Mexico

Ensure that the State and its authorities duly comply with their international obligations arising from the decisions, recommendations and judgments issued by United Nations human rights bodies and the Inter-American Human Rights System.

Fully comply with the General Law to Prevent, Investigate and Punish Torture (LGT), guaranteeing the existence of Prosecutor's Offices or Units specialised in the investigation of the crime of torture throughout the country, with the necessary human, financial and material resources to operate properly, as well as ensuring the operational autonomy and budgetary sufficiency of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture.

Guarantee the operational autonomy and adequate funding of the National Preventive Mechanism.

Ensure that judicial authorities apply the rule of exclusion of unlawful evidence obtained under torture, and that judicial independence is guaranteed in light of the recent reform in this area.

Repeal pre-trial detention and the concept of arraigo from the Constitution, as well as harmonise domestic rules on flagrancia (in flagrante delicto) with international human rights law.

Ensure that all physical and psychological evaluations carried out on victims of torture comply with the principles, procedures and guidelines contained in the Istanbul Protocol, ensuring the independence and impartiality of the experts and health professionals who perform them.

Ensure that all victims of torture obtain redress, including the right to fair and adequate compensation and the means for as full rehabilitation as possible.

Cease the punitive practice of manufacturing guilty parties and publicly communicate a strong and clear message to raise social awareness on the importance of respecting and protecting human rights, including the prohibition of arbitrary detention and torture.

Publicly recognise the legitimacy of the right to protest as a factor that contributes to strengthening the rule of law, refraining from making stigmatising statements against protesters and public assemblies. Ensure that federal and state prosecutors, as well as national and state human rights commissions, conduct prompt, impartial, independent, efficient and thorough investigations into human rights violations committed in the context of public assemblies.

Adopt and implement, in collaboration with human rights organisations, defenders and journalists, a comprehensive protection policy that incorporates specific actions in the areas of prevention, protection, investigation and reparation, from an intersectional, differentiated and gender-sensitive perspective.