Mexico
Available NAPs
Mexico: 1st NAP (Under development)
Status
Mexico attempted to develop a specific National Action Plan on Business and Human rights (NAP) between 2015-18, which ultimately did not come to fruition. Information on this process, including the 2016 national baseline assessment, is available below.
In December 2020, Mexico launched a National Human Rights Program 2020-2024 (Programa Nacional de Derechos Humanos 2020-2024, PNDH) with a chapter on business and human rights.
In 2022, Mexico, begun a new process to develop a NAP and published a national baseline assessment in March 2023.
It is understood that a draft NAP has been developed by more than 20 federal agencies and representatives of civil society and business groups and is currently under review. However, due to the upcoming federal and concurrent elections in Mexico in July 2024, it is unclear whether it will be consolidated and published by the current administration or whether it will be taken up by the next one.
Process
Attempts to develop a specific BHR NAP (2015-2018)
The Mexican Secretariat of the Interior’s (Secretaría de Gobernación) website notes that the first official commitment to implement the UNGPs in Mexico was articulated in the 2014-2018 National Human Rights Program (PNDH), under strategy point 4.4 ‘the need to Promote human rights and gender in the private sector, as well as in business policies and activities’. The actions being:
- Strengthening mechanisms aimed at guaranteeing business respect for human rights.
- Encouraging companies to disseminate human rights and include them in their declarations of principles, codes and policies.
- Promoting the human rights-based approach in corporate social responsibility.
- Promoting that the legislation that regulates companies guarantees respect for human rights.
- Help companies know their human rights obligations with respect to their workers and users.
At the time this commitment was articulated, the ‘Focal Group on Business and Human Rights’ was created to advocate for the adoption of a NAP in Mexico. This group was formed by Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA); Centro de Información sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos (CIEDH); Comité de Defensa Integral de Derechos Humanos Gobixha (Código DH); Oxfam México; Proyecto de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales (ProDESC); Proyecto sobre Organización, Desarrollo, Educación e Investigación (PODER); acompañada por: Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA); Brigadas Internacionales de Paz (PBI) and Servicios y Asesoría para la Paz (Serapaz).
To implement the actions in the PNDH, on September 2, 2015, the Secretariat of the Interior’s (Secretaría de Gobernación) in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, launched the National Working Group on Business and Human Rights (in Spanish), which was comprised of representatives of federal public administration, legislative and judicial branches, civil society organisations (including the Focal Group on Business and Human Rights) as well as business actors, academia, international organisations, trade unions and the National Commission for Human Rights.
Following this, the Mexican Government formally committed to a BHR NAP development process during the UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights in December 2015. A work plan was initially established that included conducting a diagnosis on the situation of human rights and business in Mexico, as well as the definition of contents, objectives, strategies and lines of action for the NAP. The work plan contemplated consultation and socialisation spaces throughout all stages of the process. However, the work plan was not made public.
In April 2016, the Secretariat of the Interior’s (Secretaría de Gobernación) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) with the aim of providing technical advice on the process, build the capacity of state and business actors and develop the Human Rights and Business Country Guide to Mexico.
In parallel, in October 2016, the Mexican Focal Group on Business and Human Rights authored and launched the Mexican National Baseline Assessment (NBA) (in Spanish). The government accepted the NBA and supported its dissemination by hosting a public event after the NBA had been finalised in November 2016.
In September 2016, the UN Working Group on business and human rights undertook a country mission to Mexico, where they met with all stakeholder groups to identify, assess and address the main human rights impacts of business. Many of the recommendations made by the UN Working Group to government were subsequently taken up in the draft NAP.
The draft NAP was developed based on contributions and recommendations made by governmental actors and experts, academics, civil society organisations and international organisations, which were gathered through national and regional forums, thematic workshops, Working Group meetings, and through written submissions. The NBA and Country Guide were also considered during the drafting process. Moreover, in June 2017, the Mexican government submitted the draft for online consultation.
