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Controversia constitucional 32/2012 (Municipio de Cherán v. Michoacán)

Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación · 2014

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2026-09-01
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Plenary judgment of 29 May 2014: the March 2012 reform of the Michoacán constitution (decree 391) was declared invalid, with effects only for the parties, because the Cherán council had not been consulted. Official summary: https://www.scjn.gob.mx/derechos-humanos/sites/default/files/sentencias-emblematicas/resumen/2022-06/Resumen%20CC32-2012%20DGDH.pdf

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EstablishedIn 2011 the Superior Chamber of Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal held, on 2 November, that members of the Cherán community had the right to request the election of their own authorities by their own norms, and ordered the state electoral institute to consult the community.