Relatives and friends of 43 missing students hold pictures during a protest in Mexico City on Wednesday in front of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs to demand the extradition from Israel of two alleged perpetrators of the forced disappearances from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in the state of Guerrero in 2014. Photo by Mario Guzman/EPA
Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The crisis of enforced disappearances in Mexico reached the United Nations headquarters in Geneva this week as the U.N. Committee on Enforced Disappearances began to reviewing the issue after receiving reports that it has become widespread and systematic.
The review includes information provided by the Mexican government and civil society organizations, as well as relatives of the victims.
U.N. experts are seeking to determine the extent of impunity, lack of institutional coordination, and violence against those searching for their missing loved ones - all factors cited as contributing to ineffective search and investigation policies.
Of all urgent action requests issued by the committee its 15 years of operation, 37% have involved cases in Mexico.
