Overview

• The SCJN will hold its first public hearing to gather input on whether laws passed without consulting organizations of persons with disabilities should be invalidated.
• Minister Lenia Batres requested postponing a decision in an action against Michoacán’s human rights law, and the Plenary agreed to schedule the hearing, with the date to be set by court officials.
• Batres’s draft in the Michoacán case would uphold the law and reject automatic invalidation for lack of consultation, signaling a shift from the prior standard.
• Disability advocates staged a peaceful protest outside the Court and delivered an open letter urging that consultation be treated as a substantive safeguard and asking for accessible engagement.
• Human Rights Watch and other groups warned that weakening ex officio review would burden people with disabilities who face barriers to litigate and could affect participation rights for other communities.