Mexico’s Federal Electoral Court: Adjudicating Conflicts between Indigenous Women’s Individual Political Participation and Community-Based Traditional Self-Rule

• In Event: Marginalized Populations and State Institutions in Latin America

Brief Overview

I examine how Mexico’s Federal Electoral Court (FEC) resolves conflicts between women’s rights (Article 1 of the Mexican constitution) and communal rights (Art 2). I argue that the FEC has failed to protect the political rights of indigenous women.

Author

• Jodi Finkel, Loyola Marymount University