio de Impacto sobre el Estado de Derecho <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El Laboratorio de Impacto sobre el Estado de Derecho de la Facultad de Derecho de Stanford estudia y despliega herramientas jur\u00eddicas (litigios e investigaci\u00f3n jur\u00eddica, documentaci\u00f3n y defensa) en estrecha colaboraci\u00f3n con profesionales y acad\u00e9micos locales para combatir el declive democr\u00e1tico en todo el mundo, incluido Estados Unidos. El Laboratorio de Impacto sobre el Estado de Derecho se inspira en el modelo de Laboratorios de Impacto de Stanford, que se centra en abordar algunos de los retos m\u00e1s acuciantes del mundo a trav\u00e9s de los esfuerzos combinados de investigadores y responsables pol\u00edticos que trabajan en una amplia gama de disciplinas.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/06\/19\/el-laboratorio-de-impacto-sobre-el-estado-de-derecho-de-la-facultad-de-derecho-de-stanford-defiende-la-independencia-y-el-derecho-a-la-libertad-de-expresion-del-fiscal-anticorrupcion-en-un-escrito-pre\/","format":"standard","slug":"el-laboratorio-de-impacto-sobre-el-estado-de-derecho-de-la-facultad-de-derecho-de-stanford-defiende-la-independencia-y-el-derecho-a-la-libertad-de-expresion-del-fiscal-anticorrupcion-en-un-escrito-pre","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?p=473926","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","hidden_title":"","alternate_post_title":"","longform_layout":"0","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"[]","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"[\"\"]","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1718921189","_permission_group_visibility":null,"_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":"","la_matrix_id_meta_key":"Not Legal Aggregate"},"date":"June 19, 2024","press_date":"June 19, 2024","post_date":"June 19, 2024"},{"id":473924,"title":"Brief on behalf of Frank La Rue by the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School","status":"publish","type":"publication","author":14,"content":"","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/publications\/brief-on-behalf-of-frank-la-rue-by-the-rule-of-law-impact-lab-at-stanford-law-school\/","format":"standard","slug":"brief-on-behalf-of-frank-la-rue-by-the-rule-of-law-impact-lab-at-stanford-law-school","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?post_type=publication&p=473924","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_gform-form-id":"209","_gform-entry-id":"71216","publication_date":"2024-06-19T00:00:00+00:00","_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1718928171","primary_author":[{"from_directory":"on","post_id":"430571","name":""}],"author":[{"from_directory":true,"name":"Amrit Singh","first_name":"Amrit","middle_name":"","last_name":"Singh","permalink":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/amrit-singh\/"}],"citation":"<u>Brief on behalf of Frank La Rue by the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School<\/u>, No. 06245-2023-93-1801-JR-DC-09 in the Ninth Constitutional Court of the Lima Superior Court of Justice (Jun. 19, 2024).","_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","alternate_post_title":"","_rawhtml_settings":"0,0,0,0","attachment":{"473928":{"url":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Amicus-Vela-June-19-Unofficial-English-Translation.pdf","file_name":"Amicus-Vela-June-19-Unofficial-English-Translation.pdf"},"473929":{"url":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Amicus-Vela-June-19-Spanish.pdf","file_name":"Amicus-Vela-June-19-Spanish.pdf"}},"_yoast_wpseo_primary_student_journal_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"[]","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"[\"\"]","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","formatted_publication_date":"June 19, 2024","_wp_old_date":"2024-06-19"},"date":"June 19, 2024","press_date":"June 19, 2024","post_date":"June 19, 2024"},{"id":473778,"title":"\u201cWhy Do They Hate Us So Much?\u201d: Discriminatory Censorship Harms Education in Florida","status":"publish","type":"publication","author":14,"content":"<p>Since 2021, political leaders in the US state of Florida have reshaped K-12 schools through laws and policies that censor, distort, and discriminate. Such efforts include passing laws restricting classroom instruction about race in US history, sexual orientation and gender identity, banning books available to students, and setting inaccurate and misleading civics and history standards.<\/p>\n<p>Why Do They Hate Us So Much documents the impacts on students of Florida’s denial of access to accurate information about Black history, systemic racism, and about their health, when related to sexual orientation or gender identity. Florida leads the United States in the number of books banned from classrooms and school libraries, primarily literature written by or about LGBTQ people and people of color. Students and teachers report that new legal and curriculum changes have created an environment more conducive to harassment and discrimination in the classroom on the basis of race, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Parents and teachers describe the difficulty of providing children with an education free from discrimination in the increasingly hostile environment.<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch, Florida Rising, and Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab call on Florida to rescind its discriminatory policies and promote a curriculum that counters discrimination and prepares students to live healthy lives in a diverse society. They also call for a bold federal response to address this civil and human rights crisis in US public schools.