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142. An official dedicated to guaranteeing the rights of migrant children and adolescents,
in particular those who were unaccompanied and who were vulnerable to becoming victims
of sexual exploitation and human trafficking, had been established.
143. The principle of non-refoulement was observed, and was applicable not only to
refugees but also to other foreigners in danger or where there was a reason to believe that
they would be in danger or subject to torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment.
144. Finally, with regard to the rights of indigenous peoples, Mexico had recognized the
need to strengthen efforts to reduce the conditions of poverty and education gap faced by
indigenous populations and groups.
145. The National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples and the
National Institute of Indigenous Languages had developed and implemented a strategy for
the training, accreditation and certification of interpreters in indigenous languages, for the
administration and administration of justice. In addition, the consultative council of the
Commission had approved a protocol for holding consultations with indigenous villages
and communities, and which included work already under way relating to consultations on
various specific projects which affected indigenous zones.
146. The Governor of Coahuila said that federal entities had taken steps regarding the
issue of disappeared persons, including the establishment of working groups aimed at
consulting the families of victims and their organizations; the review of progress made in
investigations; the integration, in the case of Coahuila, of an autonomous consultative
group comprising civil society bodies defending human rights; dialogue with international
experts in the field; the definition of enforced disappearance as a crime; and greater
coordination with the new federal Government.
147.
Mexico thanked the delegations for their questions and recommendations.
II. Conclusions and/or recommendations**
148. The recommendations formulated during the interactive dialogue and listed
below will be examined by Mexico, which will provide responses in due time, but no
later than the twenty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council in March 2014:
148.1.
Continue reviewing all reservations made to international human
rights instruments with a view to withdrawing them (Guatemala);
148.2.
Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR (Portugal;
Bosnia and Herzegovina);
148.3.
Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to CRC on a communications
procedure (Portugal);
148.4.
Consider its position with regard to Article 22.4 and Article 76 of the
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families (Bangladesh);
148.5.
Recognize the competence of the Committee on Enforced
Disappearances (CED), ensure the integration of the Convention in the
domestic legal framework and create an official register of disappeared persons
(France)/Accept the competence of CED to receive individual petitions
** Conclusions and recommendations have not been edited.
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