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After more than seventy years of single party rule, Mexico marked the beginning of modern democracy with the 2000 presidential election. In a dramatic defeat for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Vicente Fox won the presidency and, in his six year term, largely brought an end to the government’s longstanding tactic of intimidating and silencing its critics. Despite these political advances, serious human rights violations still occur in Mexico as the police forces continue to use torture and the corrupt and ineffective criminal justice system grants impunity to the perpetrators of abuse.
The Fund's Mexico strategy seeks to support established as well as emerging human rights in states that suffer high rates of human rights abuse. Within these states, the Fund supports human rights organizations addressing populations such as women, indigenous people, and migrants. The Fund also supports organizations that seek to promote economic, social, and cultural rights; including land rights, the right to a healthy environment, labor rights, and health rights.
