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Last updated: 19/11/2008
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PBI's objectives in Mexico

  • Support of Mexican initiatives that promote respect for human rights and international humanitarian law.
  • Support of initiatives for non-violent conflict resolution.
  • Promotion of the search for peace and social justice.

More specifically:

1. Raise awareness amongst different sectors of the Mexican government and society about the concerns and attention with which the international community follows the human rights situation in Mexico, and the actions undertaken to improve the situation.

2. Raise awareness within the international community about the human rights situation in Mexico, and about Mexican initiatives to improve the situation.

3. Contribute to improving the human rights situation in Mexico and to open spaces so that civil society can work towards social justice and towards solutions to Mexican conflicts. Specifically, this contribution is in the protection of human rights defenders.

4. Share educational experiences with Mexican organizations and institutions that can be used to achieve the objectives of PBI in Mexico.

5. Examine and analyze the PBI team's experience, along with its Mexican counterparts, to contribute fresh perspectives to the search for reconciliation and coexistence, in Mexico and in other parts of the world.

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