Amendment On Declarations Of Tangible And Intangible Cultural Heritage

On November 19, 2025, the Gaceta Parlamentaria published the initiative titled "Amendment to various provisions of the General Law of Culture and Cultural Rights; the Federal Law for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples and Communities; and the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration, regarding declarations of tangible and intangible cultural heritage", submitted by Representative Mónica Fernández César of the Morena Parliamentary Group.

The initiative seeks to allow the issuance of Declarations of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage, granting various government bodies new powers to issue and register them. Among the amendments, the inclusion of the verb "to declare" cultural heritage within the actions the authority may undertake stands out, which is significant—and in some respects concerning—due to the level of discretion it could grant in determining which cultural expressions become subject