Given the profound shortcomings of the Mexican authorities’ investigation into the disappearance of the 43 students from the rural teacher’s college of Ayotzinapa that took place on September 26 and 27 of 2014, the organizations signed below welcome the work that will be undertaken by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts designated by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The Group’s first visit to Mexico will begin on March 1 and it is anticipated that civil society organizations will be able to present their concerns, statements, and testimonies directly to the Group.
