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On 28 March, the National Commission on Human Rights (CNDH) released Recommendation 1 VG/2012 regarding the special investigation undertaken in light of the grave human-rights violations committed on 12 December 2011 in the city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, against students from the Rural Normal “Raúl Isidro Burgos” of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. This is the first such recommendation of this nature released by the CNDH, utilizing its new constitutional prerogative that allows it to conduct special investigations in cases of serious rights-violations.
For the CNDH, the 168 public servants of the Guerrero state government who intervened against the manifestation effectively criminalized the social protest being carried out by approximately 300 students on 12 December 2011, thus violating their rights to freedom of assembly. The report details that of the 168 police officers who participated, 91 carried firearms while it was confirmed that the protestors had no such arms.
The Tlachinollan Mountain Center for Human Rights mentions in a summary of the CNDH’s recommendation that the “evidence collected by the CNDH demonstrate grave violations of the right to assembly and as a consequence to the right to life, physical security, and personal integrity, in addition to legality, juridical security,personal freedom, and dignified treatment. Furthermore, transgressions against the rights to truth and information were observed, as were the rights that the Mexican juridical order recognizes for persons in their role as victims of crime and abuse of power attributable to public officials.”
For more information (in Spanish):
Recomendación No. 1 VG/2012 (CNDH, 27 de marzo)
Resumen de la recomendacion de la CNDH (CDHM Tlachinollan)
Informe Final de la CNDH confirma la legitimidad de la lucha de los estudiantes normalistas de Ayotzinapa y la veracidad de las denuncias(CDHM Tlachinollan, 28 de marzo)
Posicionamiento de los Normalistas de Ayotzinapa sobre el informe de la CNDH (CDHM Tlachinollan, 28 de marzo)
For more information from SIPAZ (in English):
Guerrero: March in commemoration of Genaro Vázquez – justice demanded for the case of Ayotzinapa (9 February 2012)
Guerrero: precautionary measures requested for education student; 5000 demand political judgment of Aguirre (8 February 2012)
Guerrero: CNDH confirms serious rights-violations against students of Ayotzinapa (16 January 2012)
Guerrero: Extrajudicial execution of students from the Rural Normal of Ayotzinapa (21 December 2011)
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