Rights Groups Ask United Nations for Special Rapporteur on Enforced Disappearances News-Journal.com
go to original February 4, 2015

Mexican human rights groups are asking the U.N. Committee on Enforced Disappearances to establish a special rapporteur for the country. (WochitGeneralNews)

Mexican human rights groups asked the U.N. Committee on Enforced Disappearances on Tuesday to establish a special rapporteur for the country amid continuing consternation over the disappearance of 43 students at the hands of police.

While the case of the rural teachers’ college students has thrown the issue of disappearances into particularly stark relief, sparking protests in Mexico and abroad, activists called it emblematic of a widespread problem.

“This is not about an isolated case. On the contrary, in Mexico there is a humanitarian crisis over forced disappearances that the Mexican state refuses to recognize,” said Denise Gonzalez of the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center.

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