THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT AND FEMINICIDE IN MEXICO

Abstract

The jurisdiction exercised by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has permeated Mexico's reality with respect to human rights violations perpetrated against young women. In the discouraging context of marginalization and inequality in which this group thrives, along with the prevalence of juvenicide, which occurs through the commission of the crime of femicide, the reparations contemplated by this contentious body represent hope for the eradication of this social problem in the country through gender-sensitive resolutions that establish mandatory reparations for the Mexican State, emphasizing the need for full compliance with these reparations in order to achieve the social benefit. The alarming incidence of this problem reveals a pending obligation on the part of state authorities. Meanwhile, the rulings of the judgments aim to heal the social fabric, with a special emphasis on vulnerable groups. In this specific case, the González et al. case ("Campo Algodonero"), which shook the national and international legal system. Through a documentary and legal review, the paper aims to analyze the significance of the Campo Algodonero case and the pending challenges regarding the issuance of the future ruling in the García Andrade et al. case, with respect to the real impact of these resolutions. This paper proposes a critical view of the role of Inter-American jurisprudence as an indicator of social transformation.