Decision 2 (46) on the situation in Mexico : Mexico. 09/03/95.
A/50/18,para.25(2). (Decision)

Convention Abbreviation: CERD
A. Decisions adopted by the Committee

25. The following decisions were adopted by the Committee under this agenda item at its forty-sixth session.

2 (46). Decision on the situation in Mexico

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expresses its concern about reports of serious conflicts in the State of Chiapas which particularly affect some indigenous populations in Mexico.

The Committee has received the ninth and tenth periodic reports of Mexico and scheduled them for consideration at its forty-seventh session in August 1995. In accordance with article 9, paragraph 1, of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Committee requests the Government of Mexico to submit further information on the situation in Chiapas in time for consideration together with the ninth and tenth reports.

The Committee decides to bring this text to the attention of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

1086th meeting
9 March 1995