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México signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997, ratified on 9 June 1998 and the treaty entered into force on 1 March 1999. México has not enacted separate domestic implementation legislation because in most cases international agreements in México are self-executing.[1] The treaty is considered a supreme law in the national territory according to Article 133 of the Constitution.
México attended the Third Meeting of States Parties in September 2001, with a delegation led by Ambassador Francisco del Río. It called for greater financial and human resources for mine clearance, stockpile destruction, and victim assistance; it also called on the two remaining states in the hemisphere that have not joined the treaty [Cuba and the United States] to do so.[2] In November 2001, México cosponsored and voted in favor of UN General Assembly Resolution 56/24M supporting the Mine Ban Treaty.
México actively participated in the Mine Ban Treaty intersessional Standing Committee meetings held in January and May 2002. During the January 2002 Standing Committee on Victim Assistance and Socio-Economic Reintegration, México announced their initiative at the United Nations to establish an international convention for the promotion and protection of the rights of the disabled.
On 8 April 2002 México submitted its fourth Article 7 report, which consisted solely of Form J detailing efforts in victim assistance.
México is a State Party to the original Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), but has not ratified Amended Protocol II, as it views it as too limited and surpassed by the Mine Ban Treaty.[3] México attended the Third Annual Conference of States Parties to Amended Protocol II in December 2001 as an observer. México also participated in the Second CCW Review Conference in December 2001, where it was elected as one of ten Vice Presidents of the Conference.
México has never produced, transferred, used or stockpiled antipersonnel mines, nor does it retain any mines for training purposes.
México has stated that it is mine-free on numerous occasions, including in its Article 7 reports. In 2001, as part of the Tripartite Victim Assistance and Socio-Economic Reintegration Program, Mexican government agencies carried out a number of workshops in México and in Central America on topics including information analysis, training the trainers, rehabilitation medicine, and regional analysis of the Information System on Diseases and Disabilities (SIEDIS).[4]
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[1] Landmine Monitor Report 2001, p. 353.
[2] Statement by Ambassador Francisco del Río, Head of the Mexican Delegation to the Third Meeting of State Parties, Managua, Nicaragua, 18 September 2001.
[3] Landmine Monitor Report 2000, p. 279.
[4] The Mexican Institute of Social Security, the National Rehabilitation Center, the Labor and Social Prevention Secretariat, the Mexican Center for Disease Classification (CEMECE) and the Mexican Commission for Cooperation with Central America of the Foreign Affairs Secretariat all organized workshops. Article 7 Report, Form J, 8 April 2002.
