Tag: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

International rights experts begin probing Nicaraguan violence

  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) — Investigators from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday began a probe into months of violence in Nicaragua which has killed at least 220 people. “Our commitment is to the victims…regardless of who the perpetrators are,” said Italian human rights expert Amerigo Incalcaterra. A statement from the commission said it had a mandate of six months and has been tasked with “supporting the investigations of the violent acts that have […]

Experts leave Mexico ‘sad’ after not finding missing students

by Laurent THOMET MEXICO CITY,Mexico (AFP) — The foreign experts came to Mexico in March 2015 with the daunting task of helping investigators solve the mysterious disappearance of 43 students. A year later, the five experts from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights are going home without an answer for the desperate parents of the young men missing since September 2014. But they leave behind a blistering account of the government’s investigation — a report […]