Soon after a second draft of the NAP was published in July 2017, the civil society Focal Group decided to formally leave the process, and in particular, the multi-stakeholder Working Group, citing concerns over the lack alignment of the draft with recommendations made by civil society. Some civil society organisations in the focal group remained informally engaged in the process with the aim of improving the draft NAP.
The NAP launch date was postponed given demands of various stakeholders to ensure greater dialogue and participation. Between September and October 2018, after several months of inactivity due to the electoral process and changes in government posts, the main business association of Mexico (Consejo Coordinador Empresarial) developed and signed a MoU with the Secretariat of the Interior’s (Secretaría de Gobernación), that aimed to “replace” the other process and be adopted as a NAP. It was agreed at some point between October and November 2018, prior to the presidential transition. The process went silent as no action was taken afterwards to implement the MoU.
National Human Rights Programme (2019 – 2020)
The process of developing Mexico’s National Human Rights Programme (PNDH) was conducted through an inter-institutional planning and coordination effort led by the Undersecretary for Human Rights, Population and Migration, through the General Directorate for Human Rights Public Policy (DGPPDH).
This process began on 12 June 2019, when the Secretary of Government, Dr. Olga Sánchez Cordero, together with the Undersecretary for Human Rights, Population and Migration, Mr. Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, initiated the work. In in August 2019, a multistakeholder consultation on BHR for the NHRP was held in Monterrey, Mexico, organized by the Secretariat of the Interior’s (Secretaría de Gobernación). And, after a two phase process (consultative and technical) the National Human Rights Programme was published on 10 December 2020 in the Official Journal of the Federation.
The final NAP document included a specific section focused on promoting public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities. However, other BHR related content was found across sections.
National Human Rights Programme (2020 – 2024)
The OHCHR note that the National Human Rights Programme 2020-2024 includes business and human rights. It contains includes a series of actions, including the development of guidelines and/or regulations on human rights due diligence, the creation of a NAP, and the development of mechanisms for reparation of damages.
Developing a BHR NAP (2022-ongoing)
In March 2023, an NBA was published to inform a new NAP process (more information below).
At the annual LAC regional forum on business and human rights in October 2023, José Luis Calderón Ríos, Director General of Public Policies on Human Rights of Mexico, highlighted that Mexico continues to advance in developing a policy on business and human rights.
It is understood that a draft NAP has been developed by more than 20 federal agencies and representatives of civil society and business groups and is currently under review. However, due to the upcoming federal and concurrent elections in Mexico in July 2024, it is unclear whether it will be consolidated and published by the current administration or whether it will be taken up by the next one.
Stakeholder Participation
Attempts to develop a specific BHR NAP (2015-2018)
A multi-stakeholder Working Group on Human Rights and Business comprised of state institutions, civil society, business, and academia was set up at the start of the NAP process. This group met periodically to provide input and comment on the development, as well as the content, of the draft NAP. In turn, the participants shared insights into the process and its development with a broader range of actors within their respective shareholder groups.
A group of seven civil society organisations formed the Mexican Focal Group on Business and Human Rights to advocate for the creation of a NAP in Mexico. This group, which later grew to include over nine organisations, authored the Mexican NBA, and formed part of the Working Group.
The recommendations submitted by the expanded civil society focal group can be found here (in Spanish).
Beyond multi-stakeholder participation in the working group and in the elaboration of the NBA, the draft NAP was also submitted for online consultation in June 2017.
Soon after a second draft of the NAP was published in July 2017, the civil society Focal Group decided to formally leave the process, and in particular, the multi-stakeholder Working Group, citing concerns over the lack alignment of the draft with recommendations made by civil society. Some civil society organisations in the focal group remained informally engaged in the process with the aim improving the draft NAP.
Developing the National Human Rights Programme (2019 – 2020)
According to the information provided in the Secretariat of the Interior’s (Secretaría de Gobernación) website, in the first phase of the NAP development (Consultative Stage), 14 Thematic Forums (one specifically on Business and Human Rights) were held in 11 federal entities, as a result of 2,050 hours of planning and 2,561 invitations issued, with the participation of 2,383 public servants from the three levels of government, civil society, international organisations, academia, indigenous communities, experts and representatives of the private sector.
