Abstract

ESPINOSA LUNA, Carolina. How decisions about human rights are made? The case of Federal District Human Rights Commission in Mexico. Cuest. Const. [online]. 2016, n.34, pp.143-168. ISSN 1405-9193.

The aim of this paper is to identify organizational decision-making criteria for recognizing human rights violations. With this intention, eight cases of presumed human rights violations are studied. All within the jurisdiction of the Federal District´s Human Rights Violations Commission in Mexico. Based on to the organizational approach of David J. Hickson, and others, the hypothesis is that the decision of recognizing human rights violations arise from the complexity and political content of the cases. The results lead to confirm the hypothesis with some aspects to consider.

Keywords : Human rights violations; Ombudsman; formal organizations; organizational decision making.