Suspended a senior executive of the Supreme Court for sexual harassment and gender violence

The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) has suspended one of its senior executives this Monday "as a precautionary measure and in protection of possible victims of harassment and sexual violence," according to the press release released by the agency. The aforementioned, whose name has not transpired, becomes the first member of the institution to which a new mechanism has been applied to "prevent, address and eradicate sexual harassment and any other form of sexual and gender violence" that is produced within the High Court. The measure was approved on September 2.

Arturo Zaldívar, president of the SCJN, has expressed in social networks the organism's commitment in the fight against violence against women: “The policy of zero tolerance for sexual harassment and gender violence has no exceptions.

Women's safety and respect for their dignity are a priority. ”

The zero tolerance policy for sexual harassment and gender-based violence has no exceptions.

We update the regulatory framework to better accompany the victims.

Women's safety and respect for their dignity are a priority.

#SCJN https://t.co/aG7xCWFN16

- Arturo Zaldívar (@ArturoZaldivarL) September 6, 2021

As part of the new mechanism for the prevention of workplace harassment, the Supreme Court has created a new area within the General Unit for Gender Equality, with the aim of providing “legal, medical and psychological care to victims of sexual violence, providing a adequate accompaniment to the complainants ”.

The SCJN has also carried out a restructuring of the powers of the bodies responsible for investigating possible sexual assaults, so that these types of cases "are dealt with in a sensitive, prompt and adequate manner."

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The suspension of the senior executive is an unprecedented measure in a country in which 22.8% of women have faced sexual intimidation during the first half of 2021, according to the latest National Urban Safety Survey.

In Mexico, at least 10 femicides are committed every day, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).

A total of 3,952 women murdered in just one year.

In fact, according to the data handled by the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, last Wednesday at the presentation of the third government report, femicide is one of the few crimes that have increased during his term, by 13%.

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