Corruption and Human Rights: Possible Relations

Various causal mechanisms exist that make it possible to assert that more corruption equals more violations of human rights. This article explores those mechanisms and offers empirical evidence of this relation by applying statistics to indicators of corruption and personal integrity, as well as of political, economic, and social rights. The main impact occurs when people enjoy these rights at a medium to high level. The connection between corruption and human rights is not constant and has inflection points. At certain times the fight against corruption yields more results, and this is the juncture at which Mexico currently finds itself.