Political Constitution of the United Mexican States 1917, as amended to 2023
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    The woman and the man are equal before the law. It shall protect the organization and the development of the family.
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    Every person has the right to health protection.
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    Every family has the right to enjoy decent and proper housing. The law will establish the instruments and supports necessary in order to reach this objective.
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    The State will guarantee the delivery of an economic support to persons who have a permanent disability in the terms that the law establishes. ...
    Persons over sixty-eight years of age have the right to receive on the part of the State a non-taxable pension in the terms that the law establishes. 
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    La mujer y el hombre son iguales ante la ley. Ésta protegerá la organización y el desarrollo de la familia.
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    Toda persona tiene derecho a la protección de la salud.
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    Toda familia tiene derecho a disfrutar de vivienda digna y decorosa. La Ley establecerá los instrumentos y apoyos necesarios a fin de alcanzar tal objetivo.
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    El Estado garantizará la entrega de un apoyo económico a las personas que tengan discapacidad permanente en los términos que fije la Ley. ...
    Las personas mayores de sesenta y ocho años tienen derecho a recibir por parte del Estado una pensión no contributiva en los términos que fije la Ley. 
    … (Art. 4)

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    B. In the matter of broadcasting [radiodifusión] and telecommunications:
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    V. The law will establish a public decentralized organ [organismo] with technical [and] operative autonomy, [autonomy] of decision and of administration [gestion] autonomy, having the objective of providing the service of not-for-profit broadcasting [radiodifusión sin fines de lucro], to the effect of assuring the access of the greater number of persons in each one of the entities [entidades] of the Federation, to contents that promote [promuevan] the national integration, the educational, cultural and civic training [formación], equality between women and men, the diffusion of impartial, objective, opportune and truthful [veraz] information of the national and international events [acontecer], and to give space to the works [obras] of independent production, as well as to the expression of the diversity and plurality of ideas and opinions that fortify the democratic life of the society.
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    B. En materia de radiodifusión y telecomunicaciones:
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    V. La ley establecerá un organismo público descentralizado con autonomía técnica, operativa, de decisión y de gestión, que tendrá por objeto proveer el servicio de radiodifusión sin fines de lucro, a efecto de asegurar el acceso al mayor número de personas en cada una de las entidades de la Federación, a contenidos que promuevan la integración nacional, la formación educativa, cultural y cívica, la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres, la difusión de información imparcial, objetiva, oportuna y veraz del acontecer nacional e internacional, y dar espacio a las obras de producción independiente, así como a la expresión de la diversidad y pluralidad de ideas y opiniones que fortalezcan la vida democrática de la sociedad.
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    The training and the performance of the members of the National Guard and of the other policing institutions will be governed by a policing doctrine based on service to society, discipline, the respect for human rights, the rule of law, superior command, and that conducive to the perspective of gender. (Art. 21)
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    La formación y el desempeño de los integrantes de la Guardia Nacional y de las demás instituciones policiales se regirán por una doctrina policial fundada en el servicio a la sociedad, la disciplina, el respeto a los derechos humanos, al imperio de la ley, al mando superior, y en lo conducente a la perspectiva de género. (Art. 21)
1

Political Constitution of the United Mexican States 1917, as amended to 2023 (English), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library (2024).

2

Political Constitution of the United Mexican States 1917, as amended to 2023 (Spanish).

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3
Refer to the full provision of Art. 37 for other rules on the grounds of deprivation of nationality.
4
Refer to the full provision of Art. 123 for all measures regarding employment protection.
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Refer to Sections A and B of Article 2 on rights of indigenous peoples.