Overview

• Mexico submitted its response to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances during the body’s 29th session in Geneva and requested that the report be kept confidential.
• Officials from the Foreign Ministry said the state does not consent to, permit, or order enforced disappearances and pledged continued cooperation with the UN process.
• The committee is applying Article 34 to assess whether disappearances in Mexico are widespread or systematic, a step that could lead to referral to the UN General Assembly, with a decision still pending.
• The national registry lists 133,773 people disappeared and not located as of October 2, figures cited by civil society groups pressing for international accountability.
• Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission publicly opposed international intervention, highlighting a decline in its recent complaint files and stating it has issued 21 recommendations, while organizations criticized the government’s stance and the confidentiality request.