The Forums became spaces for consultation and deliberation where interested actors freely presented their ideas and proposals during 114 effective hours of work, in 69 total thematic tables, which gave as their main input 89 reports, which together with the internal and external diagnoses and the international recommendations, gave meaning and support to the general structure of the Programme.
In the second part of the work (Technical Stage), the Strategies and Lines of Action of the 5 Priority Objectives were submitted for review and consultation over the course of 31 working groups and with the participation of 656 participants from the Federal Public Administration agencies involved, experts, academia and civil society, which resulted in the improvement of the actions and the definition of the authorities and agencies responsible for their implementation and follow-up.
Attempts to develop a specific BHR NAP (2022-ongoing)
ProDESC and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex published Planes nacionales de acción sobre empresas y derechos humanos: un análisis comparativo de la responsabilidad empresarial in December 2022, which analyses NAPs in 6 States and provides recommendations to inform the Mexican process.
Transparency
Attempts to develop a specific BHR NAP (2015-2018)
Documents relating to the NAP development, including the draft NAP, have been published by the Mexican government online, as has an initial program of work (in Spanish).
Developing the National Human Rights Programme (2019 – 2020)
Both a citizen’s guide and the final version of the NAP have been published by the Mexican government online (available in Spanish here: http://derechoshumanos.gob.mx/Programa_Nacional) However, no draft NAP was published.
National Baseline Assessment (NBA)
Attempts to develop a specific BHR NAP (2015-2018)
• Published in October 2016 and available here.
• Developed as an independent initiative to support the development of a BHR NAP. A process to develop an inaugural BHR NAP followed but was discontinued after civil society organisations withdrew from the process.
• Conducted by civil society organisations through a focal group which included CODIGODH, CEMDA, Oxfam México, PRODESC, Tlachinollan, BHRRC, coordinated by PODER, with support from ICAR.
• Utilised the DIHR/ ICAR National Baseline Assessment Template. Based on desktop research and written feedback from key stakeholders.
• NB: A sectoral NBA on children’s rights was undertaken by DLA Piper at the request of UNICEF in August 2016 and is available here.
Developing the National Human Rights Programme (2019 – 2020)
Information in this section is drawn from work done by Poder project.
In 2019, the Civil Society Focal Group on Business and Human Rights in Mexico prepared a supplementary document framed within the Baseline Diagnosis for the implementation in Mexico of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights published in October 2016. This document was conceived as a living instrument that could be updated through the inputs provided by the different relevant actors in the field of business and human rights. Although the government did not respond publicly to the document, it is being considered for the follow-up actions.
The supplement aimed at compiling legislative and political advances in the area of business and human rights while incorporating the gender perspective and update the pre-existing gaps in the implementation of the business and human rights agenda. The preparation of the text covers the period from October 2016 to May 2019. It is configured as a diagnostic and consultative tool that serves as an input to guide and identify actions and standards that should be included in the PNEDH or other public policy instrument, in order to harmonize existing policies and norms in Mexico with the Guiding Principles.
Attempts to develop a specific BHR NAP (2022-ongoing)
• Published in March 2023 and available here.
• Commissioned by the State to inform the development of an inaugural BHR NAP.
• Conducted by academics from the Human Rights and Business Institute of the University of Monterrey (Instituto de Derechos Humanos y Empresas, Universidad de Monterrey)(UDEM) for the Secretariat of the Interior (Secretaría de Gobernación) as a diagnosis on the legal framework and public policies on human rights and business between 2019 and 2022 in Mexico. It received support from the UNDP’s B+HR Project, and was funded by the Government of Japan and the RBCLAC Project (itself funded by the European Union).
• The document analyses four themes at the Federal level under Pillars I and III of the UN Guiding Principles: 1. State Duty: Legal framework, public policies and regulations. 2. The State as an economic actor. 3. Policy coherence and 4. Access to remedy. Each outlines findings based on legislation and public policy and provides an analysis of gaps.
