Overview

• Civil-society delegations in Geneva presented a state-by-state dossier asserting that enforced disappearances in Mexico are generalized or systematic.
• They asked the UN panel to transmit evidence to the International Criminal Court for a preliminary crimes-against-humanity probe and to recommend a Commission of Historical Clarification.
• New consolidated figures cite more than 127,000 people officially listed as disappeared, over 72,000 unidentified deceased in forensic services since 2006, and thousands of clandestine graves with exhumed bodies and remains.
• The report highlights near-total impunity, noting only 373 convictions for disappearance at federal and state levels between 2017 and January 2025, or roughly 0.56% of reported cases.
• The CED outlined core steps for the Mexican state, including a comprehensive national policy, the progressive withdrawal of the armed forces from public security, immediate impartial investigations, and harmonized genetic databases to speed identifications.