Human rights and discrimination

What this area covers

Since the 2011 constitutional reform, human rights recognised in international treaties form part of Mexican law and bind every authority. Discrimination — on grounds of origin, gender, age, disability, social condition, religion, preference or opinion — is constitutionally prohibited and has specific routes of defence.

What clients usually need

Those who suffer discrimination rarely hold the document that proves it: it is almost never put in writing. What they need is for someone to identify the right route — there are several, and they do not all lead to the same place — and to build the case from what does exist. Companies, for their part, need to prevent: in employment, discrimination is now one of the fastest-growing sources of liability.

What we do

• Human rights defence
• Discrimination cases
• Discrimination in the workplace