First UN procedure for missing persons crisis activated in Mexico

For the first time, the United Nations (UN) opened a procedure due to the situation of disappearances in Mexico, considering that they are "systematic or widespread", so it seeks to expose this problem to the assembly. Through the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), it opened the procedure of [...]

Mexico City.- For the first time, the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances will initiate proceedings against Mexico, which could eventually reach the General Assembly, considering that disappearances are occurring in the country in a general or systematic manner. In the framework of the closing of the 28th session, the Chairman of the Committee, French Olivier de Frouville, informed that information will be requested from the Mexi…

In Mexico, more than 124 thousand families live with the uncertainty of not knowing where their missing loved ones are. For many, the National Forensic Data Bank represents the last hope; however, this mechanism, created on paper in 2017, remains unfulfilled with its objective: to help identify bodies and human remains in a country marked by violence and impunity. “To understand the forensic crisis, we have to talk in general about the disappear…

Visits: 1 In an unprecedented fact, the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) announced that the UN General Assembly could convene an urgent meeting to discuss the disappearance crisis in Mexico. This was reported by CED President Oliver de Frouville, who explained that the decision will be taken in accordance with the International Convention on Enforced Disappearances, in view of the fact that confirmed information is avail…

The Committee announced that, for the first time in Mexico, it would initiate a procedure under article 34 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances announced the initiation, for the first time, of a procedure aimed at bringing the crisis to the attention of the Assembly, on the grounds that it is “systematic or widespread”.