Speech

45th Universal Periodic Review of human rights: UK statement on Mexico

The UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley, delivered a statement during Mexico's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Simon Manley CMG
Published
26 January 2024
Location:
Geneva
Delivered on:
(Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Simon Manley CMG

Thank you, Mr. Vice-President.

The UK welcomes Mexico’s multilateral leadership, including on gender and LGBT+ rights, as well as recent bilateral engagement within the inaugural UK-Mexico Human Rights and Multilateral Dialogue.

Nationally, we welcome the implementation of the National Anticorruption System but remain concerned about high levels of impunity and corruption, as well as ongoing high rates of violence against women and girls.

We recommend that Mexico:

  • publishes a comprehensive plan to demilitarise the National Guard that includes transferring its control to a civilian authority

  • strengthens the capacity and resources of public prosecutors, including those of the Special Prosecutor for the Attention of Crimes Committed Against Freedom of Speech, to investigate crimes against journalists and human rights defenders

  • implements the police Investigation Protocol at state-level nationwide to tackle concerning rates of impunity

Published 26 January 2024