Effectiveness in administrative-legal actions in Mexico and Colombia in victims of forced disappearance

Abstract

This research establishes the causes of the crime of forced disappearance and analyzes the violation of the rights of the exposed population in Colombia, and the State of Mexico-Mexico; identifying the consequences that impact the families of the victims, especially women. With the purpose of knowing the effectiveness of the actions determined by the State organs and other actors of the society to support the victims in both countries. The methodology used is mixed with a socio-legal approach, analyzing national and international laws, jurisprudence and doctrine on the concepts of victim of enforced disappearance in both countries. The results establish that, both in Mexico and Colombia, forced disappearance is a social problem, which in the last years has special vigilance by the different entities created for such purpose, for example, in the case of Colombia there is the Unit of Victims of Forced Disappearance, the Attorney General’s Office; and in the case of the State of Mexico-Mexico there is the National Search Commission, the National Citizen Council, among other institutions. The contribution allows validating the importance of the institutions in the clarification of the facts of forced disappearance in both countries, thus achieving the truth and avoiding repetition. Although the two countries are structurally different, they share a similar history of this phenomenon. The panorama of the forced disappearance will be glimpsed from the response given by the different bodies in charge in both countries.