PROJECT OF OBSERVATION AND MONITORING OF POLITICAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLES OF CHIAPAS

• Monthly Report / November-December 2006
• Monthly Report / October 2006
• Monthly Report / September 6^th to 30^th
• Monthly Report / 1 August - 5 September 2006
• Monthly Report / July 2006
• Federal Elections in Mexico: Democratic Transition and Social Peace Threatened - June 2006
• Monthly Report / June 2006
• Summary / May 2006
• Resumen Ejecutivo (In Spanish) - May 2006
• Informe versión integral - 1,71 MB (In Spanish) - May 2006
• AREA AFFECTED BY STAN: SOCIAL AND ELECTORAL TENSION - 10 July, 2006

FACES OF THE CONFLICT

:: General information about the conflict in Chiapas

• [PROPAZ / SIPAZ]: For your Information
• [FRAYBA-SIPAZ] Account of the Events of the Delegado Zero´s Tour of Chiapas: Signs of Concern in Chiapas at the Start of the Other Campaign
• Frayba and Sipaz will provide human rights observation during the Sixth Commission´s (Comisión Sexta) tour of Chiapas.
• Communiqué from the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation - June 19, 2005
• An Attempt to Characterize the Conflict and its Actors in the Current Phase (Peace with Democracy) – La Jornada, May 2005
• Regarding President Fox’s recent declarations on the Conflict in Chiapas: Statement from the Chiapas Network for Peace – January 14, 2005
• Peace Process, War Process: a Brief History of the Conflict in Chiapas: 1994-2004
• Challenges to Peace and Reconciliation in Chiapas – February 2002

:: San Salvador Atenco

• San Salvador Atenco One Year After: Impunity for Authorities and the Criminalization of Social Protest (May, 2007)
• San Salvador Atenco: Statement by the Mexican Network of Peace Builders - May 11, 2006
• EZLN DECLARES RED ALERT AS RESULT OF THE REPRESSION IN ATENCO - May 05, 2006

:: Militarization and Paramilitarization

• An X-ray of the state of rights in Mexico: the challenges and dangers of the judicial reform - April 2009
• The Merida Initiative in Mexico: A new phase of the drug wars - August 2008
• Militarization in Mexico: A threat to human rights - August 2007
• “For the dead who gave us life... ”
• Regarding President Fox’s recent declarations on the Conflict in Chiapas: Statement from the Chiapas Network for Peace – January 14, 2005
• In order to silence the weapons, the people speak! First Hemispheric Conference on
  Militarization (Chiapas – May 6-9, 2003) - August 2003
• The Mexican Army: Key Factor in the Conflict in Chiapas – February 2001
• Children of the Low-Intensity War - August 2000
• The Northern Region: A Powder Keg of Violence – November 1999
• Political Prisoners: The Voice of Cerro Hueco – May 1999
• National Consultation on Indigenous Rights and Culture – March 21, 1999
• Women and Low-Intensity Warfare – January 1998
• Paramilitaries kill 45 indigenous Tzotzil people in Acteal (Urgent Action) – December 24, 1997
• Militarization: A Threat to Peace – May 1996

:: Displaced by the war

• “For the dead who gave us life... ”
• In the Land of Oblivion: Displaced by the Conflict in Chiapas – September 2004
• Dilemma of the Displaced in Chiapas: Return Without Justice? - December 2001
• "We Live Displaced...": A Suffering People Cries Out for an Answer - November 2001
• Children of the Low-Intensity War - August 2000
• The Northern Region: A Powder Keg of Violence – November 1999
• The Displaced People of Chenalho: Little Hope of Return - December 1998
• Days of Desperation: The Internal Refugees of Chiapas from the Northern Region to the
  Highlands - April 1998
• Las Abejas (the Bees) Continue to Fly: Promoting Peace in Times of War – April 1998
• Violence in Chenalhó: Thousands of People Displaced – December 1997
• Interview with Two Catechists, Members of “Las Abejas” Civil Society – November 1997