<\/p>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/publications\/why-do-they-hate-us-so-much\/","format":"standard","slug":"why-do-they-hate-us-so-much","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?post_type=publication&p=473778","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_gform-form-id":"209","_gform-entry-id":"71174","alternate_post_title":"","publication_date":"2024-06-19T00:00:00+00:00","publisher":"Human Rights Watch, Florida Rising, and Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab","citation":"Human Rights Watch, Florida Rising, and Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab,\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u201cWhy Do They Hate Us So Much?\u201d Discriminatory Censorship Harms Education in Florida<\/span>, June 2024","_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1719265563","formatted_publication_date":"June 19, 2024","_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","_rawhtml_settings":"0,0,0,0","_yoast_wpseo_primary_student_journal_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"90","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"[]","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"[\"\"]","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","attachment":{"473783":{"url":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Final-Florida-report.pdf","file_name":"Final-Florida-report.pdf"}},"_wp_old_date":"2024-06-19"},"date":"June 19, 2024","press_date":"June 19, 2024","post_date":"June 19, 2024"},{"id":473765,"title":"SLS\u2019s Rule of Law Impact Lab, Florida Rising, and Human Rights Watch Issue Report: Florida School Laws Discriminate against Black, LGBTQ People","status":"publish","type":"post","author":13316,"content":"<ul>\n<li>Since 2021, Florida has enacted policies and laws that restrict public school students\u2019 ability to access vital information about race, history, sexual orientation, and gender identity.<\/li>\n<li>The state\u2019s efforts have created an atmosphere of discrimination and fear that especially harms Black and LGBTQ Floridians.<\/li>\n<li>Florida\u2019s government and the US federal government should act to protect students\u2019 right to education under international law and civil rights under US law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Tallahassee, June 19, 2024) \u2013 Florida\u2019s recent educational laws and policies fuel discrimination and fear, said <a href=\"https:\/\/floridarising.org\/\">Florida Rising<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab\/#slsnav-our-mission\">Rule of Law Impact Lab<\/a> at Stanford Law School, and Human Rights Watch in a report released today. Although K-12 education is largely controlled by local and state governments in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/united-states\">United States<\/a>, the federal government should be doing much more to address curriculum censorship that advances discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>In the 86-page report, \u201c\u2018Why Do They Hate Us So Much?\u2019: Discriminatory Censorship Laws Harm Education in Florida,\u201d the groups say that Florida leaders are reshaping elementary, middle, and high school classroom content through new laws and policies that censor, distort, and discriminate. Such laws restrict classroom instruction about race in US history, sexual orientation, and gender identity, ban books reducing the information available to students, and promulgate inaccurate and misleading civics and history standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack and LGBTQ Floridians are exhausted by leaders who weaponize their identities and histories to score political points,\u201d said Dwight Bullard, senior political advisor at <a href=\"https:\/\/floridarising.org\/\">Florida Rising<\/a>. \u201cFrom the state house in Tallahassee to local school boards, our elected officials must recommit to delivering a high quality and inclusive education, something all Florida families hold sacred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Researchers from Human Rights Watch, Rule of Law Impact Lab, and Florida Rising interviewed 62 students, parents, teachers, and advocates throughout Florida between January and April 2024. Researchers also analyzed Florida\u2019s education laws and policies, court and administrative records, and media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Those interviewed described the harm they had suffered from the new laws. The groups found that Florida\u2019s discriminatory educational policies violate students\u2019 rights to education, to information, to nondiscrimination, and violate Floridians\u2019 rights to free speech and equal treatment under the law.<\/p>\n<p>The groups found that Florida has fostered an environment in which educators and students fear retaliation. Several teachers described being reprimanded for violating the new laws and policies, and news reports indicate teachers have been investigated and fired. Students and community members said they experienced identity-based harassment from extremist political groups supporting the state\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like the experiences of Black people don\u2019t have a place in public life, like schools,\u201d a Black parent said. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing when these attitudes exist in the public sphere, it\u2019s another thing when they are sanctioned by the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A high school senior said:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">People feel empowered to attack queer students because if the legislators can do it, they think they can do it too. I\u2019ve heard slurs being said constantly and no teacher bats an eye and it’s like, whoa, why aren\u2019t you doing anything about it? We need more protections for queer students. We need schools that are an inclusive space.