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SUP-REC-102/2020 compromisos, tampoco se justifica que determinadas costumbres dañen la dignidad de las personas25. Por otro lado, el enfoque intercultural está orientado al reconocimiento de la coexistencia de diversidades culturales en las sociedades actuales, las cuales deben convivir con una base de respeto hacia sus diferentes cosmovisiones, derechos humanos y derechos como pueblos26. Esta identidad se basa en múltiples y diversas identidades específicas que, lejos de constituir una dificultad o problema, entrega vastas posibilidades de crecimiento y desarrollo en consonancia con procesos de integración y cohesión social interculturales 27. Del mismo modo, el enfoque o perspectiva de que se trata, se orienta al reconocimiento de la coexistencia de diversidades culturales en las sociedades actuales, descartando la jerarquía entre las culturas, y abona en el crecimiento y desarrollo mediante procesos de integración y cohesión social intercultural, lo que permite reconocer las injusticias estructurales traducibles en desigualdades y desventajas para las mujeres indígenas, así como para la elaboración conjunta de acciones para disuadirlas. 25 Sierra, Teresa (2006), “El multiculturalismo en disputa: Derechos Humanos, Género y Diversidad Cultural”, en: Antología: Grandes Temas de la Antropología Jurídica, RELAJU, México, p. 64. UNFPA, ONU Mujeres, UNICEF y PNUD (2012). Ampliando la mirada: La integración de los enfoques de género, interculturalidad y derechos humanos, Santiago de Chile, diciembre, p. 24. 26 Bello, Álvaro y Rangel, Marta (2002). “La equidad y la exclusión de los pueblos indígenas y afrodescendientes en América Latina y el Caribe”. Revista de la CEPAL, N.º 76. Santiago de Chile, pp. 52 y 53. 27 Representación impresa36 de un documento firmado electrónicamente. Página 36 de 56

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(Mexico) SUP 2020 REC 102 924628

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Question Presented: Whether indigenous customs for men to elect political leaders outweigh the principles of non-discrimination, equality and gender parity, as well as the right of "every woman [...] to a life free of violence, both in the public and private spheres" and to "freely and fully exercise their political rights.”

Alleged Acts: The appellant, Isabel Sierra Flores, is a Mixtec woman, originally from and neighboring the indigenous municipality of Coicoyán de las Flores, District of Juxtlahuaca, State of Oaxaca, who alleges the violation of her political and electoral right to be voted in. The Executive Directorate of Indigenous Normative Systems of the State Electoral and Citizen Participation Institute of Oaxaca (hereinafter: IEEPCO) approved an opinion "that identifies the method of election of councilors to the City Council of the Municipality of Coicoyán de las Flores, which electorally is governed by Indigenous Normative Systems.” The City Council of Coicoyán de las Flores issued the call addressed to all citizens over eighteen years of age, to participate in the election of Municipal Councilors for the administration 2020-2022. However, the members of the council of the City Council of Coicoyán de las Flores, among other issues, explained that their request was inappropriate, since only payrolls headed by men could be registered, in view of the fact that: "our electoral process has always been carried out in our population in this way [...]".

Procedural history: The Electoral Tribunal of the State of Oaxaca (hereinafter: TEEO) issued a ruling in which it confirmed the contested validity agreement and linked the IEEPCO to carry out, jointly with other authorities, a workshop, aimed at the municipal authorities and the general public of the Municipality of Coicoyán de las Flores, Oaxaca, on women's rights. The Regional Chamber of Xalapa granted precautionary measures requested by the plaintiff to inhibit the conducts relating to the fear that she would be deprived of her freedom or that she would be stripped of her property. In a separate case, the plaintiff also requested the adoption of precautionary and protective measures in favor of her and her relatives, so that the municipal authorities, sympathizers of the winning form and specifically the Municipal President, cease the threats, intimidation, provocation, slander, defamation and falsehood that they carry out against her, since she appealed the lower court’s decision.

Summary: The Xalapa Regional Chamber failed to meet the standards upheld by the Superior Chamber, with regard to gender-based political violence committed to the detriment of indigenous women. Since it was considered that there was no evidence on the part of the then plaintiff, to prove the violation of her human and political-electoral rights, such a situation led the Xalapa Regional Chamber to not judge with an intercultural gender perspective, and from the reversal of the burden of proof in cases such as the one now being examined. This led to a limit on whether or not there was any gender-based political violence, or whether the alleged lack of participation by women was due to another cause.

Conclusion: The Xalapa Regional Chamber will have to issue a new judgment, in which it will examine the grievances put forward by forward by Isabel Sierra Flores with a gender and cross-cutting approach, linking the complainant's assertions with the documentary evidence she offered and provided up to that instance.

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Gender
Indigenous Persons

Applicable Law(s): Articles 1-4, 7 of the Federal Constitution

Region: Americas

Country: Mexico

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Spanish

Court: Electoral Court

Election Type: Municipal

Date of decision: Sep 15, 2020

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Latitude: 19.43318644

Longitude: -99.13401778

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