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ordinary jurisdiction when they are “[c]omitted by soldiers when they are active or based on
acts of the same.” (supra para. 272)
284. In this regard, the Tribunal points out that even though different legislations
establish the competence of military jurisdiction on crimes whose origin is within the
ordinary jurisdiction when they are committed by active soldiers, it is necessary to clearly
establish the direct and proximal relationship with the military function or with the
infringement of juridical rights characteristic of the military order.
285. During the public hearing (supra para. 9) the Tribunal requested that the State
indicate if there is a jurisprudential development at a domestic level that allows a
differentiation between the acts considered committed “in service or based on acts of the
same.” In this regard, in its final written arguments the State of Mexico made reference to
different jurisprudential criteria that upon being read, however, do not offer any clarification
whatsoever regarding the request made by the Court. Instead, those jurisprudential criteria
reiterate the content of Article 57 of the Code of Military Justice without clarifying it.281
286. The Court considers that Article 57, fraction II, subparagraph a) of the Code of
Military Justice is an ample and imprecise provision that prevents the determination of the
strict connection of the crime of the ordinary jurisdiction with the military jurisdiction
objectively assessed. The possibility that the military courts prosecute any soldier who is
accused of an ordinary crime, for the mere fact of being in service, implies that the
jurisdiction is granted due to the mere circumstance of being a soldier. In that sense, even
when the crime is committed by soldiers while they are still in service or based on acts of
the same, this is not enough for their knowledge to correspond to the military criminal
justice.
287. Based on the aforementioned, it is possible to consider that the stipulation under
study operates as a rule and not as an exception, a necessary characteristic of military
jurisdiction for it to comply with the standards established by this Court.282
281
Cf. Final written arguments presented by the State (dossier of merits, volume IX, folios 2837 through
2847). The State made reference to the following jurisprudential criteria: 1) “Army, members of the”. Registry No.:
904,118. Jurisprudence. Subject(s): Criminal. Fifth Period. Instance: First Chamber. Source: Appendix 2000.
Volume: Volume II, Criminal, Jurisprudence SCJN. Thesis: 137. Page: 95; 2) “Military jurisdiction, competence of
the”. Registry No.: 918,432. Jurisprudence. Subject(s): Criminal. Fifth Period. Instance: Full. Source: Appendix
2000. Volume: VII, Conflicts of Competence, Jurisprudence. Thesis: 30. Page: 41; 3) “Soldiers on duty, crimes
committed by. Competence of military jurisdiction”. Registry No.: 918,435. Jurisprudence. Subject(s): Criminal.
Sixth Period. Instance: Full. Source: Appendix 2000. Volume: VII, Conflicts of Competence, Jurisprudence. Thesis:
33. Page: 47; 4) “Crimes against military discipline”. Jurisprudence Thesis 148/2005. Approved by the First
Chamber [of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation], in session held on October twenty-six two thousand five;
5) “Essentially military crime, murder committed by a soldier during acts of service.” Registry No.: 815,198.
Isolated thesis. Subject(s): Criminal. Fifth Period. Instance: Full. Source: Reports. Report 1949. Thesis: Page. 110;
6) “Soldiers, crimes committed by, against the discipline. Competence.” Registry No.: 235,610. Isolated thesis.
Subject(s): Criminal. Seventh Period. Instance: First Chamber. Source: Weekly Judicial Publication of the
Federation. Second Part. Thesis: 75. Page: 34; 7) ��Health, crime against. Soldiers as active subjects. Lack of
competence of the military jurisdiction, if they are not in service”. Registry No.: 234,262. Isolated thesis.
Subject(s): Criminal. Seventh Period. Instance: First Chamber. Source: Weekly Judicial Publication of the
Federation. 181-186 Second Part. Thesis: Page: 101; 8) “Service. Soldiers in”. Registry No.: 206,199. Isolated
thesis. Subject(s): Criminal. Eighth Period. Instance: First Chamber. Source: Weekly Judicial Publication of the
Federation. VII, June 1991. Thesis: 1a. XIV/91. Page: 76, and 9) “Military Jurisdiction. Is an Exception”. Registry
No.: 234,996. Isolated thesis. Subject(s): Criminal. Seventh Period. Instance: First Chamber. Source: Weekly
Judicial Publication of the Federation. 115-120 Second Part. Thesis: Page 51.
282
Cf. Case of Las Palmeras v. Colombia, supra note 274, para. 51; Case of La Cantuta v. Peru, supra note
51, para. 142, and Case of the Massacre of La Rochela v. Colombia, supra note 83, para. 200.
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