Constitutional Reform: AI in the Administration of Justice (art. 17 CPEUM)

What it is. Adds a third paragraph to article 17 of the Constitution — the constitutional foundation of the package: recognizes the use of AI tools in the administration of justice under principles of human supervision and transparency.

Who. Senator Agustín Dorantes Lámbarri (PAN). When. Presented to the Comisión Permanente (Permanent Commission) on July 8, 2026. Status. Referred to the Joint Commissions on Justice; Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation on Artificial Intelligence in Mexico; and Legislative Studies, Second.

The Principles It Establishes

Subjects the use of artificial intelligence tools to ten guiding principles: legality, transparency, traceability, human supervision, explainability, protection of personal data, non-discrimination, accountability, proportionality, and information security. The responsibility for actions and rulings remains with judges and public servants with judicial functions: AI cannot replace legal reasoning, automatically assess evidence, determine contested facts, or make decisions without human intervention.

Why It Matters

It is one of 14 mirror initiatives that Senator Dorantes presented on July 8, 2026, to insert the same chapter, "On the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools," into nearly all Mexican procedural law — from administrative and labor proceedings to criminal, commercial, agrarian, and military law — in addition to a reform to article 17 of the Constitution. Collectively, they pursue a single standard: AI as an auxiliary tool, under human supervision, without substituting the judgment of whoever judges or decides.

Sources

Record from the Observatorio IA México archive. Summary verified against the official source.