:: The massacre of Acteal

• Special Report on the Case of Acteal - The Supreme Court (SCJN) Ruling: an irreproachable ruling judicially, a highly questioned decision based in the historical and actual context - August 30, 2009
• Impunity and the responsibility of Mexican authorities in the Acteal case - February 2008
• Acteal: One Year Later – December 1998
• Legal Follow-Up to the Massacre – December 1998
• The Displaced People of Chenalhó: Little Hope of Return - December 1998
• Las Abejas (the Bees) Continue to Fly: Promoting Peace in Times of War – April 1998
• The Investigation of the Acteal Massacre: Achievements and Obstacles – April 1998
• Violence in Chenalhó: Chronicle of a Massacre Foretold – January 1998
• Paramilitaries kill 45 indigenous Tzotzil people in Acteal (Urgent Action) – December 24, 1997
• National and International Observation Missions in Acteal – December 1997
• Violence in Chenalhó: Thousands of People Displaced – December 1997
• Interview with Two Catechists, Members of “Las Abejas” Civil Society – November 1997

:: Neoliberalism (Global Corporate Capitalism)

• Mining in Chiapas: A New threat for the survival of indigenous peoples - December 2008
• Refusing to Pay for the Lights: Local Struggle against Privatization – December 2004
• Alternative Development or an Alternative to Development? – June 2004

:: The land: rights and natural resources

• Mining in Chiapas: A New threat for the survival of indigenous peoples - December 2008
• Forced Evictions in Montes Azules: Conserving Biodiversity – With or Against Indigenous Villages? June 2003
• Myths and Realities of the Agrarian Question in Chiapas – June 2002

:: The role of the church

• Chiapas: Scene of a Religious Conflict? – May 2000
• 300 International Religious Leaders Honor Bishop Samuel Ruiz - November 4, 1999
• The Ecumenical Bible School: A Little Grain of Sand for Peace – August 1998
• Sharing Sorrow and Hope: The Second Ecumenical Conference for Peace and Reconciliation – October 1997

:: Women and the conflict

• The Women of Las Abejas and their Nonviolent Struggle – October 1998 >> In Spanish
• Women and Low-Intensity Warfare – January 1998

:: Children and the conflict

• Children of the Low-Intensity War - August 2000

:: The Northern Region

• The Mexican Army: Key Factor in the Conflict in Chiapas – February 2001
• The Northern Region: A Powder Keg of Violence – November 1999
• The Tragedy of the Chols: A People Torn Apart by Violence - April 1997
• The Northern Region: The New Battleground – January 1997

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ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF LIFE

:: Autonomy

• The Path of the Caracol Towards Autonomy – March 2005
• Bridges of Words Constructed Between Civil Society and the EZLN – December 2003
• Autonomy: Source of Conflict or the Road to Peace? – December 2002
• Justice and Community Reconciliation in the Indigenous Tradition – August 1999
• Indigenous Resistance and Ghandian Philosophy: Between Autonomy and Independence – Writings by Gustavo Esteva, Aracely Burguete Cal y Mayor and Ronals Nigh – October 24, 1998 >> In Spanish
• Gandhi: Obedience and Disobedience in Society – Writings by Carlos Fazio, Pietro Ameglio and Sonia Toledo – October 17, 1998 >> In Spanish
• The Autonomous Counties in Chiapas: The Rock in the Shoe of the Mexican Government – August 1998
• Indigenous Autonomy – January 1997

:: Struggle for the recognition of indigenous rights and culture

• The San Andrés Accords Speak Bats’i K’op – March 2004
• The Supreme Court Denies Indigenous Peoples’ Appeals to Constitutional Reforms – August 2002
• Indigenous Reform: What Is At Stake? – August 2001
• Indigenous Rights and Culture: Legal Debate or Political Battle? – May 2001
• Zapatista March to Mexico City – February/March 2001 >> In Spanish
• “We Will No Longer Be Silent”: Human Rights Promoters and Defenders in the Indigenous Communities of Chiapas – March 2000
• National Consultation on Indigenous Rights and Culture – March 21, 1999
• The Autonomous Counties in Chiapas: The Rock in the Shoe of the Mexican Government – August 1998
• Summary of the Comments of CONAI on President Zedillo's Legislative Proposal on
  Indigenous Rights and Culture – April 1998

