Guaranteeing the Human Rights of Afro-Mexican Peoples: CNDH
The Executive Secretary, Francisco Estrada Correa, spoke about the claim of Afro-descendant peoples to be made visible by the States.
During the inauguration of the International Forum on “The International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024: a mid-term review”, Rosario Piedra pointed out that even though the second article of the Constitution recognizes indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples and communities as part of the pluricultural composition of the nation, much remains to be done for this mandate to be translated into public policies and rules of operation that will allow them to achieve better living conditions.
The meeting was attended by former member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Pastor Elías Murillo; the National Anthropology Coordinator of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Paloma Bonfil Sánchez; Senator of the Republic, María Celeste Sánchez Sugía; the general director of the Fourth General Inspectorate, Arely López Pérez, and the executive secretary of the CNDH, Francisco Estrada Correa, as well as members of Afro-Mexican communities, researchers and specialists from different countries, called on governmental, autonomous, academic and civil institutions and international organizations to join forces to protect their fundamental rights.
In closing the forum, the Executive Secretary of the CNDH, Francisco Estrada Correa, said that a permanent demand of Afro-descendant populations is to be made visible by the States, so it is necessary to protect their political, economic, social, cultural and environmental rights, especially due to the fragility in which they live as they are exposed to higher levels of insecurity, living in poorer areas, insufficient access to basic health and education services, as well as difficulties in accessing jobs, problems that must be addressed in a comprehensive manner.
