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crimes; (ii) handling of crimes related to murders; (iii) reception of reports of missing
women, and (iv) provision of services and care to victims.495
516. The Special Prosecutor’s Office concluded its task in 2006, when the 2004
agreement creating it was rescinded.496 On February 16, 2006, the Office of the
Attorney General of the Republic delivered the final report of the Special Prosecutor’s
Office to the CNDH. The CNDH stated that “the final report did not describe any
significant progress with regard to the three previous reports, which this National
Commission duly commented on in its evaluation report of August 23, 2005.”497
517. The Special Prosecutor’s Office was subsequently substituted on two occasions:
on February 16, 2006, by the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes related to
Acts of Violence against Women (also known as “FEVIM” for its name in Spanish),
attached to the Office of Attorney General of the Republic, in order to respond to
crimes related to acts of violence against women throughout the country;498 and, on
January 31, 2008, by the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes of Violence
against Women and People Trafficking, also attached to the Office of the Attorney
General of the Republic, to investigate and prosecute federal crimes related to acts of
violence against women, as well as human trafficking.499
518. At the local level, in August 2005, the state of Chihuahua modified the purpose
of the FEIHM because, according to the State, “previously, it had focused exclusively
on murders with a sexual motive”; from that date on, it also included “all the cases of
intentional murders in which the victims were women.”500
519. The Court observes that the activity of the Special Prosecutor’s Office was
limited to systematizing the information on the murders of women in Ciudad Juárez
and investigating only those crimes that fell within the federal jurisdiction.501 In this
regard also, the Tribunal does not have recent information on the functioning and
effectiveness of the modified FEIHM.
520. The representatives did not support their request for redress with clear,
pertinent and sufficient arguments concerning the problems of access to justice that
could have arisen from domestic law applicable to the mechanism of transfer to the
federal jurisdiction. In addition, they did not provide arguments on the specific
evidence about the policies designed by the State to resolve the problem in recent
years. The foregoing prevents the Court from ruling on this request for reparation.
4.2.6.
Prohibition for any official to discriminate based on gender
495
Cf. Office of the Special Prosecutor for the Investigation of Crimes related to the Murders of Women
in Ciudad Juárez, Informe Final, supra note 87, folios 14532, 14536 and 14537.
496
Cf. Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, Decision No. A/003/06, supra note 498, folio
15464.
497
Cf. CNDH, Segundo Informe de Evaluación Integral, supra note 72, folio 4664.
498
Cf. Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, Decision No. A/003/06, January 19, 2006 (case
file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XLII, attachment 78, folios 15462 to 15465).
499
Cf. Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, Decision No. A/024/08, January 29, 2008 (case
file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XLII, attachment 80, folios 15470 to 15473).
500
Cf. Report on Mexico produced by CEDAW, supra note 64, folios 1937 and 1963, and CNDH,
Segundo Informe de Evaluación Integral, supra note 72, folio 4697.
501
Cf. Office of the Special Prosecutor for the Investigation of Crimes related to the Murders of Women
in Ciudad Juárez, Informe Final, supra note 87, folios 14532, 14538, 14539 and 14544.
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