As part of the celebration of Mother’s Day in Mexico, the XII March of National Dignity Mothers looking for their sons and daughters ‘Truth and Justice!’ in Mexico City, which was attended by various UN agencies
The mobilization had the participation of various relatives of persons who were victims of disappearance, such as fathers, brothers, husbands, daughters and sons, although the contingent was mainly led by various groups of search mothers, who lead their struggle in various regions of the country.
This year’s march was held in memory of Teresa Magueyal, mother seeker from the civil organization ‘A promise to fulfill’, who was assassinated in Celaya, Guanajuato, on Tuesday, May 2.
During the event, various United Nations agencies were present to support the cause and make visible the importance of the search for missing persons in the country. Among the United Nations representatives present were Jesús Peña, from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Belén Sanz, from UN Women and Alanna Armitage, from Population Fund of the United Nations (UNFPA).
The participation of United Nations agencies in the XII National Dignity March Mothers looking for their sons and daughters ‘Truth and Justice!’ yesunderscores the Organization’s commitment to defending human rights and the importance of the fight against the forced disappearance of people in the country, indicates the UN Information Center in Mexico.
It also emphasizes the need for a collaborative and inter-institutional approach to address this problem and guarantee the right to truth and justice for disappeared persons and their families.
100,000 missing
Mexico officially registered the figure of 100,000 disappearances in the country in the last 58 years, according to UN human rights experts. This demonstrates the need for immediate and coordinated action by government authorities and civil society to address this problem and guarantee the right to truth and justice for disappeared persons and their families.
The UN has denounced on several occasions the need to put an end to the scourge of disappearances in Mexico and to compensate the rights of the victims.
For example, last week, the UN Committee against Enforced Disappearances urged the State to put an end to the impunity that weighs on disappearances.
“We hope that the guidelines established in this case provide Mexico with the necessary tools to fight against the scourge of forced disappearance, which plagues the country, and to put an end to a situation of almost absolute impunity, of which this case is just one. sample”, said Juan José López Ortega, one of the members of the Committee.
In its opinion, the Committee stressed that the investigation of this type of complaint It must be undertaken seriously and not as a mere formality doomed in advance to be unsuccessful.. “It cannot depend on the procedural initiative of the victim or her relatives or the private contribution of evidence, without the State effectively seeking the truth,” she added.
