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Michoacán Congress Swears In Heads of Human Rights and Victim Support Commissions

Josué Mejía alongside Víctor Serrato will start fixed four-year terms on August 18 with priorities set on institutional autonomy, legal compliance, victim-centred reforms

Asume José Mejía la CEDH; niega compromisos políticos
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Víctor Serrato, nuevo titular de la CEEAV: mi compromiso es con la ley
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Overview

  • Michoacán Congress unanimously voted 37–0 to swear in Josué Mejía and Víctor Serrato during an extraordinary session on July 27.
  • Josué Alfonso Mejía Pineda was elected from a three-person shortlist by the Legislative Commissions on Human Rights and Justice to lead the State Human Rights Commission.
  • Víctor Manuel Serrato Lozano was nominated by the governor’s office and approved by the Justice Commission to head the State Executive Commission for Victim Attention.
  • Both appointees will serve four-year, non-renewable mandates beginning on August 18.
  • They pledge to maintain institutional autonomy, uphold legal compliance and implement structural reforms to bolster rights oversight and victim support.