Victim's groups

Cases
Case status
Unknown
Location of case in SG report
2022-049-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2022
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 23.634501

Longitude: -102.552784

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Mexico
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN Treaty Bodies: CED
Dates of prior UN action
26 November 2021, 8 April 2022
Type of record
Unnamed individual/group/organization
Gender
Gender unclear
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Individual's/organization's activity

victims’ groups

Type of rights defended
  • Accountability & impunity
  • Civil/political rights
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

Talking to the CED

Engagement with UN body
  • UN Treaty Bodies: CED
Dates of engagement
November 2021
Type of attempted engagement
  • Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
Dates of mentioned reprisals
November 2021
Location of mentioned reprisals
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Reprisal information
  1. From 15 to 26 November 2021, the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) conducted an official visit to Mexico. In its end-of-mission statement and its visit report, the CED condemned the vandalising of a memorial site in the city of Guadalajara (state of Jalisco) following its conversation with victims’ groups. It recalled that no one who has participated in conversations or contributed information to the Committee should be subject to reprisals.
Types of reprisals suffered
  • Property damage/raid/search/confiscation
Alleged/likely perpetrators
Unclear
Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
No
Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
No
Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
No
Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
No
Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
No
Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
No
How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
0