• Utilised the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights methodology “Diagnostic Tool on the implementation of international human rights obligations in the context of business activity”. Based on desktop research and interviews with governmental officials and other stakeholders.
Stakeholders views and analysis on the NAP
Attempts to develop a specific BHR NAP (2015-2018)
- Civil society: México: Sociedad civil demanda consulta, transparencia y ajustes al proceso y al borrador del Programa Nacional sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos
- Civil society: Mexico: Over 60 cases of alleged corporate abuse documented in advance of UN Working Group visit
- Humberto Cantú Rivera: El desarrollo de un Plan de Acción Nacional sobre derechos humanos y empresas en México: Primeros pasos
- Humberto Cantú Rivera: Prioridades para México en el tema de la responsabilidad de las empresas en materia de derechos humanos
- UN Working Group on Human Rights and Business, OHCHR: Declaración del Grupo de trabajo de Naciones Unidas sobre empresas y derechos humanos al final de su visita a México Ciudad de México, 7 de septiembre de 2016
The National Human Rights Programme
- Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) Mexico, Informe de Actividades 2020: http://informe.cndh.org.mx/menu.aspx?id=60113
Additional resources
- Blog, Ministry of Interior Mexico: Abordar los Derechos Humanos en todos los espacios y entornos: Grupo de trabajo sobre empresas y #DDHH
- Danish Institute for Human Rights: Human Rights and Business Country Guide to Mexico
- Danish Institute for Human Rights: New agreement for cooperation with Mexico
- UNICEF: Children’s Rights and Business NBA
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (2016) State National Action Plans
- UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (2016) Guidance on National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights
Contacts
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
- Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos
- Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR)
- Embassy of Mexico in Denmark
- Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Secretariat of the Interior’s (Secretaría de Gobernación), Human Rights Division
- PODER
- ProDESC
Children’s rights
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.4. Set the conditions for the full exercise of adolescent and children’s human rights
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3.4.4. Enhance the actions aimed at the prevention, sanction and abolition of child labour.
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3.4.8. Collaborate in the consolidation of programmes aimed at the labour insertion and professional training of the young.
Strategic priority 5.3. Draft, implement and spread human rights protocols aimed at the improvement of civil servants’ performance
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5.3.2. Collaborate in making and implementing action protocols within security and judicial institutions for the assistance and protection of adolescents and children.
Conflict-affected areas
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Construction sector
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Corporate law & corporate governance
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Corruption
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities.
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3.6.6. Strengthen the complaint mechanisms that allow victims to report human rights infringements, corruption and malpractice in the business sector confidentially and anonymously, ensuring their protection.
Data protection & privacy
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Development finance institutions
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Development finance institutions
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.7. Implement measures aimed at the protection of the rights of land, territory and healthy environment, prioritising the autonomy and the self-determination of communities.
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3.7.4. Strengthen the evaluation procedure of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Reports of public and private sector projects and activities, which affect the DESCA (acronym for economic, cultural, social and environmental rights), with the participation of the individuals and communities which will be potentially affected by them.
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3.7.8. Foster the adequate legal classification of environmental crimes, of public or private sector’s responsibility, as well as for the damage repair, with the goal of facilitating access to justice in environmental matters.
Digital technology & electronics sector
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Equality & non-discrimination
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities.
3.6.1. Promote and protect the human rights of historically discriminated groups or those affected in the context of entrepreneurial activities.
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 1.5. Promote human rights public policies to assist areas partially covered by the State
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1.5.3. Foster the creation of a public policy aimed at the comprehensive assistance of older persons which promotes dignified ageing and guarantees access to employment, health, social security, education, leisure and sport activities.
Strategic priority 3.5. Implement actions aimed at the wellbeing and improvement of life conditions of older persons
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3.5.2 Promote decent job opportunities to incorporate older persons in both the public and private labour markets, through activities that give worth and foster the development of their knowledge, abilities and skills.
