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Self Report 2019

The self-report on WHS Commitments below is organized according to the 24 transformations of the Agenda for Humanity. It is based on commitments pledged at the time of report submission. Click on the 'Expand' symbol to expand each section and read the reporting inputs by transformation.

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  • 2D
    Take concrete steps to improve compliance and accountability

    Individual Commitments (3)

    • Commitment
    • Commitment Type
    • Core Responsibility
    • México se compromete a continuar promoviendo el fortalecimiento, la promoción y el respeto del Derecho Internacional Humanitario asociando, en el ámbito de su competencia, a la Cruz Roja mexicana, teniendo en cuenta su función de auxiliar de los poderes públicos y su cometido a favor del Derecho Internacional Humanitario.
    • Advocacy
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • México se compromete a erradicar la violencia sexual y por razón de género.
    • Operational
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • México se compromete a movilizar y sensibilizar a la comunidad internacional para lograr un compromiso voluntario de los cinco miembros permanentes del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas para abstenerse de recurrir al veto en casos de atrocidades en masa.
    • Policy
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

    Core Commitments (4)

    • Commitment
    • Core Responsibility
    • Commit to promote and enhance respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and refugee law, where applicable.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • Commit to speak out and systematically condemn serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations and abuses of international human rights law and to take concrete steps to ensure accountability of perpetrators when these acts amount to crimes under international law.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • Implement a coordinated global approach to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in crisis contexts, including through the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
    • Fully comply with humanitarian policies, frameworks and legally binding documents related to gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights.
    • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity Leave No One Behind
    1. A. Highlight concrete actions taken between 1 January – 31 December 2018 to implement the commitments which contribute to achieving this transformation. Be as specific as possible and include any relevant data/figures as well as any good practices and examples of innovation.

    IHL and IHRL compliance and accountability

    Continue the active work of the Inter-Secretarial Commission on International Humanitarian Law.

    In Mexico, the application of international humanitarian law is coordinated through the Inter-Secretarial Commission of International Humanitarian Law of Mexico (CIDIH-Mexico). The CIDIH-Mexico is integrated by the Ministries of Navy, Interior, National Defense and Foreign Affairs. It functions as the advisory body specializing in international humanitarian law. It coordinates the fulfillment of Mexico's international obligations in this area. The following are the actions that have been taken within the CIDIH-Mexico, to advance Agenda for Humanity commitments:

    A) IHL training course for teachers;

    B) Round table on new technologies and IHL;

    C) Presentation of the International Review of the Red Cross;

    D) IHL conferences in institutions of higher education.

     

    Keywords

    IHL compliance and accountability

  • 4C
    Deliver collective outcomes: transcend humanitarian-development divides

    Individual Commitments (1)

    • Commitment
    • Commitment Type
    • Core Responsibility
    • México se compromete a promover en los órganos de gobierno de las Agencias, Fondos y Programas y otros entes una mejor comunicación y coordinación entre todos los actores humanitarios y de desarrollo, con miras a promover el intercambio de experiencias y conocimientos, una mejor articulación de sus actividades en el terreno y un uso más eficiente de los recursos.
    • Partnership
    • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need

    Core Commitments (1)

    • Commitment
    • Core Responsibility
    • Commit to a new way of working that meets people's immediate humanitarian needs, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years through the achievement of collective outcomes. To achieve this, commit to the following: a) Anticipate, Do Not Wait: to invest in risk analysis and to incentivize early action in order to minimize the impact and frequency of known risks and hazards on people. b) Reinforce, Do Not Replace: to support and invest in local, national and regional leadership, capacity strengthening and response systems, avoiding duplicative international mechanisms wherever possible. c) Preserve and retain emergency capacity: to deliver predictable and flexible urgent and life-saving assistance and protection in accordance with humanitarian principles. d) Transcend Humanitarian-Development Divides: work together, toward collective outcomes that ensure humanitarian needs are met, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years and based on the comparative advantage of a diverse range of actors. The primacy of humanitarian principles will continue to underpin humanitarian action.
    • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
    1. A. Highlight concrete actions taken between 1 January – 31 December 2018 to implement the commitments which contribute to achieving this transformation. Be as specific as possible and include any relevant data/figures as well as any good practices and examples of innovation.

    Joined-up humanitarian-development analysis and planning towards collective outcomes

    Continue conducting an annual specialized course in International Humanitarian Law at a national level directed to national authorities and the population in general.

    A) Ninth Annual Specialized Course on International Humanitarian Law at a National Level

     

    Continue the provision of courses and training for the armed forces and security forces in matters of international humanitarian law and the rules on the use of force.

    A) Study plans in Bachelor's, Postgraduate and promotion exams;

    B) Training of the armed forces in conjunction with the ICRC;

    C) International courses.

    Keywords

    IHL compliance and accountability