Structural Transformations of Political Rights: the Mexican Case

Soriano Cienfuegos, Carlos Alberto

doi:10.22201/iij.24485306e.2019.2.13643

Structural Transformations of Political Rights: the Mexican Case

Journal

Mexican Law Review

ISSN

2448-5306

1870-0578

Date Issued

2019

Author(s)

Type

Resource Types::text::journal::journal article

DOI

10.22201/iij.24485306e.2019.2.13643

URL

https://scripta.up.edu.mx/handle/20.500.12552/11483

Abstract

This note supports the hypothesis that democratization and openness to international human rights law in Mexico brought about a structural change in its constitutional principles. This was mainly the result of substantially transforming the meaning - and especially the scope - legally given to political rights. The change from prerogatives to rights is not only a matter of nomenclature, but also a 180-degree shift, at both practical and epistemological levels. In addition to this, the project to establish a Ius Constitutionale Commune in the region, based on human rights standards, has been an equally important change as it has placed the human person at the heart of the matter.