:: Civil resistance

• “Electricity is the people’s” - November 2009
• The Criminal Justice System in Mexico : Non-fulfillments and Human Rights Violations - November 2006
• The Other Campaign: a Provocation of the Imagination - October 2005
• Refusing to Pay for the Lights: Local Struggle against Privatization – December 2004
• Political Prisoners: The Voice of Cerro Hueco – May 1999
• Gandhi: Obedience and Disobedience in Society – Writings by Carlos Fazio, Pietro Ameglio and Sonia Toledo – October 17, 1998 >> In Spanish
• The Autonomous Counties in Chiapas: The Rock in the Shoe of the Mexican Government – August 1998

ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF LIFE - Index ^

THE PARTICIPATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY

:: Education for peace

• Journey of the "Community of faith": Reflection and action on a changing reality - August 2009
• The Workshops of SIPAZ: Learning to Unlearn in Order to Build a Culture of Peace – February 1999
• Reconciliation: An Opportunity for Peace – July 1997

:: Active nonviolence

• The Life and Thought of Gandhi >> In Spanish
• Zapatista March to Mexico City – February/March 2001 >> In Spanish
• National Consultation on Indigenous Rights and Culture – March 21, 1999
• The Workshops of SIPAZ: Learning to Unlearn in Order to Build a Culture of Peace – February 1999
• Gandhi: Self-Defense and Active Nonviolence – Writings of Rafael Landerreche and Concepción Calvillo de Nava – October 30, 1998 >> In Spanish
• Experiences of Nonviolence in Mexico: Las Abejas – October 28, 1998 >> In Spanish
• Indigenous Resistance and Ghandian Philosophy: Between Autonomy and Independence – Writings by Gustavo Esteva, Aracely Burguete Cal y Mayor and Ronals Nigh – October 24, 1998 >> In Spanish
• Gandhi: Obedience and Disobedience in Society – Writings by Carlos Fazio, Pietro Ameglio and Sonia Toledo – October 17, 1998 >> In Spanish

:: International presence

• International Observation Under Attack – August 1998
• The Witch Hunt against Foreigners – Urgent Actions – March 2, 1998
• National and International Observation Missions in Acteal – November/December 1997

:: Peace networks

• Communiqué by the Network for Peace concerning the context of violence in Chiapas distinguish - October 2007
• MONTES AZULES - Communiqué by the Network for Peace - September, 2007
• Aggressions against CIEPAC: Communiqué by the Network for Peace - February 28, 2007
• AREA AFFECTED BY STAN: SOCIAL AND ELECTORAL TENSION - 10 July, 2006
• San Salvador Atenco: Statement by the Mexican Network of Peace Builders - May 11, 2006
• Regarding President Fox’s recent declarations on the Conflict in Chiapas: Statement by the Chiapas Network for Peace – January 14, 2005
• Latin American Network of peace constructors
• Mexican network of Peace Constructors
• Network for Peace in Chiapas

:: Civil Society

• The Other Campaign: a Provocation of the Imagination - October 2005
• Bridges of Words Constructed Between Civil Society and the EZLN – December 2003
• - National Gathering for Peace: Civil Society Recharges its Batteries for Chiapas – August 2002
• Zapatista March to Mexico City – February/March 2001 >> In Spanish
• National Consultation on Indigenous Rights and Culture – March 21, 1999
• Dialogue between the EZLN and Civil Society - November 20-22, 1998
• Civil Society: An Unknown Quantity in the Resolution of the Chiapas Conflict – November
  1998 >> ( In Spanish // In French )

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