Translated by: Amanda Coe
The Secretariat of Government Relations struck out at the report on human rights in the country, released Wednesday by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
In a joint statement issued by the Secretariat of Government Relations, the Secretariat of Foreign Relations and the Attorney General's Office, they stated:
The Secretariat of Government Relations struck out at the report on human rights in the country, released Wednesday by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
In a joint statement issued by the Secretariat of Government Relations, the Secretariat of Foreign Relations and the Attorney General's Office, they stated:
“The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) report presented today does not reflect the general situation in the country. The Mexican government is constantly working to address the causes and consequences of violence in the country resulting from crime; to ensure safety; to protect, promote, respect and guarantee human rights; and to improve access to justice. Therefore, we expected that the IACHR’s visit would contribute to these efforts and commitments from Mexico and it would issue conclusions and recommendations that emerged from an objective and well-supported report, which did not happen.”They added:
“It has been a priority of the Mexican Government to respond to requests for information and audiences with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights....Visits made by IACHR are evidence of greater openness and cooperation from the Mexican Government.”The official statement indicated that the report on the human rights situation in Mexico is
“the result of the international organization’s visit last September-October to our country, at the invitation of the Government.”According to the Government:
“While the IACHR report shows some developments on human rights, unfortunately it does not reflect the overall situation of the country, and we do not share some of the premises and misdiagnoses. During the visit and the report's completion, the Mexican Government was emphatic in stating that our country does not have a human rights crisis.”They also mentioned that the IACHR
“ignores more than fifty years of progress, challenges, structural changes and processes in a country like Mexico, which the IACHR itself had already recognized during a visit to Mexico in 1997.”They added:
“The IACHR report does not reflect that Mexico is an open government that promotes transparency, accountability and access to public information in all of its federal agencies. Very few countries in the world have autonomous institutions such as the National Commission for Human Rights, the National Institute for Statistics and Geography, the National Institute for Access to Information, and the National Council for Evaluation of Social Policy, whose efforts are not recognized or identified as good practice by the IACHR.”Finally:
“The Mexican Government reiterates its commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights, and will continue to cooperate with relevant international organizations to contribute to building strong public policies and improving our institutions. In this context, the recent change of membership of the Commission provides an opportunity to strengthen the dialogue between States and the IACHR, to enable the Commissioners themselves to have balanced and reliable information to facilitate their important mandate of promoting human rights on the continent.”