Mexico: Delay in Legal Reform Harms People With Disabilities

Click to expand Image A dog and a woman with a disability outside the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in Mexico City, Mexico, March 24, 2026. © 2026 Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Mexico City) – Mexico’s Senate should amend legislation approved by the Chamber of Deputies on October 20, 2026, to ensure that people with disabilities can appoint supporters to make legal decisions by April 1, 2027, as originally planned, Human Rights Watch said today. The current legislation would post