IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: THE CASE OF THE MAYAN GROUP OF THE STATE OF QUINTANA ROO

IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: THE CASE OF THE MAYAN GROUP OF THE STATE OF QUINTANA ROO

Since 1997, the Mexican government has founded in the province of Quintana Roo a traditional style of justice instituted on a previous indigenous Mayan traditional legal system. This article provides a reflection about the way the Mayan justice has been recognized and implemented in the state of Qui...

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Main Author: José Israel Herrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Jaén 2018-06-01
Series:Age of Human Rights Journal
Subjects:
recognition
human right
Maya
Mexico
Convention 169
Online Access:https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/TAHRJ/article/view/4017
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spelling doaj-b2e47590fd6f49bbaaa8fc4b9986df622020-11-25T01:17:21ZengUniversidad de JaénAge of Human Rights Journal2340-95922018-06-0110224110.17561/tahrj.n10.2IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: THE CASE OF THE MAYAN GROUP OF THE STATE OF QUINTANA ROOJosé Israel Herrera0Autonomous University of CampecheSince 1997, the Mexican government has founded in the province of Quintana Roo a traditional style of justice instituted on a previous indigenous Mayan traditional legal system. This article provides a reflection about the way the Mayan justice has been recognized and implemented in the state of Quintana Roo, based on the incorporation of the rights derived from the ILO Convention 169 signed by Mexico in the last century. Mexico possesses and recognizes the Mayan legal system, but with some additions which causes the existence of two different structures the traditional and the new one which coexist in the same social field at the same time.https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/TAHRJ/article/view/4017recognitionhuman rightMayaMexicoConvention 169
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IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: THE CASE OF THE MAYAN GROUP OF THE STATE OF QUINTANA ROO
Age of Human Rights Journal
recognition
human right
Maya
Mexico
Convention 169
author_facet José Israel Herrera
author_sort José Israel Herrera
title IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: THE CASE OF THE MAYAN GROUP OF THE STATE OF QUINTANA ROO
title_short IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: THE CASE OF THE MAYAN GROUP OF THE STATE OF QUINTANA ROO
title_full IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: THE CASE OF THE MAYAN GROUP OF THE STATE OF QUINTANA ROO
title_fullStr IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: THE CASE OF THE MAYAN GROUP OF THE STATE OF QUINTANA ROO
title_full_unstemmed IMPLEMENTATION AND PRACTICE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS: THE CASE OF THE MAYAN GROUP OF THE STATE OF QUINTANA ROO
title_sort implementation and practice of indigenous rights: the case of the mayan group of the state of quintana roo
publisher Universidad de Jaén
series Age of Human Rights Journal
issn 2340-9592
publishDate 2018-06-01
description Since 1997, the Mexican government has founded in the province of Quintana Roo a traditional style of justice instituted on a previous indigenous Mayan traditional legal system. This article provides a reflection about the way the Mayan justice has been recognized and implemented in the state of Quintana Roo, based on the incorporation of the rights derived from the ILO Convention 169 signed by Mexico in the last century. Mexico possesses and recognizes the Mayan legal system, but with some additions which causes the existence of two different structures the traditional and the new one which coexist in the same social field at the same time.
topic recognition
human right
Maya
Mexico
Convention 169
url https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/TAHRJ/article/view/4017
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