Protection mechanism for defenders and journalists served 2,352 this year

From the Editorial

La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, December 22, 2024, p. 7

The protection mechanism for human rights defenders and journalists, operated by the Ministry of the Interior (SG), served 2,352 people this year, the agency reported.

In its 139th ordinary session, the Undersecretary of Human Rights, Population and Migration, Arturo Medina, stated that 39 issues related to protection schemes were reviewed.

In a statement, the SG said that the governing board of the mechanism The 2024 ordinary meetings were fully met and this scheme has new members.

The service capacity of the mechanism was tripled, by virtue of which this year 2,352 human rights defenders, journalists and their families have been served.he reported.

They also announced the work carried out during the national campaign All of Mexico without violence against women and the plaque was unveiled with which a hall of the federal agency was renamed as The Unsung Heroines.

In the presence of women representatives of UN Human Rights, UN Women and the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), the feedback workshop and presentation of the Guide to Mainstreaming the Gender Perspective, Differential and Intersectional Approach of the Mechanism.

The head of the Unit for the Defense of Human Rights and coordinator of the National Executive, Froylán Enciso, attended; the general director of the mechanism, Tobyanne Ledesma, members of the advisory council and representatives of other public bodies, the CNDH and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Mexico.