The right of access to public information and indigenous languages ​​in Mexico

Abstract

Human rights are necessary in a society where equality and equity seek to combat biases-built century after century. This article aims to analyse the regulatory design of the right of access to information at the national level. On the other hand, the transparency laws of Mexico City, State of Mexico, Yucatan, Chiapas, Oaxaca and Tabasco are studied, in order to verify the inclusion of indigenous languages in the processes of access to information. A conceptual framework is addressed to examine the national and international antecedents in terms of transparency, as well as the way in which the Transparency Institutes and the State seek to include indigenous languages in accountability processes.