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Following the July 2026 opening of a mediation centre in Yucatán, Mexican state judiciaries continue to implement implementing reforms aimed at increasing to increase legal accessibility and efficiency. In the State of Mexico, the mobile ‘Caravanas Itinerantes’ service provided essential legal procedures in (or ‘Caravanas de Justicia’) program has been deployed to communities such as Santa María Rayón on July 31 and August 1. Atenco. Coordinated by Dr. María Elena Pons Escalera on behalf of Magistrate President Héctor Macedo García, the caravan offered these mobile services provide identity recognition, birth certificate rectification, concubinage certification, and mutual-consent divorces. These efforts are designed divorces to provide low-cost legal certainty and reduce travel requirements for residents. This follows similar efforts in Michoacán, where a divorce hearing was held within the Uruapan correctional facility on 4 August. Further reforms are advancing in Querétaro economic and Aguascalientes. In Querétaro, geographic barriers. To further support vulnerable populations, the State of Mexico Judiciary has authorized (PJEdomex) introduced the ‘Alianza Pro Bono’ program. This initiative connects legal professionals with citizens unable to act as afford private facilitators for Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (MASC). In Aguascalientes, the State Bar of Lawyers is proposing a certifying body to train litigators ahead of the April 2027 implementation of defense, fostering voluntary service in areas like human rights and legal sponsorship through cooperation between the National Code of Civil judiciary, academia, and Family Procedures. Expanding on these lawyers. Efforts to expand alternative methods, the Judiciary of the dispute resolution (MASC) also continue. The State of Mexico recently certified a third generation of more than over 100 private facilitators through the its Public Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms. MASC. During a ceremony in Toluca, Héctor Macedo García, President of the Superior Court of Justice, García emphasized that justice cannot must not rely solely on traditional courts. He urged courts, urging facilitators to promote a ‘culture of peace’ and noted that alternative methods expand the capacity to address social conflicts by involving the community in resolving social conflicts. Other regional developments include a divorce hearing held within the justice process. Uruapan correctional facility in Michoacán to ensure prompt legal rights for incarcerated individuals. Additionally, Querétaro has authorized private facilitators for MASC, while the State Bar of Lawyers in Aguascalientes is proposing a certifying body to prepare litigators for the April 2027 implementation of the National Code of Civil and Family Procedures.