PJEdomex Hosts Forum on Environmental, Animal Welfare

The Judiciary of the State of Mexico (PJEdomex) held a forum reaffirming its commitment to embedding environmental and animal welfare principles into the state’s justice system. The event, held on August 6 and titled “The Intervention of Jurisdictional Bodies in Environmental Matters and the Protection of Sentient Beings,” brought together more than 400 participants in person and online.

PJEdomex President Magistrate Fernando Díaz Juárez underscored that the judiciary cannot remain indifferent to environmental degradation or the suffering of sentient beings. He noted that the institution’s development plan now incorporates a perspective that places people and all living beings at its core.

During the forum, PJEdomex signed a cooperation agreement with the State Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development to strengthen collaboration in designing and implementing sustainable public policies.

Environment Secretary Alhely Rubio Arronis emphasized the importance of transparency in judicial actions related to environmental issues. “Justice is the voice of those who cannot speak,” she said, adding that such initiatives strengthen the State of Mexico’s environmental legal framework and guarantee the right to a healthy environment.

The program featured expert presentations, including a keynote by Alejandra Rabasa Salinas from Mexico’s Supreme Court on the role of judges in protecting nature and recognizing its intrinsic value. Other sessions included “The Importance of Ethology in Measuring Welfare Based on the Five Domains,” by Claudia Edwards Patiño of CINVESTAV-IPN; “International Environmental Law,” by Ana Laura Acuña Hernández from the Water Network; and a conservation case study in the Bosque de Agua region, presented by Juan Antonio Mondragón Miramontes of Acción Planeta.

The event concluded with a theoretical-practical case presentation by Ecatepec Judge Mónica Mellado Tapia and Pedro Vargas Nava, Director of Litigation at the State Attorney General’s Office. Officials from the Environmental Protection Office, the Commission for Natural Parks, and other state institutions also took part.