Rule of law in Mexico is focus of panel at Rice’s Baker Institute Nov. 10

MEDIA ADVISORY

David Ruth
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Jeff Falk
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Rule of law in Mexico is focus of panel at Rice’s Baker Institute Nov. 10

HOUSTON – (Nov. 8, 2016) – Three Mexico experts will discuss their research findings and activism on impunity, corruption and other leading indicators of the challenges still ahead for the rule of law and a culture of lawfulness in Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Nov. 10.

Hosted by the Baker Institute’s Mexico Center, the event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Who: Panelists Eduardo Bohórquez, executive director of Transparencia Mexicana; Juan Antonio Le Clercq, director of the Center for the Study of Impunity and Justice and academic director of the Department of International Relations and Political Science at Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; and Alejandro Ponce, chief research officer at the World Justice Project.

Tony Payan, the Baker Institute’s Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Mexico Center, will serve as moderator.

What: A panel titled “Impunity, Corruption and the Rule of Law in Mexico.”

When: Thursday, Nov. 10, 6:30-8 p.m.

Where: Rice University, Baker Hall, Kelly International Conference Center, 6100 Main St.

According to the event organizers, Mexico faces vast challenges to the rule of law as it seeks to implement groundbreaking constitutional reforms. Issues yet to be fully addressed are related to weak constraints on government power, corruption, order and security, respect for fundamental human rights and due process, government transparency and openness, regulatory enforcement, impunity, civil and criminal justice, and freedom of the press. The next slate of reforms must focus on the rule of law if Mexico is to move into the ranks of developed nations, organizers said.

The public must RSVP for the event at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/1814.

Members of the news media who want to attend should RSVP to Jeff Falk, associate director of national media relations at Rice, at jfalk@rice.edu or 713-348-6775.

For a map of Rice University’s campus with parking information, go to www.rice.edu/maps. Media are advised to park in the Central Campus Garage.

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