CNDH welcomes that the selection of members of the Advisory Council in an open, pluralistic, non-partisan and gender-parity process
On April 7, the CNDH welcomed the Senate’s call for the election of nine members.
The foregoing, so that any interested person may provide the Commission with elements of judgment on the profiles of the candidates, in order to contribute to the evaluation of the candidacies, which together with the public appearance of the candidates scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 23, in its distance mode, envisages a transparent, public, plural, selection procedure, without political colors or affiliations.
In this sense, Article 17 of the Law of the National Commission provides that the ten members of the Advisory Council must have recognized prestige in society and, at least seven of them, must not hold any position or commission as a public servant, thus guaranteeing that the Advisory Council is composed, in its majority, by representatives of civil society; who, according to the content of the explanatory memorandum of the draft bill of the Organic Law of the National Human Rights Commission1 , must be “persons of notorious intellectual and moral prestige, belonging to diverse currents of opinion and social thought”.
The CNDH welcomes the fact that the selection of the four male and five female counselors of the Advisory Council is being carried out through an open, plural process, without any kind of partisan bias and with gender parity.
The traditional political practice favored the integration of advisory councils that were purely decorative and tailor-made. In these new times, the only thing this National Commission expects from the senators is impartiality in the election of the new councilors, that they be the best profiles, the most committed to the defense of human rights and in true empathy with the victims.
We are ready to work with those elected, to dialogue and even debate, always with constructive visions, certain that they will be a support and not a barrier to consolidate the transformation in which we are engaged, to achieve a better defense and promotion of human rights in Mexico.
More information:
https://www.cndh.org.mx/sites/default/files/documentos/2021-04/COM_2021_109.pdf