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CNDH Consultative Council

The CNDH has a ten-member council, the members of which are appointed by the Senate. The Council is responsible for establishing the CNDH's general guidelines, approving the commission's internal rules and overseeing the its budget.

The President of the CNDH serves as the head of the Council. As of December 2012 the other members of the council were:

  • Graciela Rodríguez Ortega
  • María Patricia Kurczyn Villalobos
  • Rafael Estrada Michel
  • Eugenia del Carmen Diez Hidalgo
  • Ricardo Sepúlveda Iguíniz
  • Andrés Roemer
  • Alfredo Achar Tussie
  • Jorge Bustamante Fernández
  • Carmen Moreno Toscano
  • Marcos Fastlicht Sackler

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