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Mexico’s Supreme Court Opens First Public Hearings on Disability Consultation Standard

The justices are taking testimony this week ahead of a decision on Minister Lenia Batres’s bid to end automatic invalidation for lack of prior consultation.

Overview

  • Day one of a three‑day hearing gathered people with disabilities and advocates to inform action of unconstitutionality 182/2024 brought by Michoacán’s human rights commission.
  • The Court accepted 102 of 306 requests to participate, and advocates faulted the process for short registration periods and a lack of easy‑to‑read and screen‑reader‑friendly formats.
  • Batres’s proposal would require that challenges over missing consultations be initiated at the request of persons with disabilities and would avoid striking down provisions that merely reiterate established rights.
  • Organizations warned the change would be regressive and risk paternalism, urging the Court to preserve meaningful consultation and the ability of human rights commissions to file actions without individual petitions.
  • Ministers Yasmín Esquivel and Giovanni Figueroa said the Court has not changed its criterion and that Batres’s proposal remains under debate until the hearings conclude.