Overview
- The UN Committee against Enforced Disappearances told the General Assembly’s Third Committee it has activated Article 34 for the first time against a State party.
- Committee president Juan Pablo Albán said the step follows years of complaints, reporting since 2014, and findings from a country visit.
- Mexico’s UN ambassador Héctor Vasconcelos said the mechanism should be reserved for exceptional cases and urged a consensual interpretation of the convention.
- The committee requested information from Mexico in June and received a response in September, with further procedural stages to be announced publicly.
- Official data cited in coverage include about 133,000 people reported disappeared, more than 72,000 unidentified remains, and 373 sentences related to forced disappearance, while civil groups and families press for international oversight and the CNDH objects on sovereignty grounds.