Collaborating with organized crime in the search for disappeared persons? Formalizing a humanitarian alternative for Mexico

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ID12851111
AuthorsIssa Cristina Hernández Herrera (corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume102
Issue914
Pages607-628
Publication date2020-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review of the Red Cross (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1607-5889 • E-ISSN: 1816-3831
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s181638312100059x
OpenAlexW3210978577
LanguageEN
References cited11

The search for the more than 90,000 disappeared persons in Mexico has highlighted the need to establish relations of collaboration with organized crime groups in order to access not only relevant information to clarify the fate and whereabouts of the missing, but also territories under the control of organized crime groups for carrying out field searches. Given the ineffectiveness of formal, prosecutorial approaches and the considerable success of grassroots, victim-led search strategies, this paper argues for the need for a broader humanitarian approach to the search for the missing that is victim-centred and complementary to accountability mechanisms. The article advances a proposal to formalize this approach through the International Committee of the Red Cross's (ICRC) involvement in search activities, given the ICRC's unique organizational nature, expertise and humanitarian mandate

Accountability · Business · Field (mathematics · Grassroots · Mandate · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Public Administration

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