A New Strategy for Human Rights Protection: Learning from Narcotics Trafficking in Mexico

Authors

• Jeremiah E. Goulka

Abstract

The article explores the challenges in human rights protection by examining Mexico's struggle with narcotics trafficking. It highlights how corruption and ineffective law enforcement lead to both underpolicing and overpolicing, undermining the Rule of Law and human rights. The author advocates for a two-tiered strategy to develop the Rule of Law internationally and locally to address these issues effectively.

Disciplines

Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Food and Drug Law | Human Rights Law | International Law | Law

Recommended Citation

Jeremiah E. Goulka, A New Strategy for Human Rights Protection: Learning from Narcotics Trafficking in Mexico, 9 Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L. 231 (2001).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cjicl/vol9/iss2/2