Human Rights Activists and Mexico

University of Toronto International Human Rights Program: The 54-page report is based on interviews with more than 50 Mexican healthcare workers, human rights activists, journalists, LGBT community members, and HIV patients, according to CTV. It found that, while Mexico has enacted an "impressive" array of human rights legislation including universal healthcare for all, vulnerable Mexicans actually have little legal protection. According to the report, published by the University of Toronto International Human Rights Program on Monday, failure to remove Mexico from Ottawa designated countries of origin list could mean that Canada is violating its international legal obligations. This is especially true for people living with HIV and sexual minorities, the report said. "We uncovered that the scene that Mexico portrays in terms of its announcement of universal access to healthcare is not really the case on the ground," the report co-author and supervising lawyer Kristin Marshall told CTV News Channel. For example: In June 2015, unknown armed assailants beat and shot a transgender woman in the head, before wrapping her body in a Mexican flag. Marshall said that, while Mexico has legislation in place to prevent the discrimination of sexual minorities, "these rights are not respected and there no recourse when there is a violation." The report noted some of the violence sexual minorities face in Mexico. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.