Open letter to President Andr矇s Manuel L籀pez Obrador:
Read the (in Spanish) to President L籀pez Obrador泭from the ATI and the Omega Research Foundation泭recommending that Article 25, Number II of the Agreement published on August 25 in the Diario Oficial de la Federaci籀n泭be amended.泭
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FIELDWORK & ASSESSMENTS
The 10th of December of 2017, Professor M矇ndez,泭together with the Ariel Dulitzky, former President of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, and Christof Heinz, former UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, released an expressing deep concern over Mexico's approval of the Internal Security Act.
In an , Professor Juan M矇ndez emphasized that the military presence on national security interventions aggravates the risk of torture and human rights violations, claiming that these security bodies do not have the right training and follow a lethal friend-enemy logic, which is not adequate to address internal conflicts such as the one is taking place in Mexico.
Visit to Mexico April May 2014.
Professor Mendez's泭泭began on April 21, 2014 and泭concluded Friday, May 2, 2014泭with a泭press conference泭during which the former Special Rapporteur presented泭preliminary observations泭and findings about the visit. The event in Mexico City, which was attended by many journalists.泭Profesor Mendez also gave泭.
In this泭preliminary observations, the former Special Rapporteur revealed that torture is common and widespread amongst all levels of authority, from the military to local and state police. Torture typically occurs in the initial stages between a detainees arrest and appearance before a judge, and include beatings with fists, feet and sticks, asphyxiation with plastics bags, and electric shock. It is used in particular as a means to extract confessions and obtain information, and regularly occurs in police vehicles or illegal hideouts away from police stations or jails.
During his visit, Professor Mendez泭met with civil society, victims, and high-level government authorities in different parts of the country, including the Federal District,泭Nuevo Leon, Chiapas and Baja California. Read the press release detailing the Special Rapporteurs activities during the visit, an English-language news article from the Associated Press, and a泭Spanish-language article from CNN Espanol about the visit here.
Many NGOs that took part in the meetings compiled and presented in-depth information for the former Special Rapporteur, which can be accessed here. Some of the NGOs included the泭,泭and泭, among many others.
Following the former泭Special Rapporteurs press conference and preliminary observations, many local news sources reported extensively on the泭泭and on his泭.
CAPACITY BUILDING & PARTNERSHIPS
March 13 of 2017:泭"" event at the National Auronomous University of Mexico.
March 15 of 2017:泭Profesor M矇ndez was honored with a for his commitment to a free Mexico at the Museum for Memory and Tolerance in Mexico City.
August 26 of 2016:泭Professor M矇ndez assisted the program on Human Rights and Democracy.
April 18 of 2016:泭Professor M矇ndez and met with some representatives to discuss the legislative projects Ley Nacional de Ejecuci籀n Penal and Ley General de Tortura.泭 The former Special Rapporteur on Torture insisted that torture should be a criminal offence punishable by appropriate penalties that take into account their grave nature.泭泭泭
March 10 of 2016:泭The former Special Rapporteur on Torture had an interview with media enterprise . During the interview, he protested about what he considered to be defamatory statements against himself and other human rights defenders by Isabel Miranda de Wallace, president of the organization Alto al Secuestro.
September 9 of 2015:泭Professor Mendez泭 on the forced disappearance of 43 students of Ayotzinapa, by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 泭泭
RESOURCES
(Spanish only)
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. M矇ndez, mission to Mexico.
Press release related to the creation of an inter-diciplinary group on the forced disappearance of 43 students of Ayotzinapa by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
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