La Jornada Veracruz has reported that on January 30, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) will hold a critical public hearing against the Mexican State in the case of Ernestina Ascencio Rosario, a Nahua woman who suffered sexual violence and torture at the hands of the Mexican Army before her death in 2007. The Court will examine the Mexican government’s failure to provide medical care, its obstruction of justice, and the suppression of public information that ensured impunity.

RFK Human Rights was among the many human rights organizations that played a crucial role in bringing Ernestina Ascencio Rosario’s case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Ernestina’s case, emblematic of the systemic violence faced by Indigenous women, serves as a crucial moment in the fight for truth, justice, and accountability. 

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