The Mexican government criticized this Thursday the “lack of legal rigor” of the recent report by the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), considering it to be “biased” and that it “omits the institutional efforts” by the current administration of Claudia Sheinbaum. The Secretariats of Foreign Relations (SRE) and the Interior (Segob) rejected this report in a joint communiqué, in which they described it as “biased” for “not taking into account” the observations and analysis presented by the Mexican State. The UN committee's report states that the North American country has the highest number of urgent actions on enforced disappearances of any nation in the world, while also warning of a significant upturn in recent months. Furthermore, it highlights that Mexico accumulated 819 urgent actions between 2012 and February 2026 — 38 percent of the global total — and in just the five most recent months (September 2025 to February 2026), it added 40 new requests, more than a third of the world total for the period. It also warns of serious flaws in the State's response systems. In this regard, the Mexican government emphasizes that the document focuses mainly on events that occurred from 2009 to 2017, when Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) and Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018) were in power, representing a different political color than the current administration, which is why it “fails to consider” the measures taken by the Executive branch led by Sheinbaum. “It fails to consider the institutional efforts presented on March 27, and we regret that it rejected studying the updated information provided by the Mexican State before publishing its resolution,” stated the Foreign Ministry and the Secretariat of the Interior. The government described the CED's decision as “partial and biased,” as it adds, the report itself recognizes that “there are no well-founded indications of a federal policy to commit widespread or systematic attacks against the civilian population by act or omission.” This assertion, points out the Executive, reflects the current situation in the country, which in its view is “different from that of previous periods.” For all these reasons, Mexican authorities attacked the text of the UN committee, accusing it of “lack of legal rigor” and “lightness in its premises.” They also highlighted the “conflict of interest” of some of the CED members who drafted the report, given that “there is evidence that at least one of them worked for organizations that have filed complaints against the Mexican State.” “The Government of Mexico does not tolerate, permit, or order enforced disappearances. Additionally, we emphasize that in this administration, a legislative and institutional reform has been undertaken, in coordination with family collectives, to address this scourge,” they insisted. The country stressed its “absolute commitment” to eradicate the problem of enforced disappearances and said it is “open to international technical cooperation, but not based on premises that do not reflect its current reality.”
