Hearing on Mexico’s Military Justice 3.20.09

On March 20, 2009 an Inter-American Human Rights Commission hearing addressed human rights and military justice in the State of Mexico. The petitioners included the Centro de Derechos Humanos from several regions (CDH), Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH), Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), and the Centro de Análisis e Investigación. Representing the State was, Coronel Sanchez from the General Department of Military Justice. Overseeing the hearing were commissioners Florentin Melendez, Victor Abramovich, Paolo Carroza and President Luz Patricia Mejia.

Diagnostic and Program for Human Rights 3.20.09

In a hearing regarding The Diagnostic and Program for Human Rights on March 20, 2009, the Mexican government’s work in analyzing the overall human rights condition Mexico City.  Rather than involving a petitioner with a specific claim, this hearing was part of a series of hearings.  The purpose of which is to keep the Commission informed on the status of a human rights diagnostic run in Mexico City and the implementation of a project addressing human rights violations based from that diagnostic.