Overview
- Court president Hugo Aguilar Ortiz asked Ministers Lenia Batres and Yasmín Esquivel to postpone their cases, and both withdrew their projects to allow hearings with affected groups.
- Esquivel’s draft in contradiction 217/2021 would require organizations to prove a qualified direct affectation, stating that an entity’s stated purpose is not enough to establish legitimate interest.
- The opinion ties standing to harm in the environmental services an organization uses, a shift critics say departs from prior jurisprudence that recognized collective and diffuse rights.
- Dozens of civil-society groups, including Artículo 19, Greenpeace México, CEMDA, Fundar and Centro Prodh, argue the proposal is regressive and conflicts with Mexico’s Escazú Agreement commitments and the principle of non-regression.
- The debate unfolds as Senate-passed reforms to the Amparo Law also seek to narrow legitimate interest and limit suspensions, raising concerns that concurrent judicial and legislative moves could curtail environmental access to justice.