Mexico
28.09.15
Urgent Interventions
1 year on OMCT stands in solidarity with victims of Ayotzinapa and their requests for truth and justice
“Es momento, Presidente, de comprometerse a que este paíscambie y se asegure la verdad y la justicia en Ayotzinapa”– Relatives and School colleagues
#JusticeForAyotzinapa
September 26, 2015, Geneva. On the first anniversary of the fatalevents in Iguala, which resulted in the disappearance of 43 students,3 extrajudicial executions and 18 students injured from the RuralNormal School of Ayotzinapa (Guerrero), OMCT stands in solidarity withthe victims, aggrieved relatives and the student community ofAyotzinapa.
OMCT calls upon the Mexican authorities to diligently meet the eight demandsconveyed by family members and school colleagues to President Enrique PeñaNieto on Thursday Sept. 26, 2015:
1. Acknowledgement of the legitimacy of the search for truth andjustice and case to remain open;
2. Extension of the mandate of the Interdisciplinary Group ofIndependent Experts (GIEI), full and unconditional acceptance andimplementation of its report and recommendations;
3. Investigation to be rethought and retaken by a specialinvestigative unit under international oversight. It should focus on1) exhaustive search of the whereabouts of the 43 missing students 2)comprehensive investigation to determine the criminal liability of thoseinvolved in the atrocious acts, including the responsibility of municipal,state and federal government officials;
4. Search to be re-launched with the immediate and systematic useof all technology available;
5. Immediate and dignified attention to those injured and to therelatives of those of our children and colleagues who wereextrajudicially executed. Victims need to be treated with dignity. Revictimisationshould be avoided by all means;
6. Respect for the Normal Rural School “Isidro Burgos” of Ayotzinapaand immediate cease of all the attempts to criminalise and stigmatisethe students “normalistas”;
7. Permanent channels of communication to be put in place, ensuringdignity and respect for the victims;
8. Public and structural actions to address the crisis of impunity,corruption and widespread human rights violations that Mexico iscurrently facing, with the meaningful involvement of victims andrelatives. We call upon the creation of an International Commissionagainst Impunity and Corruption in Mexico.
#JusticeForAyotzinapa
September 26, 2015, Geneva. On the first anniversary of the fatalevents in Iguala, which resulted in the disappearance of 43 students,3 extrajudicial executions and 18 students injured from the RuralNormal School of Ayotzinapa (Guerrero), OMCT stands in solidarity withthe victims, aggrieved relatives and the student community ofAyotzinapa.
OMCT calls upon the Mexican authorities to diligently meet the eight demandsconveyed by family members and school colleagues to President Enrique PeñaNieto on Thursday Sept. 26, 2015:
1. Acknowledgement of the legitimacy of the search for truth andjustice and case to remain open;
2. Extension of the mandate of the Interdisciplinary Group ofIndependent Experts (GIEI), full and unconditional acceptance andimplementation of its report and recommendations;
3. Investigation to be rethought and retaken by a specialinvestigative unit under international oversight. It should focus on1) exhaustive search of the whereabouts of the 43 missing students 2)comprehensive investigation to determine the criminal liability of thoseinvolved in the atrocious acts, including the responsibility of municipal,state and federal government officials;
4. Search to be re-launched with the immediate and systematic useof all technology available;
5. Immediate and dignified attention to those injured and to therelatives of those of our children and colleagues who wereextrajudicially executed. Victims need to be treated with dignity. Revictimisationshould be avoided by all means;
6. Respect for the Normal Rural School “Isidro Burgos” of Ayotzinapaand immediate cease of all the attempts to criminalise and stigmatisethe students “normalistas”;
7. Permanent channels of communication to be put in place, ensuringdignity and respect for the victims;
8. Public and structural actions to address the crisis of impunity,corruption and widespread human rights violations that Mexico iscurrently facing, with the meaningful involvement of victims andrelatives. We call upon the creation of an International Commissionagainst Impunity and Corruption in Mexico.