The Mexican Bar, the Bar Association, AC, affirmed that no reform should violate the principle of progressiveness of human rights, since these must expand, and do not restrict, its sphere of protection towards citizens, after the modifications to the Protection Law.
They pointed out that They restrict the figure of both provisional and definitive suspension by subjecting it to requirements that make it difficult to obtain and reduce the possibility of defense.
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Just as the third transitional article of the Decree is based on an unconstitutional premise, since it provides for the retroactive application of the law, violating acquired rights.
Last Thursday, October 16, the decree was published by which various provisions of the Amparo Law were reformed and repealed. In these modifications, already in force, important changes are noted regarding suspension, particularly in relation to the Financial Intelligence Unit and informal preventive detention.
“We urge the authorities of the Mexican State to abandon structures and practices that are incompatible with human rights. In that sense, we urge them to undertake the necessary institutional reforms and establish comprehensive mechanisms to prevent violations of personal freedom, due process and the presumption of innocence,” they highlighted.