22/03/2024

LATEST: 2024 Elections, under fire?

In January, the report “Voting Under Fire: Understanding Political-Criminal Violence in Mexico” was presented, which documents that in 2023 there were 574 incidents of political-criminal violence. 264 of them were against public officials or candidates for elected office, says Data Civica, the consulting firm behind the report.
27/09/2023

FOCUS: Forced Displacement: Global Crisis, National Incapacity

Every June 20th, World Refugee Day is celebrated, in a context in which, according to data provided by the United Nations (UN), twenty-four individuals leave their homes every minute, escaping war conflicts, persecutions or horror situations.
09/03/2023

LATEST: 10th Summit of North American Leaders takes place in Mexico

On January 9th and 10th, the 10th Summit of North American Leaders was held in Mexico City. Prior to the meeting, various civil organizations from the three countries sent a letter to the leaders of Mexico, the United States, and Canada requesting that they put on the table "the most urgent crises of our time: armed violence, environmental destruction, and the criminalization of migration."
03/10/2021

FOCUS: Escazu in the Mexican Environmental Context

The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (better known as the Escazu Agreement as it was adopted in the Costa Rican city of that name), is a pioneering legal instrument on environmental protection, and at the same time a human rights treaty that proposes a transformation of environmental governance.
09/06/2021

LATEST: Midterm Elections – Dispute for the Continuity of the Fourth Transformation

On June 6th, elections will be held in Mexico in which 500 councils and more than 20,300 local offices will be decided, including 15 governorships. They will be held in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
18/03/2021

LATEST: Mexico – “A long way to go to exit human rights crisis”, Government

On December 10th, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the Report “Second Year, A New Human Rights Policy and Presentation of the National Human Rights Program” was presented by the Ministry of the Interior.