Country: Mexico
Committee: UNICEF
Topic (A or B): Same-sex adoption: a taboo or children's hope
Delegate: Julio Cesar Breton Perez
School: Instituto Anglo Español
An adoption between same-sex couples is when a homosexual couple seeks to
make a family bi adopting an infant. In 1979 in the United states it was the first
homoparental adoption and in Holland was the first country in the world to take the
step. The law was approved at the end of decembre 2000 with the support of
parties from across the political spectrum( only 33 of the 142 deputies, those
belonging to christian parties, voted against).
As the law accepted same sex adoption, there were people who did not accept
this, so their partners and children suffered harassment and violence because of
how people would view this.
According to what was expressed by the author Carbonell, the constitutional legal
system has organized the family based on marriage, reprimanding or ignoring
those who did not comply with that form of coexistence. In relation to the
constitutional mandate of article 4, It is important to highlight the fact that the
Political Constitution of the United Mexican States. In accordance with the
provisions of article 1 of the Constitution in paragraph V, it states that “all
discrimination motivated by sexual preferences or marital status or any other that
violates human dignity is prohibited, therefore, secondary legislation must, adapt to
the provisions of the aforementioned legal norm as an imperative principle, to
recognize the same rights and obligations of spouses and mere cohabitants;
Likewise in relation to the recognition as family of unions between people of the
same sex without there being a impairment in their protection. The results obtained
