The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) asked the Treasury and Congress to designate extraordinary resources to the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists. In a statement, the CNDH said that the Mechanism did not receive funding in the 2017 budget, and as a result is using funds from previous years which could run out before the end of 2017.
Formal PBI accompaniment of Consortium for Parliamentary Dialogue and Oaxacan Equality (Consorcio Oaxaca) began just over one year ago. This organization works to promote respect for and the exercise of the human rights of women and gender equality.
In a Resolution dated 25 March 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) made a statement about the application for provisional measures for the Choreachi community in the Sierra Tarahumara in Chihuahua state. In it, they ordered the Mexican State to adopt urgent protection measures for the Choreachi community.
Mexico City, 17 March 2017.– Don't miss our March Newsletter for the latest news on Human Rights in Mexico!
Topics include: Lay on Internal Security; Disappearances in Mexico, Civil Society demands in legislative process; Ayotzinapa case; Argentine Forensic Anthropology team, missión in Chilapa Guerrero; MEPs travel to the state of Oaxaca; Contingency Plan in Chihuahua for preventive alert; amongst others.
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2017, UN Special Rapporteur on HRDs in Guerrero @PBIMexico
Tribute from UN Special Rapporteur on environment and HRs, J. Knox, to Isidro Baldenegro @PBI
PBI-USA seeks to hire a part-time advocacy coordinator to work closely with the PBI USA Executive Director, and global PBI staff and volunteers, to help develop and implement PBI’s advocacy strategy in the U.S., in support of the human rights defenders (HRDs) for whom we provide protection. The position will focus primarily on Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, with limited support provided also to Colombia, Kenya, Nepal, and Indonesia.
Mexico City, 15 January 2017.– Don't miss our January Newsletter for the latest news on Human Rights in Mexico!
Mexico City, 27 december 2016.- PBI reiterates its concerns regarding the threats, harassment and persecution suffered by members of the Cerezo Committee in recent months. It is worth remembering that on September 30, a drawing with a death threat against the Cerezo Contreras brothers, appeared on a wall of the Faculty of Philosophy and Languages of the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico).
Mexico City, 15 December 2016.– Don't miss our December Newsletter for the latest news on Human Rights in Mexico!
Topics include: Pasta de Conchos Family Organisation undertakes Advocacy Tour through Europe; visit of the special follow-up Mechanism to the Ayotzinapa case; Report "Operation Oaxaca"-Nochixtlán; Juan Gerardi' risk situation; amongst others.
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