Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances on disappearances in Mexico.

We are closely monitoring the number of disappeared people in Mexico since records began, which is now over 110,000, according to official figures. The UN Committee for Enforced Disappearances visited Mexico in November 2021. We have engaged regularly with the UN Human Rights Office in Mexico following the Committee's visit on the topic of disappearances and regularly raise the topic with the Mexican Government. We welcome the Mexican Interior and Foreign Ministries' commitment to address areas highlighted in the UN Committee's report published following their visit.