Summary of the matter addressed in the submission:

The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with respect to the conservation and protection of Los Remedios National Park, in Naucalpan, State of Mexico.

The Submitter states that park was created by presidential decree, on 15 April 1938, and in 1995 the park administration was ceded to the State of Mexico and the Municipality of Naucalpan. The Submitter also asserts that federal, state and municipal authorities are required to develop a management program to protect and conserve the park, and as of today, the program has yet to be fully established. The Submitter provides information regarding the alleged irregular partitioning of the park area, and further maintains that the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) has unjustifiably held a 1970 presidential decree that created a housing zone had implicitly, though partially, superseded the 1938 presidential decree, even though—the Submitter underlines— it "does not correspond to the same area" as the 1938 decree.

The Secretariat acknowledged receipt of a submission and began a preliminary analysis of it under the guidelines.

Submission — Submission authored by Submitter(s) on 16/07/2009

Under guideline 3.10, the Secretariat requested the submitter(s) to correct minor errors of form.

Acknowledgement — Communication to Submitter(s) authored by Secretariat on 22/07/2009

The Submitters corrected the minor errors of form.

Submission — Submission authored by Submitter(s) on 6/08/2009

The Secretariat began reviewing the submission under Article 14(1).

Acknowledgement — Communication to Submitter(s) authored by Secretariat on 10/08/2009