29/09/2021 | 11:51:09 The Covid-19 pandemic has made us think about the impact of our human activity on climate change and animal-borne diseases and the urgent need to change our behaviour, our consumption patterns and production models towards much more environmentally friendly goals. The nations of the world have sought to ensure that environmental protection is the mandate for government and to translate this popular mandate into laws, governmental institutions and public policies. But this is not proven... 22/06/2021 | 19:35:01 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) As in Europe, Mexicans have felt and suffered from the pernicious effects that this pandemic has had on the most vulnerable groups of our population. Due to inadequate public policies to face Covid-19, Mexico’s numbers are now 10 million people living in extreme poverty, 13 million unemployed, 14 out of 20 economic sectors registering annual declines and more than 80% of our states are in working poverty. It is painful and embarrassing to say... 22/06/2021 | 12:58:29 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Without any doubt, freedom and equality are the goal to be achieved through democratic processes. Bobbio stated the need for a reciprocal attenuation of these principles in order to achieve the democratic ideal: finding an adequate balance so that both are compatible and mutually fulfilling. In the balance of this delicate equation lies an essential condition for citizen participation in public affairs, the possibility of citizen involvement... 27/01/2021 | 12:03:50 Good morning distinguished parliamentarians, Mexico tried to face a false dilemma but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to pit the protection of the economy against health of the citizens. After many deaths, a rise in infections, and a drastic disruption in a number of economic sectors, we can say that it is wrong to take this "either or or" approach. We refuse to have our hands tied and have to choose one of these two options, choosing the lesser of two evils as our criterion of... 29/01/2020 | 11:05:28 Good morning ladies and gentlemen. The various facets of multicultural integration mean that states must strive to build an equitable relationship between the different cultures that make it up, and that they opt for differential treatment in order to cater to it. Neutrality is a powerful instrument which favours the dominant culture, which is prejudicial to minorities as many academics have pointed out. That is why constitutional recognition of freedom of belief and religion can in no way... 02/10/2019 | 11:34:17 Good morning. I'm very honoured to share my thoughts with you this morning. Under the Mexican constitution, the executive, legislative and judicial authorities are not only required to promote, respect and guarantee human rights but to also prevent, investigate, sanction and remedy human rights violations. Accordingly, the Ombudsmen in Mexico, both at national and state levels, operate a mechanism that can oversee legal and political powers and make sure that our public authorities seeking to... 10/04/2019 | 11:54:02 For us in the Mexican parliamentary delegation, it is a great honour to be here at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In Mexico the poet and king Nezahualcoyotl once wrote: “I love the song of the mockingbird, bird of four hundred voices. I love the colour of jade and the intoxicating scent of flowers But more than anything, I love my brother: man.” I would like those words, which were written some 500 years ago, to serve as a backdrop to what I will say about the...