Background information about Mexico:
- BBC country profile: Mexico
- Governments on the WWW: Mexico
- politicalresources.net: Mexico
- OHCHR country page on Mexico
- UPR documentation on Mexico
Universal Periodic Review
Mexico was examined during the 4th session (2-13 February 2009) of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review mechanism.
- UPR documentation on Mexico, including outcome report.
Treaty Bodies
Forthcoming
Committee Against Torture
Mexico will be examined by the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - at its 49th session, 29 October - 23 November 2012.
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Mexico will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - at its 52nd session, 9-27 July 2012, in New York.
Recent
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mexico was examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - at its 80th session, 13 February - 9 March 2012.
- Concluding Observations (Spanish)
Committee on Migrant Workers
Mexico was examined by the UN Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families - at its 14th session, 4-8 April 2011.
- Concluding Observations (Spanish)
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Mexico was examined by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - at its 56th session, 17 January - 4 February 2011 in Geneva, on issues related to the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and children in armed conflict.
Human Rights Committee (civil and political rights)
Mexico was examined by the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of civil and political rights as defined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - at its 98th session, 8-26 March 2010 in New York.
Special Procedures
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Prof. Olivier De Schutter, visited Mexico on 13-20 June 2011.
The UN The Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination visited Mexico on 12-16 June 2011.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Ms. Gabriela Knaul, visited Mexico on 1 to 15 October 2010.
- Press release, 18 October 2010.
- Full end-of-mission statement by Special Rapporteur. (Spanish)
The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Mr. Frank La Rue, conducted a first joint mission with the Organization of American States’ Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Catalina Botero, in Mexico on 9 -24 August 2010.
- Press release, 6 August 2010.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Mr. Vernor Muñoz Villalobos, visited Mexico on 8-18 February 2010.
- Press release, 18 February 2010.
