Justice shortfall for Mexican
women
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| Women protest against gender violence and femicides at Angel de la Independencia monument in Mexico City |
Mexico`s Attorney General is demanding urgent action,
because the vast majority of crimes against women aren`t being investigated
properly, remaining unsolved and unpunished. His call comes on the heels of a
statement by the Mexican Catholic Bishops’ Conference calling for protection of
the lives and of the dignity of women and demanding the State take
responsibility for the murders of so many vulnerable women and girls.
By James Blears
During a meeting with Women Federal Deputies, Mexican
Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero confirmed 2,327 investigations
of serious crimes against women last year. But only 135, amounting to a
meager 5.8 percent resulted in convictions and jail terms. Concerning
femicides or the murders of women, less than one in five of the killers
were imprisoned. of the 966 investigations only 183 convictions and
prison. That`s only 19 percent.
Attorney General Gertz Manero insists that law and
order officials, Police and prosecutors need urgent and immediate
retraining. He`s also recommending that femicide must be specifically codified
and categorized as a specific crime in Mexico`s legislature and justice
system.
Minister of the Interior Olga Sanchez
concedes Government action to effectively combat crimes against women
has been very slow and it must be given top priority. Following
recent femicides, activists are calling for a national strike
involving Day without Women on March 9th.
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