Overview

• The Plenary approved Minister Lenia Batres Guadarrama’s ruling that the 2024 changes to the General Law on Women’s Access to a Life Free of Violence and the Federal Civil Code are constitutional.
• The Court issued a formal exhortation for Congress to specify in the Federal Penal Code the elements that make up the offense of violencia vicaria, defined as harming a woman through third parties, often her children.
• On Penal Code provisions, Ministers Loretta Ortiz Ahlf, Yasmín Esquivel Mossa and Giovanni Figueroa Mejía dissented, arguing the current typification is ambiguous and threatens defendants’ rights.
• The case reached the Court through an action of unconstitutionality filed by the National Human Rights Commission challenging references to “violencia por interpósita persona.”
• Minister Arístides Rodrigo Guerrero García returned to an in‑person session, as the majority emphasized that clearer statutory guidance from lawmakers is needed for criminal prosecutions.