From threats against human rights defenders to the ABCs of the Mexican judicial system, find more information on human rights in Mexico.

Working Together:

• US and Mexican Human Rights Activists Meet to Coordinate Work. 
  A summary of the two day meeting held between 20 human rights organizations from Mexico and the US in August 2003.
  Binational Meeting

Defending Human Rights Defenders

• Letter on the Safety of Human Rights Worker Ernesto Ledesma Arronte
  A call to the Mexican government to protect a Chiapas human rights activist who has received death threats in 2003.
  Letter on Arronte
  
• Remembering Digna: Defending Human Rights Defenders
  A joint statement by LAWG coalition members regarding the death of human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa and the need to prevent future violence against human rights workers
  Remembering Digna Ochoa Joint Statement
  
• Statement on the One-year Anniversary of Digna Ochoa’s death
  One-year Statement
  
• The Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center’s statement on Digna Ochoa’s death
  Read the statement from the organization where Digna Ochoa worked until her death
  Statement on Digna Ochoa's Death
  
• NGO sign-on letter to President Bush regarding Digna Ochoa’s death
  NGO Sign-on Letter
  
• LAWG’s statement on the death of Digna Ochoa
  LAWG statement 

Other Documents and Analyses

• State Department Mexico Human Rights Report
  Released March 31, 2003, this reports documents human rights conditions in Mexico for 2002.
  http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18338.htm
  
• An assessment of President Fox’s Human Rights policies after two years in office
  Prepared by the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center, this is a comprehensive analysis at the progress and obstacles to human rights in Mexico
  http://www.sjsocial.org/PRODH/Ingles/ingles.htm
  
• UN Human Rights Commission
  Information on the UN's plan to conduct a comprehensive review of human rights problems in Juarez is being extensively supported by human rights organizations in Mexico
  Click here for a summary of UN assistance
• Presidential Elections 2006
  A brief summary of some of the issues candidates in Mexico's upcoming presidential election will be faced with
  Click here to read the article