USAID supports Mexico’s goal to achieve net-zero deforestation by 2030 and meet its international climate commitments. Nearly half of Mexico is covered by forest – a total of 88 million hectares. Over 60 percent of Mexico’s forests is managed by communities with collective land tenure arrangements, such as ejidos, and the rest is on private and public lands.
USAID continues to improve the ability of the GOM to prevent, investigate, and prosecute human rights abuses, while strengthening civil society to hold the GOM accountable in this regard.
In 2008, the Government of Mexico (GOM), under increasing pressure from justice sector stakeholders and civil society networks, approved constitutional reforms mandating the nation-wide adoption of an adversarial criminal justice system.
La prevención de la corrupción es una de las prioridades de política nacional e internacional más importantes para México.
En México, persiste un significativo número de violaciones a derechos humanos. Estas incluyen ejecuciones extrajudiciales, tortura, 32,000 desapariciones no resueltas, y maltratos físicos.
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Last updated: September 02, 2020
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