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.
