Prohibition of Arbitrary Arrests
Partially meets the criterion.
Mexico has a national legal framework establishing formal safeguards against arbitrary detention through the Constitution, the National Code of Criminal Procedure, and the National Detention Registry. However, institutional and territorial evidence identifies a gap between legal provisions and practice, including documented cases of unlawful detention and international observations regarding persistent implementation problems.
Available evidence confirms the existence of legal safeguards and traceability mechanisms, but it does not demonstrate uniform enforcement, complete registry quality, effective prevention of abuses, or consistent compliance by responsible institutions. Therefore, the evidence supports partial compliance: legal and institutional infrastructure exists, but sufficient evidence of effective and sustained implementation remains unavailable.
Sources (8): the documents that support the traffic light
- Human Rights Watch — World Report 2025: Mexico (Arbitrary Detention) (Document · 2025)
- Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos. (2011). Recomendación General No. 2 sobre la práctica de las detenciones arbitrarias (Report)
- Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Ciudad de México. (2022). Recomendación 17/2022: Detención ilegal por supuesto delito de narcomenudeo (Report)
- Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión. (2026). Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Legislation)
- Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión. (2026). Código Nacional de Procedimientos Penales, mecanismos alternativos y suspensión condicional del proceso (Legislation)
- Cámara de Diputados. (2019). Ley Nacional del Registro de Detenciones (Legislation)
- Cámara de Diputados. (2019). Ley Nacional del Registro de Detenciones (Legislation)
- Grupo de Trabajo de la ONU sobre la Detención Arbitraria. (2024). A/HRC/57/44/Add.1: Visita a México (Regulation or programme)
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