Hearings & Briefings

Human Rights in Mexico

Hearing Thursday, May 10, 2012 12:00 PM Room 2226 of the Rayburn House Office Building

This hearing will take place at 12:00 PM on 5/10/2012, in Room 2226 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
The hearing is open to members of Congress, congressional staff, the media and the interested public.

Thursday, May 10, 2012
12:00 PM
Room 2226 of the Rayburn House Office Building
Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a hearing on human rights in Mexico.

Violence and human rights violations associated with Mexico’s drug war, including kidnappings, armed robbery, extortion, extrajudicial killings, and forced disappearances, have been on the rise in recent years. Yet the drug war is not the only cause of human rights violations in Mexico: Mexican law enforcement authorities have been found to employ arbitrary detention, torture, and forced confessions in other contexts. All of these abuses are compounded by widespread impunity in Mexico for criminal behavior by both private groups and government actors.

This hearing will examine human rights abuses in Mexico, evaluate the status of efforts to reform Mexico’s judiciary and police to bolster human rights protections and assess U.S. policy.
Panel I
• Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

Panel II
• Nik Steinberg, Researcher, Human Rights Watch
• Maureen Meyer, Senior Associate for Mexico and Central America, Washington Office on Latin America
• Santiago Aguirre, Tlachinollan Human Rights Center

If you have any questions, please contact the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission at 202-225-3599 or tlhrc@mail.house.gov.

James P. McGovern
Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC

Frank R. Wolf
Member of Congress
Co-Chair, TLHRC

 

Contact the Commission

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
2170 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
United States of America

+1-202-225-3599
TLHRC@mail.house.gov

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