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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, established in April 2008. Its purpose is to examine human rights practices in the member countries of the UN. Mexico was previously evaluated in 2009 and 2013, and will be evaluated for the third time in November of 2018. In the 2013 evaluation, Mexico…

This pronouncement is the result of the gathering against mining in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca that took place in San Antonino Castillo Velasco, Oaxaca, on July 22nd, 2018. There, the participating communities, organizations and collectives made the decision to form an Assembly of Central Valleys Against Mining as a force to combat mining interests and projects in their territories.…

This Sunday, nearly 88 million voters will head to the polls in what has been called the biggest election in Mexico’s history. 3,416 positions will be determined, including the president, governors, mayors, and representatives. From Oaxaca, Services for an Alternative Education A.C. - EDUCA reflects on what’s at stake. 1. Whatever the outcome of elections on July 1, this political…

In the central valleys of Oaxaca, there exists a silver and gold mining project named San José. Since 2008, this project has produced a permanent emergency situation in the municipality of San José del Progreso. That year, the mining company Fortuna Silver Mines corrupted the municipal and agrarian authorities in order to install their mining project. In spite of the…

In Geneva, during the 37th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council, Michel Forst, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, presented his report on the official visit to Mexico. In his speach, Forst said that Mexico has become one of the most dangerous country for human rights defenders (HRD), in particular women human rights defenders.…

On Wednesday, November 22, Mexican civil society groups addressed the European Parliament in Brussels, demanding the suspension of renewed trade negotiation between the European Union and Mexico until the protection of human rights can be guaranteed. “The agreement should not be signed so long as the Mexican Government fails to demonstrate its willingness to fulfill human rights,” said Olga Guzmán,…

In a joint message released on November 1, the Foreign Affairs Ministries of Mexico and France declared that critical updates to the EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement will soon be finalized. Authorities insist that the modernization of the 17-year-old pact, which is part of the Global Agreement, will enable greater access to Mexican products in the European Union as well as…