Mexican Supreme Court Explores Artificial Intelligence for Access to Justice

The Mexican Supreme Court has initiated efforts to leverage artificial intelligence technologies to reduce structural inequalities in access to the legal system for rural and indigenous populations. Led by Hugo Aguilar Ortiz, the court aims to incorporate traditional legal knowledge into the federal framework and make judicial processes understandable through transparent human oversight.

While rural and indigenous populations in Latin American justice systems struggle to obtain legal representation, artificial intelligence is being positioned not as a replacement for human judges, but as a tool to mitigate these barriers. In this context, under the leadership of Mexican Supreme Court official Hugo Aguilar Ortiz, steps have been taken to integrate the knowledge of indigenous and Afro-Mexican communities into the federal legal framework.

As of January 2026, the Social Research System, which validates traditional legal knowledge, was implemented. Furthermore, criteria emphasizing transparency and human oversight were established for the use of artificial intelligence in federal courts. Through a collaboration signed with Wikimedia México in 2026, the goal is to open legal and historical collections to public access. The developed artificial intelligence systems are planned to provide guidance to citizens in their own languages and assist legal professionals in finding social precedents.