According to Mexico's legal system hierarchy of norms, at the top stands the Constitution, followed by International Treaties, and then the Federal and Local laws. This hierarchy of norm derives from the Federal system adopted by Mexico more than 130…

The relentless "Global War on Terrorism", headed by the United States after the events of 11-S of 2001, it has been a source of important negative consequences for the protection of the fundamental human rights. The approval or application of…

The present study analyzes the compensation of environmental damage as a legal principle. The principle arises first within the international public sphere and then is embraced by different national legal systems, such as the Mexican one. The principle is studied…

The present study analyzes the compensation of environmental damage as a legal principle. The principle arises first within the international public sphere and then is embraced by different national legal systems, such as the Mexican one. The principle is studied…

Due to the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (here in after just "the Rome Statute") by Mexico and in light of the Court´s complementarity principle, the author establishes a necessity of implementing, at the national…

This article explains the rationale behind a study on Customary international humanitarian law recently undertaken by the ICRC at the request of the Internatio- nal Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. It describes the methodology used and how…

It is a fact that modern States embrace coastal law, freedom of transit and the usufruct of adjacent maritime resources as a priority due to the emergence of a more complex system of law regarding the seas and oceans, as…