In September, the Chamber of Deputies approved the initiative of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) that grants the Ministry of National Defense full control of the National Guard.
In what has come to be characterized as a human rights crisis in Mexico, there are many thematic axes in which no significant progress has been seen to date.
In March, Amnesty International (AI) presented its report on the human rights situation in 2021 and the beginning of 2022 through an event held in Mexico City.
Talking about human rights in Chiapas, and especially the defense of indigenous peoples’ rights, it is impossible not to evoke the great work of Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia.
Ten years after the entry into force of the Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, in January, the Ministry of the Interior began work to reform it.
The panorama of violence in Chiapas and its various elements of complexity have been placed in public view in an alarming manner in recent months despite being present for decades (if not centuries).
The Fray Bartolome de Las Casas Center for Human Rights C.A. and the International Service for Peace (SIPAZ) reports on the physical accompaniment as human rights observers that is provided to the convoy of the maritime delegation as part of the Journey for Life, Europe Chapter.
On December 10th, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the Report “Second Year, A New Human Rights Policy and Presentation of the National Human Rights Program” was presented by the Ministry of the Interior.
In recent weeks, Mexico became one of the countries with the most cases of COVID-19 worldwide with at least more than half a million cases of contagion (sixth place) and, by mid-August, one of those with the highest mortality rates (third place), with more than 50 thousand dead.
National and international solidarity has been able to take many forms at different times, in different locations, and in different situations of conflict
On May 17th, the United Nations Organization Committee against Torture (CAT) gave its verdict after the evaluation of the matter to which Mexico submitted itself in the month of April.