In the present report Amnesty International is calling on the new government of Mexico to reform the public security and criminal justice system in order to end widespread human rights violations. It is also vital, according to Amnesty, that federal and state authorities take all necessary steps to ensure that state law and practice are consistent with international human rights standards and that longstanding impunity for human rights abuses ends. In that light Amnesty refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers. Amnesty International makes recommendations to the government in five key areas: international human rights standards; public security and the criminal justice system; accountability; human rights defenders and the rights of victims.