Title: The Relationship Between Impunity and Inequality Globally and in Mexico
Abstract: The Global Impunity Index (IGI; Le Clercq/Rodríguez 2015) General Index of Impunity (IGI) and the Global Impunity Index Mexico Mexican Index of Impunity (IGI-MEX; Le Clercq/Rodríguez 2016) have the objective to measure levels of impunityImpunity within countries and at subnational levels in the case of the thirty-two federal entities of the Mexican republic. These investigations take as their starting point the assumption that impunity is a problem that requires to be explained on its own and not solely as an indirect indicator of other phenomena such as violence, insecurity, corruptionCorruption and violation of humanRights rightsEnterprises and human rights . Similarly, it seeks to understand the way in which the existence of generalised conditions of impunity aggravates the effects of violence and insecurity and contributes to the erosion of citizens’ trust in their institutionsInstitution(s) and authorities, as happens in the Mexican case.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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