2022: Annual Report
It is with great proudness that we share our 2022 annual report. In it, we highlight the main actions and the impact of our work. In 2023, we are moving forward with strong conviction, responsibility, and professionalism to keep supporting victims of gross human rights violations in Mexico and fulfilling our mission. We thank our […]
Civil Society Organizations Request Urgent Action from the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances for the Disappearance of Human Rights Advocates Ricardo Lagunes and Antonio Díaz
Today, January 18th , we have requested the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) to require the Mexican Government to find Ricardo Lagunes and Antonio Díaz as soon as possible. We have requested that the CED activate its Article 30 procedure, whereby “A request that a disappeared person should be sought and found may be […]
Annual Report 2021
In 2021, IDHEAS has further asserted itself as a civil society organization specialized in strategic litigation before national and international institutions. Our organization has not only focused on protecting the human rights of victims in isolated cases, but also on driving structural changes to prevent the recurrence of other severe human rights violations. The decision […]
“Hasta encontrarlos”: enforced disappearances by security forces in Veracruz constitute crimes against humanity
The present report, which focuses on the commission of enforced disappearances in Veracruz, is yet another link in the chain proving the commission of crimes against humanity in Mexico. As will be described below, during the mandate of Duarte de Ochoa, governor of Veracruz between 1 December 2010 and 12 October 2016, who is currently detained […]
Criminal Structure Within the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Nayarit and Crimes Against Humanity
Mexico. Criminal Structure Within the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Nayarit and Crimes Against Humanity The current report is based on the documentation of 70 cases of enforced disappearance and, in particular, 26 events in which at least 47 enforced disappearances were allegedly committed, between June and September of 2017, mainly in the Municipalities […]
Judge urges compliance with the Urgent Actions issued for the forced disappearance of three young people in Sinaloa
It is the fourth time that the Judicial Branch has ordered the Sinaloa State Attorney General’s Office to comply with it. The sentence is given within the framework of the decision of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) that recognizes the mandatory nature of the Urgent Actions of […]
Strategic litigation before the United Nations System
The enforced disappearance of persons is a serious violation of human rights, of a multi-offensive nature (it involves the violation of various rights) and of a permanent or continuous nature, which lasts as long as the whereabouts of the disappeared person are not known, or their remains are identified with certainty. This document represents an […]
Annual Report 2020
Mexico is facing a serious human rights crisis, and abuses such as enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial executions are committed in a generalized and systematic manner. Daily, these practices affect the lives of people, families, and communities. IDHEAS seeks to address this serious crisis through actions that seek to eradicate schemes of impunity that allow these […]
Análisis de contexto en la jurisprudencia internacional de los derechos humanos
Este documento representa un esfuerzo de sistematización, difusión de los estándares y la jurisprudencia generados por los órganos del Sistema Universal de Protección de los Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas para casos de desaparición en México, como resultado de la labor de litigio realizada por I(dh)eas a lo largo de los últimos seis años.
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances receives its first complaint against Mexico
The organization IDHEAS announced that it filed a complaint against Mexico on behalf of young Yonathan Isaac Mendoza Berrospe, a victim of Enforced Disappearance. This is the first complaint before the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances, after the country recognized in October 2020 the competence of the Committee to hear individual cases. The organization IDHEAS […]