Authority

Mexico - Central Authority

Procuraduría Federal de Protección de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes del Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia
(PFPNNA - SNDIF)
Francisco Sosa No. 439
Col. Del Carmen
Alcaldía Coyoacán
CP. 04100, Alcaldía Coyoacán
Ciudad de México
Tel.: +(55) 3003 2200 Ext. 4429 y 4430

Contact persons:

  • Mtra. Dulce María Mejía Cortés
    Directora General de Representación Jurídica y Restitución de Derechos de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes
    Email: dulce.mejia@dif.gob.mx

Note: In connection with Article 6, paragraph 2, and Article 22, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Systems for Integral Family Development act as the sole Central Authorities in each of the 31 federal units of Mexico, which are listed below. The National System for Integral Family Development has exclusive jurisdiction within the Federal District and subsidiary jurisdiction with the 31 federal units. The Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs acts as the Central Authority for the receipt of documents from other countries.

1. Aguascalientes
2. Baja California
3. Baja California Sur
4. Campeche
5. Coahuila
6. Colima
7. Chiapas **
8. Chihuahua
9. Durango
10. Estado de México
11. Guanajuato		 12. Guerrero
13. Hidalgo
14. Jalisco
15. Michoacán
16. Morelos
17. Nayarit
18. Nuevo León
19. Oaxaca
20. Puebla
21. Querétaro		 22. Quintana Roo
23. San Luis Potosi
24. Sinaloa
25. Sonora
26. Tabasco
27. Tamaulipas
28. Tlaxcala
29. Veracruz
30. Yucatán
31. Zacatecas

** By Note dated 12 September 2001, the Embassy of Mexico at The Hague informed the Permanent Bureau that the Sistema para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia is no longer the Central Authority in the Mexican State of Chiapas. On 8 December 2000, the following Central Authority for the State of Chiapas has been designated:

  • Instituto de Desarrollo Humano
    Libramiento Norte Oriente Salomón González Blanco S/N
    Esquina con Paso Limo
    Colonia Patria Nueva
    Tuxtla Gutiérrez
    Chiapas
    tel.: +52 961 4 3161 / 961 4 1919 (ext. 16)
    fax: +52 961 4 0325 / 961 4 3161
    Contact persons: Ing. José Ismael Orantes Hernández / Lic. Ovidio Alejandor Suasnavar Arroyo

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