A/HRC/25/7 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 of 18 June 2007, held its seventeenth session from 21 October to 1 November 2013. The review of Mexico was held at the 5th meeting on 23 October 2013. The delegation of Mexico was headed by José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, Minister for Foreign Affairs. At its 10th meeting, held on 25 October 2013, the Working Group adopted the report on Mexico. 2. On 14 January 2013, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Mexico: Burkina Faso, the Czech Republic and Kazakhstan. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of Mexico: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/17/MEX/1 and Corr.1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/17/MEX/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/17/MEX/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Germany, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was transmitted to Mexico through the troika. These questions and the written replies from Mexico to the advance questions are available on the extranet of the universal periodic review (UPR). Summaries of additional questions posed during the interactive dialogue by Canada, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Spain, State of Palestine, Turkey, Ukraine, Austria and Bangladesh are to be found in section I, subsection B, of the present report. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The delegation of Mexico, headed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, included representatives from institutions of the executive and legislative branches; the Governor of the State of Coahuila and Human Rights Coordinator of the National Conference of Governors; and the National Ombudsman. 6. The head of the delegation noted that progress had been achieved due to the commitment of the country’s political actors, civil society and the State’s decision to consolidate its human rights agenda, which was reflected in the Pacto por México (Pact for Mexico). 7. Mexico referred to the 2011 constitutional amendment on human rights, which represented the largest expansion of rights in the country since the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution. The reform recognized the human rights contained in international treaties to which Mexico was a party; recognized the principles of pro persona, universality, progressiveness, interdependence and indivisibility; expanded the mandate of 3