Strategic priority 5.3. Draft, implement and spread human rights protocols aimed at the improvement of civil servants’ performance
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5.3.5. Promote the creation, improvement and homologation of protocols and warning systems to prevent, identify and handle discriminatory situations, persecution, violence, workplace and sexual harassment in both the private and public sectors.
Export credit
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Extractives sector
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Extraterritorial jurisdiction
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Finance & banking sector
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.2. Foster social and cultural changes with the aim of encouraging the full development and wellbeing of the people with disabilities
3.2.1. Promote the equal access of people with disabilities to services, support mechanisms and government credit, as well as to products and services offered by lending institutions.
Forced labour & modern slavery
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 2.3. Respond to gross human rights violations, within a focalised intervention level, in order to prevent their reoccurrence
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2.3.6. Encourage businesses to implement a prevention and reporting culture concerning human trafficking practices, particularly regarding people providing touristic, transport and communication services.
Freedom of association
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Gender & women’s rights
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 1.6. Implement actions aimed at sensitization and communication in order to spread and promote a human rights culture
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1.6.5. Encourage private and public media to stop spreading content built upon gender-based stereotypes which reproduce and endure violence against women and incentivise macho culture.
Strategic priority 2.2. Provide victims of human rights infringements with attention, within the adequate level of intervention, in order for them to overcome their critical situation
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2.2.9. Strengthen the quality of the healthcare services and obstetric and gynaecological care provided to women deprived of liberty.
Strategic priority 3.4. Set the conditions for the full exercise of adolescent and children’s human rights
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3.4.5. Promote exclusive maternal lactation during the first six months after birth and until 2 years while encouraging improved maternal health practices.
Strategic priority 3.7. Implement measures aimed at the protection of the rights of land, territory and healthy environment, prioritising the autonomy and the self-determination of communities.
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3.7.5. Foster the implementation of affirmative actions, from a gender-based and intercultural approach, aimed at facilitating access to the security of land ownership for women.
Strategic priority 5.3. Draft, implement and spread human rights protocols aimed at the improvement of civil servants’ performance
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5.3.5. Promote the creation, improvement and homologation of protocols and warning systems to prevent, identify and handle discriminatory situations, persecution, violence, workplace and sexual harassment in both the private and public sectors.
Guidance to business
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities.
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3.6.2. Promote the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
3.6.3 Promote the harmonization of the normative framework regulating the entrepreneurial activities of public, private and mixed businesses in accordance with the national and international human rights standards.
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3.6.4. Promote the creation of a public policy instrument aimed at the development of actions for the respect and protection of human rights related to business activities, as well as for the prevention and reparation of the damage in case rights are infringed.
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3.6.8 Spread information and train the authorities who belong to the three government commands on the human rights obligations in the context of entrepreneurial activities.
Health and social care
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Human rights defenders & whistle-blowers
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities.
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3.6.2. Promote the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
3.6.3 Promote the harmonization of the normative framework regulating the entrepreneurial activities of public, private and mixed businesses in accordance with the national and international human rights standards.
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3.6.5. Promote human rights due diligence in order to identify, prevent, mitigate and repair the negative effects caused by business activities (private, public or mixed) and, to foster transparency and accountability in supply chain flows.
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 1.7. Promote the adaptation of the normative framework through the creation, modification and derogation of norms for the realisation of human rights
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1.7.2. Promote in the federal entities the harmonisation of the normative framework, in accordance with international standards, to guarantee the defence of the rights of reply, freedom of speech and media freedom, derogating criminal offences and administrative norms that restrict them.
1.7.3. Promote, within the normative framework, the incorporation of measures which guarantee professional confidentiality and security conditions when conducting journalism, in co-responsibility with public and private media.
Strategic priority 2.2. Provide victims of human rights infringements with attention, within the adequate level of intervention, in order for them to overcome their critical situation
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2.2.6. Incorporate protection and attention measures within the Mechanism for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists [ Mecanismos de Protección de Personas Defensoras de Derechos Humanos y Periodistas ] in order to prevent and mitigate the risks these professionals face with a differential focus.
