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Mexico labor rights and exploitation prevention

Overview

Mexico is advancing legislative and regulatory measures to combat exploitative labor practices. In the State of Mexico, Deputy Luisa Esmeralda Navarro Hernández has proposed a comprehensive draft law to amend the Children’s Rights Law, Education Law, and Penal Code to create a legal framework against child labor. This proposal, developed with input from minors, seeks to address child labor in informal commerce, agriculture, and domestic service.

At the federal level, the Secretariat of Labor (STPS) is developing a mechanism to detect and prevent the importation of goods produced through forced labor. Focusing on sectors such as textiles, apparel, footwear, aluminum, and solar panels, the initiative involves coordination with the Secretariat of Economy and the National Customs Agency. This effort includes a bilateral information-sharing agreement with the United States Office of Customs and Border Protection to monitor global supply chains and integrate human rights protections into international trade.

Entities

Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social · Office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection · State of Mexico · Alejandro Vietman · United States

Timeline

  1. 10 days ago

    [INTERNATIONAL] 2 sources
    Mexico develops mechanism to prevent forced labor imports

    Mexico is establishing a mechanism to prevent the import of goods made with forced labor, targeting the textile, footwear, aluminum, and solar panel sectors through cooperation with the United States.

  2. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 7 sources
    State of Mexico advances comprehensive child‑labor law

    The State of Mexico is drafting a comprehensive law to curb child labor, revising several statutes with input from minors and targeting hotspots like Ecatepec, aiming for approval later this year.

Sources

comunicaciontucuman.gob.ar · eldiariodechihuahua.mx