MÉXICO FRENTE AL DERECHO HUMANO A LA LIBERTAD DE CONCIENCIA Y DE RELIGIÓN*: ESTÁNDARES DE PROTECCIÓN EN SEDE NACIONAL E INTERAMERICANA

Abstract

In Mexico, more than 95% of the population professes some kind of religion. The constitutional framework, since the promulgation of the Fundamental Norms of 1857, 1917 and its reforms have set the basis for the development of laicity and religious freedom. Mexico recognizes itself as a laic nation whose process of secularization sought, above all, the equality of people against the State. The aim of the present text is to show the Mexican context and the legal framework that seeks to protect the free and full exercise of religious freedom in the reality that contains a diversity of religions, cults and consciences. There is still time to overcome the prevailing religious intolerance and to ensure that religious freedom is guaranteed to every person. The Mexican State has a sufficient legal structure to prevent any intervention that affects the development of the Democratic State of Law but still needs to consolidate the guarantee of this right. And its progressivity.