A broad coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) – disabled persons organizations together with human rights groups – have submitted a shadow report critical of Mexico’s fulfilment of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
To produce their alternative report, the civil society organisations carried out a nationwide survey on the state of the disabled population. In addition, the census taken by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography this May and June included four questions on the issue.
The articles notes that physical restraint, dehumanising treatment, badly deteriorated infrastructure and lack of qualified staff summed up the findings of a 2008 study by the National Human Rights Commission in six of the seven federally administered psychiatric hospitals.