Mexico and the ICC

Thursday 11 December 2014

16:30 18:00
Security Council Report
One Dag Hammarskjld Plaza
885 2nd Ave and 48th St, New-York

an ICC Assembly of States Parties side-event co-hosted by

the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and la Comision Mexicana de
Defensa and y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH)
On October 2012 and September 2014 the FIDH, the CMDPDH along with other Mexican organizations presented two
communications to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with reliable
information on cases of murder, torture, disappearances, rape, and other severe deprivation of liberty, committed
between 2006 and 2012. With such information there is reasonable basis to believe that crimes under the ICC
jurisdiction have been committed, a preliminary examination shall be opened and it should by publicly announced by
the OTP.
Moderator
Katherine Gallagher, Vice President of FIDH and Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights
Speakers
Daniel Wilkinson, Managing Director of the Americas, Human Rights Watch
Nancy Lpez, Coordinator, Mexican Coalition for the International Criminal Court
Jos Antonio Guevara, Executive Director, CMDPDH
Emeric Rogier, Head of Situation Analysis Section, Office of the Prosecutor, ICC

RSVP :
FIDH : tel : + 1 646 395-7103
Email : nycintern1@fidh.net and nycintern2@fidh.net