Litigando derechos Indígenas en México: caso de los Juba Wajiín de San Miguel del Progreso
| Autor | Salvador Herencia-Carrasco |
| Cargo | Director of the Human Rights Clinic of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre and part-time professor at the Section de Droit Civil of the University of Ottawa, Canada. |
| Páginas | 89-97 |
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MISCELÁNEA
Recibido: 15/06/2021 – Aceptado: 13/06/2022
Iuris Dictio NO 30 / Diciembre, 2022 / pp. 89-97
e-ISSN 2528-7834 / DOI: http://doi.org/10.18272/iu.v30i30.2391
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Litigando derechos Indígenas en México: caso de los Juba Wajiín
de San Miguel del Progreso
S H-C
Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa, Canada
Abstract
In June 2017, the Júba Wajiín were the rst Mexican indigenous peoples to reverse a deci-
sion by the Ministry of Finance, which had authorized the granting of approximately 80% of
their territory to mining concessions. is signicant victory of the Júba Wajiín was achieved
in a Mexican court. e purpose of this article is to raise awareness about the struggle of the
Júba Wajiín, an indigenous Me’phaa people in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. e article will
analyze how the community organized itself socially and legally to protect its rights before
courts, concluding with some possible lessons of this case for other Indigenous Peoples in
Mexico and Latin America.
Keywords
Mexico, Indigenous People, Júba Wajiín, Inter-American Human Rights System, Business
and Human Rights.
Resumen
El objetivo de este artículo es dar a conocer la lucha de los Júba Wajiín, un pueblo indígena
Me’phaa del estado de Guerrero, México. En junio de 2017, los Júba Wajiín fueron el primer
pueblo indígena mexicano en revertir una decisión de la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito
Público, que había autorizado el otorgamiento de aproximadamente el 80% de su territorio a
concesiones mineras. El artículo analizará cómo la comunidad se organizó social y legalmente
para proteger sus derechos, y luego concluirá sobre las posibles lecciones de este caso para
México y América Latina.
Palabras clave
México, Pueblos Indígenas, Júba Wajíin, Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos,
Empresas y Derechos Humanos.
1. Introduction
In June 2017, the Júba Wajiín became well-known in Mexico for judicially defeating the
federal government, achieving the recognition by a court of their right to territory and to
free, prior, and informed consultation (Juzgado Primero de Distrito del Estado de Guerrero,
1 Director of the Human Rights Clinic of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre and part-time professor at
the Section de Droit Civil of the University of Ottawa, Canada. E-mail: shere045@uottawa.ca; ORCID: https://orcid.
org/0000-0002-1772-8140.
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