The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) has shown a poor performance in the protection of victims of torture and other human rights violations, exhibited Mexico researcher for Amnesty International (AI), Rupert Knox.
In introducing the report, "Out of control. Torture and other ill-treatment in Mexico "of this international organization, the researcher stated that" we have serious doubts about the performance of the CNDH. "
And is that according to the Amnesty International report, released Monday in the city of Mexico, the CNDH does not usually conduct thorough and timely investigations of all complaints it receives, and defends the rights of victims as it should. Of the 7,000 complaints received from 2010 to 2013, only public recommendations issued confirming torture in 44 cases.
Amnesty sees a "huge" gap between the number of complaints received by the NHRC and recommendations issued. While in 2013, the agency received 3,842 complaints of violations of fundamental rights committed by federal public security institutions-the army, the navy, the PGR, the federal police and federal prison staff in relation to arbitrary arrests, ill treatment, illegal searches, intimidation and unlawful use of force, only issued 35 recommendations to the authorities involved in these abuses.
"In other words, less than 1% of complaints resulted in a public report documenting abuses and recommended concrete measures," Amnesty International reports.
Thus Rupert Knox emphasized that "the National Human Rights Commission is working to the National Human Rights Commission, not the victims."
Amnesty International notes that most of the complaints received by the CNDH end in administrative procedures that can leave victims without a means to ensure that the authorities comply with agreements.
In 2013 the CNDH concluded 9,806 complaints: 4,628 ended with an orientation to the victim; 3,580 with settlement agreements between the parties and 77 public recommendations. "That is, one in 127 cases ended with a public recommendation. The rest remains confidential and is closed to public scrutiny, "exhibited this international organization present in more than one hundred nations.
Amnesty notes that the CNDH has steadfastly resisted calls for greater transparency of academics, human rights organizations claiming the protection of the interests of victims; "This principle is laudable. However, in cases where no recommendation conclude, victims do not have access to the investigation of the Commission or a fundamental material that would allow them to challenge decisions or to support other legal avenues for redress. "
Rupert Knox said this violates a key principle of the Istanbul Protocol to deny plaintiffs access to the reports and thus hindering their access to a legal remedy.
Currently the Commission "is part of the problem, not the solution. It requires a radical reinforcement to behave on behalf of victims of human rights violations, "he said.
GOVERNMENT REJECTS STATE OF TORTURE
While independent research and evidence shows that the use of torture is widespread in Mexico, government officials responsible for safeguarding national security, minimize the situation that exists in Mexico, also exhibited AI.
During his participation in the release of the document, the executive secretary of Amnesty International Mexico, Perseo Quiroz said that "while the magnitude of the problem in its proper dimension is not recognized, we will not get public policies that are able to stop this torture out of control we have in the country. "
He reported that during a meeting on Wednesday - the day before the launch report, with the Attorney General's Office (PGR), Jesús Murillo Karam, Assistant Attorney Mariana Benítez Tiburcio; Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Secretariat of Government (SG), Leah Lemon and the holder of the Human Rights Unit of the SG, Victor Manuel Serrato, Affairs to meet you its findings on the issue, the official downplayed the situation prevailing in the country and ruled that torture was widespread.
30% of respondents to a survey by Amnesty International said that torture is acceptable in certain cases. "If you have a country that mattress, that margin of acceptability and have a law enforcement on which there is no cost if they perform this malpractice, the normalization of torture (given in) our daily lives," said Javier Hernández Valencia, representative in Mexico of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights who attended the presentation of the document.
AI AND FIGURES IN CONTRAST CNDH
Amnesty International has more than 50 years documenting the use of torture and other ill-treatment in Mexico. Almost all those responsible for these crimes committed in the past continue to enjoy impunity.
The CNDH received 7,164 complaints of torture and other ill-treatment between 2010 and late 2013 According to information available to Amnesty International, none resulted in a criminal conviction for torture.
In 2012, the Mexican government informed the Committee against Torture that were issued just six sentences for torture since 2005, plus 143 sentences for abuse of authority and abuse of 60 functions.
Most of the victims of the cases documented by Amnesty International are men from marginalized communities and vulnerable groups such as irregular migrants.
The organization has also documented cases of female victims of torture and has learned that, although the allegations of torture and other ill-treatment of women and children are fewer in number, these cases are not rare.
The stories of the survivors of torture collected by Amnesty International indicate that most of the allegations of torture probably related to abuses committed by members of the preventive police forces or state judicial police.
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