Senate unanimously approves decent housing reform

Senate unanimously approves decent housing reform

Mexico City. The Senate of the Republic unanimously approved the reform to Constitutional Article 123, which guarantees the right of workers to access decent housing, accessible economic conditions and to this end returns to Infonavit the possibility of building residential houses, part of them for rent, “without the law of the market, profit or utility … Read more

Senate approves reform on substantive equality

Senate approves reform on substantive equality

Mexico City. Tonight the Senate unanimously approved the constitutional reform sent by President Claudia Sheinbaum, regarding substantive equality, gender perspective, women’s right to a life free of violence and eradication of the gender pay gap. The endorsement given to the document in general and in particular by 126 votes in favor was celebrated by the … Read more

PJF workers demand that Piedra Ibarra not be re-elected in the CNDH

PJF workers demand that Piedra Ibarra not be re-elected in the CNDH

Mexico City. Dozens of workers from the Judicial Branch of the Federation (PJF) demonstrated in the Senate of the Republic to demand that <a href="https://www.world-today-news.com/rosario-piedra-accuses-the-opposition-of-trying-to-make-the-cndh-hostage-to-vested-interests/" title="Rosario Piedra accuses the opposition of "trying to make the CNDH hostage to vested interests"”>Rosario Piedra Ibarra not be re-elected as head of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH). Piedra … Read more

UN-DH welcomes approval of reform on substantive equality in Mexico

UN-DH welcomes approval of reform on substantive equality in Mexico

Mexico City. The Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-DH) welcomed the approval of the constitutional reforms on housing, in the Chamber of Deputies, and on substantive equality, in the Senate. Regarding the modification to article 123 of the Constitution, approved by the deputies, he encouraged that secondary laws … Read more

Railway reform advances in Senate committees

Railway reform advances in Senate committees

Mexico City. In Senate committees, the constitutional reform was advanced so that the Mexican State could regain the right to use railways to provide passenger transportation service, when it was unanimously approved in committees. The ruling, endorsed by all political forces, seeks to regain state control over the railways, specifically for the provision of passenger … Read more