Strategic priority 2.3. Respond to gross human rights violations, within a focalised intervention level, in order to prevent their reoccurrence
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2.3.5. Develop a prevention strategy which includes risk monitoring and early warnings, in accordance with the reports on aggression patterns against human rights defenders and journalist, in coordination with federative entities.
2.3.6. Encourage businesses to implement a prevention and reporting culture concerning human trafficking practices, particularly regarding people providing touristic, transport and communication services.
Strategic priority 5.3. Draft, implement and spread human rights protocols aimed at the improvement of civil servants’ performance
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5.3.5. Boost the design and implementation of specialised and homologated protocols at a federal and state level aimed at administering justice concerning crimes committed against human rights defenders and journalists.
Human rights impact assessments
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities
3.6.5. Promote human rights due diligence in order to identify, prevent, mitigate and repair the negative effects caused by business activities (private, public or mixed) and, to foster transparency and accountability in supply chain flows.
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3.6.10. Establish the prevention, monitoring and full reparation mechanisms in order to tackle all the negative effects caused by private and public entrepreneurial activity, with the participation of the affected individuals and communities.
Indigenous peoples
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 1.6. Implement actions aimed at sensitization and communication in order to spread and promote a human rights culture
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1.6.9. Make awareness and orientation campaigns on economic, cultural, social and environmental rights using accessible formats and in indigenous languages to promote their enforceability.
Strategic priority 3.1. Implement measures for the full exercise of human rights of indigenous and afromexican people and communities
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3.1.5. Articulate interinstitutional actions aimed at guarantee the right to consultation and free and informed, culturally adequate and in good faith previous consent of indigenous and afromexican people and communities, in the implementation of measures and projects which are susceptible of affecting them.
Investment treaties & investor-state dispute settlements
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Read more about Investment treaties & investor-state dispute settlements
Judicial remedy
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities
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3.6.6. Strengthen the complaint mechanisms that allow victims to report human rights infringements, corruption and malpractice in the business sector confidentially and anonymously, ensuring their protection.
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3.6.10. Establish the prevention, monitoring and full reparation mechanisms in order to tackle all the negative effects caused by private and public entrepreneurial activity, with the participation of the affected individuals and communities.
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 1.2. Identify the causes that hinder the X of gross human rights violations in order to eliminate them
1.2.1. Consolidate and coordinate the systems, commissions and mechanisms that ensure the assistance of gross human rights victims.
1.2.2. Collaborate with the Prosecutor’s office [ Fiscalía ] on its professionalization and modernisation processes in order to ensure the access to justice of victims of human rights violations.
1.2.3. Create a group work among the CEAV, the FGR and the SEGOB aimed at ensuring the coordination, in accordance with their mandates, regarding the assistance and protection of victims and the pursuit of justice.
1.2.4. Collaborate with the Judicial Power of the Federation aimed at the strengthening of institutions and for ensuring the access to justice of victims of human rights violations.
1.2.5 Collaborate for the training on human rights matters of the personnel that works at judicial institutions.
Strategic priority 2.3. Respond to gross human rights violations, within a focalised intervention level, in order to prevent their reoccurrence
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2.3.3. Set homologated national standards through the implementation of a national remediation programme which includes both administrative and judicial procedures, prioritising restitution, rehabilitation, satisfaction and non-reoccurrence measures.
Strategic priority 3.7. Implement measures aimed at the protection of the rights of land, territory and healthy environment, prioritising the autonomy and the self-determination of communities.
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3.7.8. Foster the adequate legal classification of environmental crimes, of public or private sector’s responsibility, as well as for the damage repair, with the goal of facilitating access to justice in environmental matters.
Land
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.1. Implement measures for the full exercise of human rights of indigenous and afromexican people and communities
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3.1.5. Articulate interinstitutional actions aimed at guarantee the right to consultation and free and informed, culturally adequate and in good faith previous consent of indigenous and afromexican people and communities, in the implementation of measures and projects which are susceptible of affecting them.
