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Weekly Report - 12 March 2015 (WR-15-10)
MEXICO: Slammed by the UN over record yet again
Just weeks after the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) censured Mexico over its failure to address this issue, a second UN report has criticised the country’s failure to address another critical human rights issue - torture. According to a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Méndez, the torture and cruel treatment of individuals by law enforcement officials has become generalised as the government has done little to eradicate or even punish such practices.
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