Challenge of judicial choice: Achieving equity for the most vulnerable

On June 1, more than 99 million Mexicans are called to go to the polls on a historic day: for the first time in the modern history of the country, judges, magistrates and ministers will be elected by popular vote.

The key to the administration of justice in this country is to act in a humane, approachable, and efficient manner, according to Olivia Andrea Fimbres Salazar, a candidate to be Circuit Magistrate in Criminal and Administrative Matters for District 1 of Sonora. Accordingly, she asserts, it is important for citizens to first observe the jurisdictional experience of each candidate, beyond their academic experience. "Administering justice in a pers…

The reform that will take place with the election of June 1 is the great opportunity that Mexico has to establish values such as honorability, impartiality and independence in the judicial system with the other powers of the Union, demonstrated the expert in Constitutional Law and Human Rights, Abraham Dávila Rodríguez. The minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), originally from Jalisco, stressed that the challenge, in thi…