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Thirteen Years after the Repression in Atenco, Survivors Demand Full Implementation of Inter-American Judgment and Justice for Women Who Have Raised Their Voices against Sexual Torture

By complying with the judgment of the Inter-American Court, the Mexican government has the opportunity to reverse a decade of impunity. The UN Committee against Torture urged Mexico to comply with the judgment and raised the topic of sexual torture. Other women, such as Mónica Esparza -who has been imprisoned for 6 years-, have [...]

Editor Web2019-05-08T15:46:19-05:00May 3rd, 2019|

Women of Atenco: Creation of Working Group to Implement Measures of Reparation Ordered by the Inter-American Court

Mexico City, April 4, 2019. Today, the inter-institutional working group to implement the judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A Court H.R.) in the case of Women Victims of Sexual Torture in Atenco was officially formed. A delegation of the women and their legal representatives, as well as representatives of several federal [...]

Editor Web2019-05-07T17:50:55-05:00April 4th, 2019|

Mexico’s Judiciary Will Decide upon Jurisdiction of UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances
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Mexico’s Judiciary Will Decide upon Jurisdiction of UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances

Mexico’s Judiciary Will Decide upon Jurisdiction of UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs appeals against an order to recognize the jurisdiction of the UN and misses opportunity to keep proving its commitment to fighting the crisis of disappearances in Mexico The Trujillo Herrera family, with the support of Center Prodh, files a legal remedy in favor of the order of the Judiciary. [...]

Editor Web2019-03-25T13:31:28-06:00March 19th, 2019|

Impunity Alert in Tierra Blanca Case

Mexico City, March 15, 2019. On Friday, March 8, a federal judge ordered the release of 21 detainees, including 8 police officers, accused of organized crime for the Tierra Blanca case, which took place on January 11, 2016, when 5 young Mexicans were disappeared and subsequently executed in Tierra Blanca, Veracruz, by state police [...]

Editor Web2019-03-25T13:07:50-06:00March 15th, 2019|

Act of Recognition of Responsibility and Public Apology by the Government of the State of Veracruz for the Enforced Disappearance of 5 Young Mexicans in Tierra Blanca
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Act of Recognition of Responsibility and Public Apology by the Government of the State of Veracruz for the Enforced Disappearance of 5 Young Mexicans in Tierra Blanca

Act of Recognition of Responsibility and Public Apology by the Government of the State of Veracruz for the Enforced Disappearance of 5 Young Mexicans in Tierra Blanca

Justice, Clamor, and a Promise: The Public Apology to the Families of the Tierra Blanca Case Mexico City, March 4, 2019. With a clamor for justice and the promise that this event is only the beginning in the path to truth, the Act of Recognition of Responsibility and Public Apology by the Government of [...]

Editor Web2019-03-13T17:50:47-06:00March 4th, 2019|

Recommendation against Mexican Navy due to Gross Human Rights Violations Testifies to Risks of Militarization

The National Human Rights Commission issues a recommendation on the case of three survivors of sexual torture represented by Center Prodh. The recommendation confirms a pattern of illegal detentions, concealment, and torture by members of the Mexican Navy. Mexico City, February 21, 2019. Yesterday, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH, by its Spanish acronym) published its Recommendation [...]

Editor Web2019-03-06T13:43:51-06:00February 21st, 2019|

13 Years after the Pasta de Conchos Mine Explosion, Families Demand Recovery of their Loved Ones’ Bodies

Today, February 19, 2019, is the 13th anniversary of the disaster that deprived 65 workers of their lives in the Pasta de Conchos mine in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. For this reason, the families conducted a religious ceremony in front of the counter-monument located at the corner of Paseo de la Reforma and [...]

Editor Web2019-03-06T13:49:57-06:00February 19th, 2019|

National Search Brigade for the Disappeared Continues its Search in the State of Guerrero
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National Search Brigade for the Disappeared Continues its Search in the State of Guerrero

National Search Brigade for the Disappeared Continues its Search in the State of Guerrero

News Release #12 February 12, 2019 Fourth National Search Brigade The National Search Brigade for the Disappeared announces the continuation of its search in the state of Guerrero. The Secretary of the Interior pledges to follow up the requests of the Brigade and the Guerrero Front for Our Disappeared, including the requests derived from [...]

Editor Web2019-03-06T14:10:31-06:00February 12th, 2019|

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Must Recognize the Competence of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to Receive Individual Cases*
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Must Recognize the Competence of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to Receive Individual Cases*

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico Must Recognize the Competence of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to Receive Individual Cases*

Accepting the order would be a sign of political commitment to change in favor of victims of enforced disappearance’s rights. The recognition of the competence of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances reinforces victims of enforced disappearance's access to justice. Due to an unprecedented order commanding the Federal Executive and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]

Editor Web2019-02-11T12:56:04-06:00January 31st, 2019|

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Has to Clarify Its Position on the Recognition of the Competence of the UN to Analyze Cases of Enforced Disappearance in Mexico, Orders the Judiciary

A federal judge issues a writ of amparo for the Trujillo Herrera family, who searches for their relatives without success since 2008. He orders the Mexican federal government to complete the procedure for accepting individual cases. Mexico City, 28 January 2019. In recent days, Martín Adolfo Santos Pérez, Third District Judge of the Administrative Court [...]

Editor Web2019-02-11T13:03:14-06:00January 28th, 2019|