Overview
- The newly constituted SCJN Pleno voted 8–0 that Yasmín Esquivel is not impeded from participating in matters involving UNAM, finding no personal animosity toward the institution.
- Esquivel herself asked the full Court to determine her eligibility before the session took up a UNAM-related labor case drafted by her chamber.
- The Pleno unanimously approved her opinion granting amparo to a UNAM researcher and ordered a collegiate tribunal to reexamine the dispute using a gender perspective.
- The researcher alleged exclusion from a faculty competition, dismissal, and later reinstatement without benefits; the Court faulted prior review for failing to apply gender-sensitive analysis tied to constitutional protections for dignified work.
- Minister Lenia Batres called for consistency on recusals and the backdrop includes Esquivel’s 2024 amparo that led a tribunal to halt UNAM’s thesis-review steps following plagiarism allegations first reported in 2022.