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The NHRC protect perpetrators rather than victims, says HRW

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- No institution of its kind has so many resources and has such poor results, says

- deplores the actions of the commission in cases such as Televisa law and abuses of military

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) uses a peculiar "rule of law, which detracts from what used to complement and protect government officials who abuse their authority, Instead of protecting victims, and has also shown a profound indifference to international standards it is supposed to promote and acted timidly in the case of Televisa law and military justice. " The report

The National Commission on Human Rights in Mexico (NHRC), a critical evaluation of 136 pages, yesterday was presented by José Miguel Vivanco, HRW's Americas director, stresses that the "commission has limited impact "to ensure compliance and non-violation of human rights, by" substantially bounded interpretation that makes his mandate. Hence we see some limitations self-imposed, and there is a proactive attitude but conformist. "

The NHRC has remained passive when soldiers commit rape of women, torture, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, illegal searches, among other serious human rights violations, nor has demanded that instead of being put into the military justice, be placed under civilian authority as established international norms and the Constitution itself. " Read