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57 ICJ Newsl. 1 (1994)

handle is hein.icj/icjnews0057 and id is 1 raw text is: Mexican Troops Guilty of Human Rights Violations in Chiapas Government troops were guilty of seri- ous violations of human rights, de- clared the ICJ on 22 February 1994. This statement was made in a report re- leased by the ICJ upon the return of its fact-finding mission to Mexico, which took place between 1-10 February 1994. The mission was sent to gather information from different sources on the January 1994 insurrection of indige- nous peoples in the south-western Mexi- can State of Chiapas. The report says that the violations in- cluded: summary executions of prison- ers, some of whom had been wounded before their capture; arbitrary detention of perhaps more than 200 civilians; tor- ture and other forms of human rights abuse. The ICJ mission also stated that involuntary disappearances may have occurred and estimated that there were about 20 persons whose whereabouts remained unknown. The ICJ disclosed that it had not received complaints of abuses allegedly committed by the rebel Zapatista forces against civilians, although it repeatedly inquired about this in the areas which had been affected by the rebellion. The ICJ welcomed the Amnesty Law as a peace mechanism provided that those responsible for summary execu- tions, torture and involuntary disappear- ances be brought to justice and not ben- efit from impunity for their acts. The ICJ deplored that the amnesty adopted by the Federal and State Parliaments on 20 January 1994 has been formulated in such general terms as to include certain offences committed by government agents which should be excluded from an amnesty. Led by the Zapatista National Liber- ation Army - an organization com- posed of indigenous combatants and named after the Indian leader Emiliano Zapata, who in 1910, rebelled against the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz - the in- surrection started during the early hours Continued on Page 2 U ICJ NEWSLETFER No 57/1994

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