US embassy cable - 05OTTAWA531

C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 000531 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/18/2015 
TAGS: PHUM, MX, CA, CHR-1, Human Rights 
SUBJECT: CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE CONCERNING MEXICO 
HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE 
 
REF: STATE 022969 
 
Classified By: POLITICAL M/C BRIAN FLORA, REASON 1.4 (B). 
 
1.  (C) Poloff delivered demarche (per reftel) regarding 
Mexico's regional human rights initiative and our concerns 
that this might serve to undermine Cuba-specific (or other 
country-specific) resolutions at the UN's Commission on Human 
Rights (CHR) to Katherine Verrier-Frechette, Senior Human 
Rights Officer at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC), on February 
14. 
 
2.  (C) According to Verrier-Frechette, FAC, while sharing 
our concerns, doesn't see any clear indication at this point 
that the Government of Mexico is using this initiative as a 
means to usurp country-specific resolutions at the CHR. 
However, given the possibility that such action could result, 
Verrier-Frechette indicated that FAC is tracking this issue 
closely as they prepare for the CHR, noting that Marie 
Gervais-Vidricaire, Director General of the Global Issues 
Branch at FAC, has been discussing this with DRL AA/S Kozak. 
 
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DICKSON