<\/p>\n<p>Florida leads the national crisis of educational censorship and is home to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/books\/2024\/04\/01\/american-library-association-florida-book-challenges\/73172976007\/\">most banned books<\/a> and the harshest curriculum restrictions but it is not alone. A growing number of states have recently passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2024\/education-laws-states-teaching-race-gender-sex\/\">laws restricting<\/a> classroom discussions of race, gender, sexual orientation, or US history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJune 19 is Juneteenth, a time we should reckon with the devastating costs of suppressing information, including about slavery and its legacies, that will move the United States forward,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/about\/people\/trey-walk\">Trey Walk<\/a>, US democracy researcher and advocate at Human Rights Watch. \u201cWe\u2019re also celebrating Pride Month, a time we cherish the freedom of LGBTQ people to be represented and valued, including in their schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the Florida Department of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/10\/us\/critical-race-theory-florida-ban-trnd\/index.html\">issued guidance<\/a> restricting classroom discussions of race and racism, beginning with a ban on \u201ccritical race theory.\u201d The following year, the Florida legislature passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Documents\/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0007er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0007&Session=2022\">House Bill 7<\/a>, Stop Wrongs against Our Kids and Employees Act (commonly abbreviated as the \u201cStop W.O.K.E\u201d Act), which limits instruction about racism in workplaces and educational institutions. Floridians immediately challenged the law in courts, resulting in federal courts <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/stop-woke-florida-race-unconstitutional-fcf6c1678bb90709f5941f89d0c193af\">striking down<\/a> the workplace provisions of the law and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2023\/03\/17\/floridas-stop-woke-act-continues-be-blocked-colleges\">temporarily blocking<\/a> the law from being enforced at colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p>Florida undermined opportunities for students to learn about Black history by forbidding public schools from offering the College Board\u2019s Advanced Placement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/01\/22\/1150259944\/florida-rejects-ap-class-african-american-studies\">African American studies course<\/a>, and in 2023 releasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/floridas-new-african-american-history-standards-whats-behind-the-backlash\/2023\/07\">African American history standards<\/a> widely rejected by scholars as inaccurate and containing unacceptable omissions. The standards included language that was offensive to Black Floridians, such as suggesting that enslaved people gained valuable skills or that Black victims of racial violence carried out similar acts against white people.<\/p>\n<p>During the same period, Florida leaders imposed a series of measures, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/18\/us\/dont-say-gay-bill-florida.html\">House Bill 1557<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/05\/03\/florida-lawmakers-restrict-pronouns-and-tackle-book-objections-00095084\">House Bill 1069<\/a>, to curb classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity. Florida also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/news\/state\/florida-rejected-federal-youth-health-survey-for-being-too-sexual-so-it-came-up-with-its-own\">forbade<\/a> local school districts from administering the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention annual survey collecting important information about youth behavioral and mental health. This data helps educators and policymakers to craft meaningful health and educational programming for Florida youth.<\/p>\n<p>With Florida leading the nation in the number of books banned from classrooms and school libraries, lawmakers recently <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/florida-ron-desantis-education-book-bans-65daf4420318a837487976c10bb75d86\">passed a law<\/a> that would limit the number of book challenges by people who are not the parents of students enrolled in Florida public schools. This modest reform came after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/16\/politics\/desantis-education-book-challenges-reaj\/index.html\">admitted<\/a> some groups have weaponized the book challenge process for political gain.<\/p>\n<p>Stifling inclusion and discussion at the K-12 level, especially through discriminatory censorship of discussions of race, sexual orientation, or gender identity, risks creating an environment in which exclusion is acceptable. Discriminatory censorship during a student\u2019s school years suppresses free expression and access to information and may ultimately thwart the informed political participation required for US democracy to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>A bold federal response is needed to address this crisis in US public schools, the organizations said. The US Departments of Education and Justice should educate the public about civil rights mechanisms and respond to complaints in a transparent and timely manner. Congress should robustly fund these civil rights protection mechanisms, which currently receive <a href=\"https:\/\/civilrights.org\/2024\/02\/14\/90-civil-rights-groups-call-for-robust-funding-for-education-civil-rights-office-to-protect-students\/\">insufficient funding<\/a>. President Joe Biden should convene a national summit on ending discriminatory educational censorship across the US.