The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (Grupo Interdisciplinario de Expertos Independientes, GIEI) is the title shared by a series of committees of human rights experts appointed by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights to investigate particular incidents or scenarios of human rights violations. Legal scholars described the first such group, focused on a mass "disappearance" in Mexico, as "the first experience of international monitoring carried out within a criminal investigation process of its kind. It can be replicated and contribute to the investigation of emblematic cases and regional settings where processes of mass victimisation have occurred."[1]
The instances of the Group so far are:
- Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts for the Ayotzinapa Case, established 2014, reactivated 2020[1][2]
- Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts for Nicaragua, created July 2018[3]
- Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts for Bolivia, examining human rights abuses during the Bolivian political crisis from September to December 2019
References
edit- ^ a b Patrón, Mario; Espinosa, Santiago Aguirre; Brewer, Stephanie; de Robina, Sofía; Aguilar, María Luisa (2017). "An Unprecedented Exercise of International Supervision". Sur International Journal on Human Rights. 14 (25): 189–206. ISSN 1806-6445.
- ^ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2020-05-07). "IACHR and Mexican State Sign Agreement to Reinstate the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) for the Ayotzinapa Case". Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2009-08-01). "IACHR Announces Establishment of Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts for Nicaragua". www.oas.org. Retrieved 2022-01-21.