Strategic priority 3.7. Implement measures aimed at the protection of the rights of land, territory and healthy environment, prioritising the autonomy and the self-determination of communities
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3.7.5. Foster the implementation of affirmative actions, from a gender-based and intercultural approach, aimed at facilitating access to the security of land ownership for women.
Mandatory human rights due diligence
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 2.3. Respond to gross human rights violations, within a focalised intervention level, in order to prevent their reoccurrence
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2.3.6. Encourage businesses to implement a prevention and reporting culture concerning human trafficking practices, particularly regarding people providing touristic, transport and communication services.
Migrant workers
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 1.5. Promote human rights public policies to assist areas partially covered by the State
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1.5.2. Adopt public policies aimed at ensuring the protection and the enforcement of the human rights of migrant and refugees, as well as mechanism for their social and labour integration.
National Human Rights Institutions/ Ombudspersons
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue in the context of Business and Human Rights’
Read more about National Human Rights Institutions/ Ombudspersons
Non-financial reporting
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities
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3.6.5. Promote human rights due diligence in order to identify, prevent, mitigate and repair the negative effects caused by business activities (private, public or mixed) and, to foster transparency and accountability in supply chain flows.
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
OECD National Contact Points
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Persons with disabilities
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.2. Foster social and cultural changes with the aim of encouraging the full development and wellbeing of the people with disabilities
3.2.1. Promote the equal access of people with disabilities to services, support mechanisms and government credit, as well as to products and services offered by lending institutions.
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3.2.5. Promote the design and implementation of affirmative actions and reasonable adjustments in order to include people with disabilities in the labour market both in the public and in the private sector.
Policy coherence
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities
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3.6.2. Promote the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
3.6.3 Promote the harmonization of the normative framework regulating the entrepreneurial activities of public, private and mixed businesses in accordance with the national and international human rights standards.
Privatisation
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 2.2. Provide victims of human rights infringements with attention, within the adequate level of intervention, in order for them to overcome their critical situation
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2.2.9. Strengthen the quality of the healthcare services and obstetric and gynaecological care provided to women deprived of liberty.
Strategic priority 2.3. Respond to gross human rights violations, within a focalised intervention level, in order to prevent their reoccurrence
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2.3.9. Promote the improvement of the operation and the internment conditions in penitentiary centres in order to prevent and avoid the violation of human rights of persons deprived of liberty.
Public procurement
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities
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3.6.8 Spread information and train the authorities who belong to the three government commands on the human rights obligations in the context of entrepreneurial activities.
Security sector
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Small & medium-sized enterprises
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
State Owned Enterprises/ Public Private Partnerships
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities
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3.6.9. Encourage public, private and mixed businesses to adopt the necessary measures in order to promote employment formalisation and prevent precarious work.
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Supply chains
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities
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3.6.5. Promote human rights due diligence in order to identify, prevent, mitigate and repair the negative effects caused by business activities (private, public or mixed) and, to foster transparency and accountability in supply chain flows.
Taxation
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue in the context of Business and Human Rights’
Tourism sector
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 2.3. Respond to gross human rights violations, within a focalised intervention level, in order to prevent their reoccurrence
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2.3.6. Encourage businesses to implement a prevention and reporting culture concerning human trafficking practices, particularly regarding people providing touristic, transport and communication services.
Trade
‘The Mexico NAP does not explicitly address this issue’
Workers’ rights
Content from the BHR specific chapter in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 3.6. Promote public policies aimed at the prevention and mitigation of adverse impact caused by private, public or mixed business activities
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3.6.7. Establish, together with the social and private sectors, the necessary measures in order to ensure satisfactory working conditions for agricultural labourers.
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3.6.9. Encourage public, private and mixed businesses to adopt the necessary measures in order to promote employment formalisation and prevent precarious work.
Content from non-BHR specific chapters in the Human Rights NAP:
Strategic priority 1.7. Promote the adaptation of the normative framework through the creation, modification and derogation of norms for the realisation of human rights
1.7.6. Propose the necessary modifications of labour law norms in order to increase the maternity and paternity leave period in case of birth and adoption.