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Urgent campaigns / Statements / Mexico / 2015 / September

Mexico: 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 país cambie 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 fatal events in Iguala, which resulted in the disappearance of 43 students, 3 extrajudicial executions and 18 students injured from the Rural Normal School of Ayotzinapa (Guerrero), OMCT stands in solidarity with the victims, aggrieved relatives and the student community of Ayotzinapa. 


OMCT calls upon the Mexican authorities to diligently meet the eight demands conveyed by family members and school colleagues to President Enrique Peña Nieto on Thursday Sept. 26, 2015:


1. Acknowledgement of the legitimacy of the search for truth and justice and case to remain open; 

2. Extension of the mandate of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), full and unconditional acceptance and implementation of its report and recommendations; 

3. Investigation to be rethought and retaken by a special investigative unit under international oversight. It should focus on 1) exhaustive search of the whereabouts of the 43 missing students 2) comprehensive investigation to determine the criminal liability of those involved 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 use of all technology available; 

5. Immediate and dignified attention to those injured and to the relatives of those of our children and colleagues who were extrajudicially executed. Victims need to be treated with dignity. Revictimisation should be avoided by all means; 

6. Respect for the Normal Rural School “Isidro Burgos” of Ayotzinapa and immediate cease of all the attempts to criminalise and stigmatise the students “normalistas”; 

7. Permanent channels of communication to be put in place, ensuring dignity and respect for the victims; 

8. Public and structural actions to address the crisis of impunity, corruption and widespread human rights violations that Mexico is currently facing, with the meaningful involvement of victims and relatives. We call upon the creation of an International Commission against Impunity and Corruption in Mexico. 

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Date: September 28, 2015
Activity: Urgent campaigns
Type: Statements
Country: Mexico
Subjects: Arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances, Summary executions, extrajudicial killings, Threats, intimidation and harassment, Torture and violence

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