Indigenous Rights Are Still Violated in Mexico: CNDH
Indigenous Rights Are Still Violated in Mexico: CNDH
In March, hundreds of Tarahumaras were rescued from modern slavery in the state Baja
California Sur. | Photo: EFE
Published 3 August 2015
Mexico's indigenous population is one of the two largest in the Americas with Peru.
In Mexico indigenous peoples are still victims of violations of human rights because of discrimination, inequality, and poverty, President of the National Commission on Human Rights (CNDH) Luis Raul Gonzalez Perez said on Monday.
During the opening ceremony of the Summit for the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, the state official said that despite the government's efforts to address the issue, including constitutional reforms, these had not been properly applied in practice.
Quoting an estimate from the National Social Development Policy Evaluation Council, Perez said that seven out of 12 Mexican indigenous persons were in a situation of poverty – and this figure barely changed in recent years.
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