President Claudia Sheinbaum and Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez expressed Mexico's government willingness to collaborate with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk during his visit next week. Türk will meet with officials, disappeared persons' collectives, and organizations. The announcement comes amid disagreements with a UN Committee against Enforced Disappearance report.
President Claudia Sheinbaum announced in her Thursday morning conference that she will meet next week with High Commissioner Volker Türk, who will assess Mexico's disappeared persons crisis, exceeding 133,000 cases.
Sheinbaum stated that the Interior and Foreign Relations secretariats will inform Türk on actions to support victims and eradicate the crime, linked to criminal groups. "And see in what way we can collaborate to attend to the victims," the president said. She highlighted the Victims and Search commissions' work, and Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez's meetings with collectives.
Rodríguez emphasized: "We are willing to collaborate and work hand in hand with all international organizations." However, the government rejects the Committee against Enforced Disappearance (CED) conclusions, which deemed disappearances a possible crime against humanity, claiming it ignored their information and recent actions like Law reforms.
Disappeared persons' families urge Türk to back the CED determination and forward it to the UN Secretary-General. The visit coincides with recent bone remains findings by search collectives.
