PublicationsThe Mexico Project produces several publications which are all available on this web site. On the following pages you will find our newest publication, Entrevistas, which contains interviews that highlight situations that increase risks to the physical or psychological integrity of Mexican human rights defenders, or that damage the legitimacy of their work. The Bulletin produced by the Mexico Project contains information about PBI's work in Mexico and about the human rights situation in Mexico. You can also download our Special Report on : Human Rights Defenders in the State of Guerrero: cases of resistance and initiatives from civil society regarding the defense and promotion of fundamental rights in Guerrero Please check out website often as we hope to regularly update this site with our most recent publications. Browse our publicationsNewest Publications Entrevista19 - Juan Manuel Martínez MorenoAfter being held in prison for 16 months, accused of the murder of Indymedia cameraman Bradley Roland Will, Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno was released on 18 February 2010. Although he has been freed, Mr Martínez Moreno and his family continue to suffer threats and harassment. They have been granted precautionary measures by the Mexican National Human Rights Commission, and have requested precautionary measures from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Entrevista19 - Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno (pdf 842 KB)  Entrevista17 Tlachinollan : Ines Fernandez Before the IACHRIn Lima, Peru, on Thursday 15 April 2010, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights held a public hearing of the claims made by indigenous Me’phaa woman, Inés Fernández Ortega, against the Mexican State. Mrs. Fernández alleges that she suffered torture and sexual assault at the hands of military personnel in 2002. Her lawyers from Tlachinollan Human Rights Centre argued that Inés Fernández’s experience highlights the recurring issues in Mexico, such as the lack of access to justice for women victims of violence; violations caused by the increasing absence of civilian monitoring of the Armed Forces; and the persecution facing those who organise to defend the rights of indigenous peoples. The State repeatedly refused to acknowledge that members of the Armed Forces had raped Inés Fernández, although in the course of the hearing, it did recognise that it had conducted an inadequate investigation into the matter. A PBI Mexico representative attended the hearing in Peru, and conducted this interview with Inés Fernández's lawyers from Tlachinollan afterwards. Entrevista17 Tlachinollan : Ines Fernandez Before the IACHR (pdf 1.5 MB)  Entrevista16 Radilla Case Before the IACHR : Interview with Humberto Guerrero, legal director of the Mexican Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Human RightsOn Tuesday 15 December 2009, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its first judgement condemning the Mexican State in relation to a person detained and disappeared during the Dirty War (...) PBI interviewed Humberto Guerrero, legal director of the Mexican Commission for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights (Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos, CMDPDH). The Commission acts as the Radilla family’s legal representative in the case.  Bulletin 28 Human Rights Defenders Behind Bars, January 2010In this publication, PBI has chosen to address the issue of human rights defenders who are imprisoned and accused of committing crimes. We will also deal with political prisoners in Mexico, individuals who are rarely presented by that name. In recent years, we have observed a process in which the distinction between “political prisoner” and “unjustly imprisoned human rights defender” has become murky. PBI aims to highlight cases about which it is directly aware. Here, beyond questions of definitions, we are faced with situations in which defenders, men and women, are either serving jail terms or facing arrest warrants. Many of these warrants are based on dubious legal principles or have been executed with violations of due process. Bulletin 28 Human Rights Defenders Behind Bars, January 2010 (pdf 9.6 MB)  Bulletin 27 Silenced Violence against Human Rights Defenders in the South of Mexico, May 2009Peace Brigades International (PBI) has maintained an international presence in the municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero since 2003, accompanying indigenous organizations and human rights lawyers who suffer serious threats as a result of their work to defend fundamental rights. With this special bulletin, PBI intends to provide information regarding the particularly difficult situation faced by human rights defenders in Ayutla.  Bulletin 26 UPR Mexico was evaluated, September 2009During 2009 Mexico has been subject to a high level of attention at the international level. The United Nations Human Rights Council, in the context of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), has carried out a first review of the respect of fundamental rights in this country. UN bodies, NGOs, the Mexican government as well as 56 states from the international community have all participated in the review.In this Special Bulletin, PBI Mexico hopes to highlight the UPR process, the recommendations accepted by the Mexican government and the concerns of the civil society about the recommendations Mexico refused. Bulletin 26 UPR Mexico was evaluated, September 2009 (pdf 1.6 MB) |
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