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that it was established “to create a direct link for assistance in finding [victims], and
for support among the victims, their next of kin and the competent state institutions.”
Lastly, the State indicated that the purpose of the Comprehensive Public Security
Program is to coordinate the security forces of the three branches of government in the
state of Chihuahua.
487. With regard to the federal jurisdiction, the Coordination and Liaison
Subcommission for the Prevention and Eradication of Violence against Women in
Ciudad Juárez (hereinafter the “SCEPEVM”) was created on June 6, 2003, to “examine
the situation of violence against women in Ciudad Juárez and to propose a
comprehensive public policy, with courses of action in different areas to benefit the
girls and women of Ciudad Juárez.”469
488. On July 22, 2003, in Ciudad Juárez, the SCEPEVM announced the Federal
Government’s Program of Collaborative Actions to Prevent and Eliminate Violence
against the Women of Ciudad Juárez _(hereinafter the “40-point Program”). This 40point Program “was designed to deal with the multiple causes of the disappearances
and murders of women in Ciudad Juárez,” and “its activities were based on three main
areas derived from the different recommendations received: access to justice and
prevention of crime; social promotion, and the human rights of women.” 470
489. The Tribunal notes that the 40-point Program is based on three fundamental
principles: (i) coordination; (ii) social participation, and (iii) transparency, and it has
three strategic focal points: (i) provision of justice and prevention of crime, with 15
actions; (ii) social promotion, with 14 actions, and (iii) human rights of women, with
11 actions.471
490. The 40-point Program was monitored by the Ciudad Juárez Commission (supra
para. 127), created on February 18, 2004, as an unconcentrated organ of the
Secreteriat of Government, dependant on the Federal Executive. The Ciudad Juárez
Commission began to operate at the end of 2003;472 its activities focused on four areas
of work: (i) victim support; (ii) truth and justice; (iii) public policies with a gender
perspective, and (iv) strengthening the social fabric.473 To carry out its functions, the
Ciudad Juárez Commission had two offices, one in Ciudad Juárez and the other in
Mexico City.474 The Court observes that, in June 2009, the Ciudad Juárez Commission
Chihuahua, Primer Informe, June 3, 2004, case file of attachments to the application, volume X, attachment
79, folios 3103 and 3098).
469
Cf. Report on Mexico produced by CEDAW, supra note 64, folios 1940 and 1970, and Comisión para
Prevenir y Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres en Ciudad Juárez, Tercer informe de gestión, supra note
101, folio 9030.
470
Cf. Report on Mexico produced by CEDAW, supra note 64, folios 1938 to 1940; 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 7449 and 7450.
471
Cf. Comisión para Prevenir y Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres en Ciudad Juárez, Tercer
informe de gestión, supra note 101, folios 9156 to 9292, and Report on Mexico produced by CEDAW, supra
note 64, folios 1938 to 1940.
472
Cf. Decree creating the Commission to Prevent and Eliminate Violence against Women in Ciudad
Juárez as an unconcentrated administrative body of the Secretariat of Government, published in the
Federation’s Official Gazette on February 18, 2004 (case file of attachments to the the final written
arguments of the State, volume XLIX, attachment 7, folios 17403 and 17404), and Comisión para Prevenir y
Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres en Ciudad Juárez, Primer Informe de Gestión, supra note 67, folio
8690.
473
Cf. Comisión para Prevenir y Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres en Ciudad Juárez, Primer
Informe de Gestión, supra note 67, folio 8708.
474
Cf. Comisión para Prevenir y Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres en Ciudad Juárez, Primer
Informe de Gestión, supra note 67, folio 8707.
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