Background on Key Figures and Initiatives
Mario Delgado Carrillo, the Secretary of Public Education (SEP), acknowledged the Autoridad Educativa Federal en la Ciudad de México (AEFCM) for receiving the National Award for Human Rights Practices 2025. The award, granted by the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), was given in the “Attention to Complaints” category.
Relevance of the AEFCM and Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Delgado Carrillo highlighted that one of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo’s 100 commitments is to ensure full respect for human rights and combat discrimination. This recognition, he emphasized, is a result of the dedicated efforts of all public servants who have ensured sensitive, timely, and rights-respecting attention to human rights concerns.
Importance of Human Rights in Education
Delgado Carrillo stressed that human rights are not merely a discourse but a daily practice that must be ensured in every classroom, school, and educational decision. He mentioned the Nueva Escuela Mexicana (NEM) as a humanist project that recognizes the dignity of all members within the National Educational System (SEN), placing these principles at the heart of educational transformation.
AEFCM’s Commitment to Human Rights
Luciano Concheiro Bórquez, the AEFCM’s head, accepted the award from CNDH president Rosario Piedra Ibarra. He credited the dedicated work of all public servants for ensuring sensitive, timely, and rights-focused attention to the concerns of the CDMX educational community.
Building a Sensitive, Democratic, and Critical School
Concheiro Bórquez emphasized that the NEM is built with the participation of teachers, students, and families. However, educational transformation also requires institutions capable of listening to, addressing, and resolving community concerns with responsibility.
Continuing the Human Rights Journey
The AEFCM views this distinction as a commitment to continue promoting preventive actions, strengthen the culture of legality, and ensure violence-free and discrimination-free school environments. Concheiro Bórquez expressed gratitude to the SEP, federal agencies, and the CDMX government for their support in institutional work and contributing to a human rights-based, dignified, respectful, and inclusive education for all.
CNDH’s Perspective on Human Rights
Rosario Piedra Ibarra, the CNDH president, reiterated that the National Award for Human Rights is granted with the conviction that human rights are the outcome of historical struggles aimed at securing better living conditions, greater freedom, justice, equality, peace, and democracy – in essence, dignity.
Key Questions and Answers
- Who recognized the AEFCM? Mario Delgado Carrillo, the Secretary of Public Education (SEP).
- What was the award for? The AEFCM received the National Award for Human Rights Practices 2025 in the “Attention to Complaints” category from the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH).
- Why is this recognition important? It highlights the AEFCM’s dedication to ensuring sensitive, timely, and rights-focused attention to human rights concerns within the CDMX educational community.
- What is the Nueva Escuela Mexicana (NEM)? A humanist project that recognizes the dignity of all members within the National Educational System (SEN), placing human rights principles at the heart of educational transformation.
- What did Luciano Concheiro Bórquez emphasize? He credited the dedicated work of all public servants for ensuring sensitive, timely, and rights-focused attention to the concerns of the CDMX educational community.
- What is the significance of this award for the AEFCM? The AEFCM views it as a commitment to continue promoting preventive actions, strengthen the culture of legality, and ensure violence-free and discrimination-free school environments.
- What is the CNDH’s stance on human rights? Rosario Piedra Ibarra, the CNDH president, affirmed that human rights are the outcome of historical struggles aimed at securing better living conditions, greater freedom, justice, equality, peace, and democracy – in essence, dignity.
