Post date: Nov 10, 2012 3:23:40 PM
Supreme Court presidents from across the world descend on Mexico City for international talks to improve coordination between national and international legal systems to protect human rights.
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (NOVEMBER 09, 2012) (REUTERS) - Supreme Court judges from dozens of countries converged on Mexico City on Friday (November 09) for international talks to bolster the protection of human rights in the legal system.
Headed by Mexico's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Justice of the Nation Juan Silva Meza, participants formulated an agreement to streamline national and international efforts to construct solid and democratic justice systems in accordance to established human rights norms."Taking into consideration the diversity of judicial traditions and of systems to incorporate international law to internal rules, in a desire to be transparent and to narrow the relationship between judicial institutions and to continually improve national and international systems to protect human rights, we-- along with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations-- disclose these matters of consensus and conclusions in order to facilitate each organ or participating subscriber that is conducive to communication in favour of a more efficient protection of human rights internally," said Meza.
Following talks with bodies such as the African Court of Human Rights and EU and UN officials, Silva Meza said participants had made inroads on issues.
"We were able to promote an exchange between the co-existence of international provisions on human rights in the domestic law of the invited countries. We are making inroads in these area. We have initiated a dialogue that we will continue. We have identified issues to tackle," he added.
Mexico's own legal system has come under fire in recent years with human rights activists accusing authorities of corruption and abuses during the country's bloody war on drug trafficking.