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Mexican Human Rights Commission presents report on the rights of indigenous people

The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) expressed concern that indigenous people with disabilities from communities in Chihuahua, Hidalgo and Yucatan that correspond to the indigenous Tarahumara, Otomi and Maya groups, are in a situation of social disadvantage and in a condition of severe vulnerability because of discrimination, and are excluded from specific programs aimed at improving the exercise of their fundamental human rights.

This was stated by the President of the CNDH, Maria del Rosario Piedra Ibarra, who stressed that historically indigenous peoples and communities have been separated from social progress, especially women with disabilities who face double or triple discrimination and are prevented from enjoying theri fundamental rights, such as access to education.

During the presentation of the first “Report on the Legal Framework for the Protection of Rights of Indigenous People with disabilities in the Maya, Otomi and Tarahumara communities ”, carried out by the National Commission, she explained that society must work for the respect of rights indigenous, since the social lag accentuates the conditions of misery of the communities.

The Report (Spanish) reveals the need to implement strategies that lead to the inclusion of indigenous group, through plans, programs and actions that generate development and sustainability within their communities, which tend to have less economic opportunities, the worst access to education and the highest poverty rates, constantly becoming vulnerable and Systematic your basic rights.

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