30/08/2002
On September 6th (at the time of this writing) the National Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) rejected the complaints filed by indigenous municipalities against the constitutional […]
SIPAZ – Quaterly Report
30/08/2002
The National Encounter for Peace with Justice and Dignity convened July 5-7 in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. More than 1,000 people, including indigenous and […]
30/08/2002
“We have struggled a great deal, yet advanced little. We have knocked on many doors, at the state, federal and even international level, but we’ve received […]
30/08/2002
Accompaniment The SIPAZ team made visits to various communities in the municipalities of Tila and Sabanilla, both in the Northern region of Chiapas. Since the changes […]
28/06/2002
Six years after their signing, the San Andres Accords have yet to be implemented, and as a result the possibility of resuming the peace process between […]
28/06/2002
“They take away our land and, with them as bosses, we build airports on it when we will never travel by plane. We build highways and […]
28/06/2002
Contacts and Information Visits to the Jungle and Northern regions to dialogue with diverse social/political and religious actors. Receiving various international delegations to introduce them to […]
28/06/2002
The situation in Chiapas – and at the national level -hasn’t changed much in recent months, either in regard to the constitutional reform on indigenous rights […]
28/02/2002
A sleeping volcano, a time bomb about to explode – these are two of the metaphors that have been used recently to describe the current situation […]
28/02/2002
In December 2001, President Fox sent an initiative to the Senate requesting ratification of the Statute of the International Penal Court giving that body jurisdiction over […]
28/02/2002
“Chiapas is an inactive volcano that could explode at any time.”(Cardinal Roger Etchegaray – president emeritus of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace, and Papal […]
28/02/2002
Although it’s true that there has been no open armed conflict in years and that the issue of Chiapas no longer concerns the average Mexican nor […]
28/02/2002
Contacts and information Visits to the jungle and northern regions to dialogue with diverse religious and political actors Receiving various international delegations to inform them about […]
28/12/2001
In Mexico, as elsewhere in the world, the September 11 attacks on the US commanded enormous attention. One result was reduced focus on other unresolved conflicts, […]
28/12/2001
In Mexico, as in the rest of the world, the terrible events of September 11 were deeply shocking. One result was reduced attention for other unresolved […]
28/12/2001
The international consequences of the September 11 attacks on the United States have shifted other regional conflicts to a secondary level of public attention. This includes […]