Veronica Michel

Veronica Michel is a Mexican political scientist and Assistant Professor at John Jay College-CUNY. Dr Michel’s research focuses on rule of law, victims’ rights, and comparative criminal justice.

To indict, or not to indict?

Prosecutors are institutionally too close to the defendants to be impartial because they rely on the police force to do their job. And this conflict of interests is not unique to the US legal system.

By Veronica Michel

/ 31 Aug 2015

Mexico’s crisis: between accountability and criminal responsibility

Everyone is pointing fingers in the wake of the murder of 43 students, but who's to blame? From openDemocracy.

By Veronica Michel

/ 20 Jan 2015