<\/p>\n<p>Florida leaders should rescind their discriminatory policies and promote a curriculum that prepares students to live healthy lives in a diverse society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocracy starts in our public school classrooms,\u201d said Amrit Singh, executive director at <a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab\/\">Stanford Law School\u2019s Rule of Law Impact Lab<\/a>. \u201cWe need robust civil rights protections to combat this trend of discriminatory censorship and book bans in schools. Children must have access to unbiased education so that they can thrive and take their rightful place as leaders of tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Final-Florida-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ THE REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"sls-image-credit wp-image-wrap aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RC23J0A6Q3VD.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1896\" \/><div class=\"mi-img-credit\">Image by REUTERS\/Octavio Jones<\/div><\/figure><\/p>\n","parent":null,"link":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/2024\/06\/19\/slss-rule-of-law-impact-lab-florida-rising-and-human-rights-watch-issue-report-florida-school-laws-discriminate-against-black-lgbtq-people\/","format":"standard","slug":"slss-rule-of-law-impact-lab-florida-rising-and-human-rights-watch-issue-report-florida-school-laws-discriminate-against-black-lgbtq-people","guid":"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/?p=473765","excerpt":"","menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"featured_image":[],"meta":{"_inherit_permission_groups":"manual","header_image":"0","header_color":"default","header_image_alignment":"center","hidden_subheader_image":"","hidden_title":"","alternate_post_title":"Censorship Spurs National Education Crisis; Federal Government Should Act","longform_layout":"0","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"30","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"[]","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"[\"\"]","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":"1719264810","_permission_group_visibility":null,"_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":"","la_matrix_id_meta_key":"Not Legal Aggregate"},"date":"June 19, 2024","press_date":"June 19, 2024","post_date":"June 19, 2024"},{"id":473091,"title":"Mexico\u2019s Historic Election: Stanford Scholars Explain What it Means for the Future of its Democracy","status":"publish","type":"news","author":13091,"content":"<p>Mexico recently held federal, state, and municipal elections that were historic in a number of ways. The country had never previously embarked on an election as large in scale, with more than 20,000 vacant public offices at all levels of government to be filled by an electorate of almost 100 million eligible voters. For the first time in Mexico’s history, a woman, Claudia Sheinbaum, was elected to lead the government of the world\u2019s most populous Spanish-speaking nation. Finally, these events took place in the shadows of record-high, albeit stable, levels of drug-related violence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_456591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456591\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-456591 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Amrit Singh: Professor of the Practice of Law and Founding Executive Director of the Rule of Law Impact Lab\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4.jpg 688w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-362x362.jpg 362w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-566x566.jpg 566w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-164x164.jpg 164w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-220x220.jpg 220w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/easha-anand-assistant-professor-of-law-and-co-director-supreme-court-litigation-clinic-4-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-456591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amrit Singh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stanford University’s <a href=\"https:\/\/cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu\/\">Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/povgov.com\/\">Poverty, Violence, and Governance Lab<\/a>, in collaboration with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, recently invited a panel of scholars for a roundtable Q&A about the implications of Mexico\u2019s elections and to analyze the political context in which they were held. Among the speakers was Stanford Law School (SLS) Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/amrit-singh\/\">Amrit Singh<\/a>, founding executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/rule-of-law-impact-lab\/\">Rule of Law Impact Lab<\/a> at SLS.\u00a0 A human rights lawyer, Singh has conducted strategic litigation, research and advocacy on a broad range of rule of law and rights issues in the U.S. and globally.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-filled btn-m\" href=\"https:\/\/cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu\/news\/6-insights-mexicos-historic-election-stanford-scholars-explain-what-means-future-its-democracy\">Read the Roundtable 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