José Antonio Guevara , Human Rights Officer at Mexico´s Ministry of Interior explains to PBI how the Mexican government will comply with this judgement.
Mexico City, Mar 26, 2010
Mexico has failed to make significant progress on human rights issues like violence against women, abuses by military troops involved in policing work, and attacks on journalists, the United Nations Human Rights Committee stated Friday March 26.
On 16 February 2002, Valentina Rosendo Cantú, then aged 17, was victim of sexual assault, torture and deprivation of liberty, allegedly committed by Mexican soldiers. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights accepted the case. PBI has provided accompaniment to Valentina Rosendo Cantú and her daughter as a result of the attacks and threats the two have suffered.
Ana Manuela Ochoa, a lawyer with the National Indigenous Organisation of Colombia (ONIC), speaks about the problem of forced displacement and how it affects indigenous people. "Large-scale development projects bring militarisation, which forces us to abandon our lands," she explains.
Washington, March 18, 2010
