Saltillo, Coahuila.- The Directorate to Promote Equality and Prevent Discrimination, in charge of Patricia Yeverino, received this 2022 a total of 14 discrimination complaintsbeing the main causes are due to disability and for acts of discrimination against members of the LGBTIQA+ community.
“We closed with 14 complaints, this represents a bit of a decrease compared to 2021 when there were around 16, and well, let me tell you that we have worked a lot through prevention by working for a dynamic of zero tolerance towards discrimination.
But beyond that, to inhibit those behaviors that could generate an act of discrimination. Work has been done through information for the public to publicize those behaviors that have, at some point, been replicated, that have been perpetuated, so that they know that it has a legal consequence and that this consequence is not only economic, but also in Coahuila, Well, it’s a crime.”Yeverino said.
Regarding the complaints, he pointed out that the highest number was in the People with disabilitiesunlike other years that has been for gender expression“we also had a complaint for illness and by racial ethnicity”.
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Of the 14 complaints, some are still in process, while others have been suspended due to lack of procedural interest, he added and reiterated that work is being done so that they are not replicated again.
“Beyond the file in particular, work is being done in general terms with activities that are aimed at providing information to the population that is identified as discriminatory behavior in order to avoid it and generate, because with this coexistence free of discrimination and also more inclusive”stressed the director.
Patricia Yeverino reported that when a person arrives at the facilities, a psychosocial study that makes your needs visible.
It is then channeled to the area of Psychological attention and after the legal area, because if the person has been a victim or their rights violated by the commission of any act of discriminationthe instruction is to follow up punctually.
At first, in the attention of the emotional health; and in a second, regarding the complaint procedure, so that, once the phases established by the applicable legal system have been exhausted, the person allegedly responsible for the commission of the act is sanctioned.
