C 347/190
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
9.9.2022
Thursday 10 March 2022
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Calls on all Member States, the European External Action Service and the EU Delegation to Mexico to raise human rights concerns with their Mexican counterparts and to put the protection of journalists and human rights defenders at the centre of EU-Mexico dialogues; urges the EU Delegation and the Member States to fully implement the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders and on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline in order to provide all appropriate support for the work of human rights defenders and journalists; 12.
Underlines the importance of Mexico as a strategic partner; recalls the importance of a strong and deep EU-Mexico relationship and reaffirms its commitment to fostering relations through the modernised EU-Mexico Global Agreement, which further strengthens human rights provisions and enables the EU and Mexico to discuss a range of issues such as human rights with civil society, including journalists, human rights defenders and others at a multilateral level; 13.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Member States, the Presidency pro tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly, and the President, Government and Congress of Mexico.