MexicoReporter.com » human rights watch http://www.mexicoreporter.com Multi-media reporting from Mexico Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:07:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Time: Evidence of Killings and Disappearances by Mexico’s Security Forces http://www.mexicoreporter.com/2011/11/11/time-evidence-of-killings-and-disappearances-by-mexico%e2%80%99s-security-forces/ http://www.mexicoreporter.com/2011/11/11/time-evidence-of-killings-and-disappearances-by-mexico%e2%80%99s-security-forces/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:12:56 +0000 MexicoReporter http://www.mexicoreporter.com/?p=5058
November 11 2011 – The grieving families of six men who disappeared from a Mexican night club speak to TIME. Their story is among 170 cases of killing, torture and disappearances documented in a new Human Rights Watch report.



This report was produced for Time Magazine by Deborah Bonello.

Watch the video on Time’s website here.

Camera Assistant was Myles Estey - you can see his website here.

You can read the report by Human Rights Watch on their website here.

Photo: Laura Garcia and her family outside the club from where her brother Francis disappeared on March 1st 2010. The family believe Francis was taken by the Mexican military. Credit: Myles Estey.

]]> http://www.mexicoreporter.com/2011/11/11/time-evidence-of-killings-and-disappearances-by-mexico%e2%80%99s-security-forces/feed/ 0 Mexican Human Rights Commission is ineffective, says report http://www.mexicoreporter.com/2008/02/14/mexican-human-rights-commission-is-ineffective-says-report/ http://www.mexicoreporter.com/2008/02/14/mexican-human-rights-commission-is-ineffective-says-report/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:44:45 +0000 MexicoReporter http://mexicoreporter.wordpress.com/?p=152 Human Rights Watch released a damning report today, calling Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission ‘ineffective’ and ‘disappointing’.

‘When it comes to actually securing remedies and promoting reforms to improve Mexico’s dismal human rights record, the CNDH’s performance has been disappointing,’ reads the report, which also points out that the Commission’s failures hasn’t been due to a lack of funding.

‘The CNDH’s 2007 budget of approximately US$73 million is by far the largest of any ombudsman’s office in the Americas and one of the largest in the world. It has over 1,000 employees, including knowledgeable and experienced professionals who are genuinely committed to promoting human rights.’

The problem lies in the Commission’s own policies and actions, and although it has carried out some thorough investigations, it fails to follow up.

Click here for the report and here for the NYT piece

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