Human Rights in Mexico

Guest lecture by Emilio Álvarez Icaza, the president of the Federal District Human Rights Commission in Mexico arranged by CSA

Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 15:15 to 16:45

In cooperation with Amnesty International the Center for the Study of the Americas is organizing a guest lecture by Emilio Álvarez Icaza, the president of the Federal District Human Rights Commission in Mexico. The title of the lecture is

Human Rights in
Mexico
.

Emilio Álvarez Icaza will discuss the human rights situation in Mexico after the presidential election. There are major problems with the observation of human rights in the country. Torture, imprisonment and corruption are some of the problems highlighted in Amnesty International reports. Although the ombudsmen at national and state level receive complaints from people and after due investigation make recommendations on these issues, the problem is that the authorities are not obliged to follow the recommedations. So what can the ombudsman do? How does he cooperate with the national ombudsman? And how does he cooperate with the NGOs?

All are welcome at the guest lecture.

 

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