Mexico

The Political Constitution of the Mexican United States

TITLE ONE

CHAPTER I
Fundamental rights

Article 20

C. Victim’s rights:

I. The victim has the right to be informed about his rights and, whenever he should so require it, to be informed about the state of the criminal proceedings.

II. The Public Prosecution Service must received all the evidence submitted by the victim during the preliminary criminal inquiry as well as during proceedings. The Public Prosecution Service must carry out the necessary steps to assists the victim. The victim has the right to intervene in the trial and to use the legal instruments according to the law.

Whenever the Public Prosecution Service does not consider necessary to carry out the steps required by the victim, he must state the grounds of law and fact justifying his refusal.

III. The victim has the right to receive urgent medical and psychological assistance from the moment the crime was committed.

IV. The victim has the right to redress. Whenever it should be legally admissible, the Public Prosecution Service is obliged to require redress. The victim also can request such redress by himself.

The judge cannot acquit the convict of redress in the case of conviction.

The law shall set forth agile procedures to enforce redress sentences.
(Reformed by the decree published on July 14, 2011)

V. The judge must keep in secret victim’s identity and other personal data in the following cases: minor involved; rape, trafficking in persons, kidnap, organized crime; and when necessary to protect the victim, always respecting the defendant’s rights.

The Public Prosecution Service shall ensure the protection of victims, offended parties, witnesses and all others who take part in the trial. The judges are obliged to oversee proper compliance with this obligation.

VI. The victim can request the necessary precautionary measures to protect his rights.

VII. The victim can contest, before the judicial authority, the Public Prosecution Service’s omissions in the criminal investigation, as well as the resolutions with reservation, lack of exercising, abandonment of criminal prosecution or proceeding suspension when redress has not been completed

Keywords

Victims' rights - national proceedings



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