This article provides a qualitative discourse analysis of the normative content of the legislative bill on neurorights introduced to the Mexican Senate in 2024. The article identifies recurring patterns of legal redundancy, institutional overlap, and conceptual ambiguity —particularly in relation to data protection, informed consent, and the regulation of neurotechnologies in health, education, labor, and security sectors. Although the bill aims to advance neurorights, especially those regarding mental privacy, mental integrity, psychological continuity, and cognitive liberty, its current structure reproduces existing legal frameworks without substantive innovation or operational clarity. Moreover, it proposes creating new regulatory bodies without sufficient institutional viability. The article argues that, in its present form, the bill risks becoming a symbolic rather than effective legal instrument. The analysis concludes with recommendations for legislative adjustments to the content to ensure coherence with the Mexican legal system and compliance with international human rights standards and emerging technologies.
This article provides a qualitative discourse analysis of the normative content of the legislative bill on neurorights introduced to the Mexican Senate in 2024. The article identifies recurring patterns of legal redundancy, institutional overlap, and conceptual ambiguity —particularly in relation to data protection, informed consent, and the regulation of neurotechnologies in health, education, labor, and security sectors. Although the bill aims to advance neurorights, especially those regarding mental privacy, mental integrity, psychological continuity, and cognitive liberty, its current structure reproduces existing legal frameworks without substantive innovation or operational clarity. Moreover, it proposes creating new regulatory bodies without sufficient institutional viability. The article argues that, in its present form, the bill risks becoming a symbolic rather than effective legal instrument. The analysis concludes with recommendations for legislative adjustments to the content to ensure coherence with the Mexican legal system and compliance with international human rights standards and emerging technologies. Read More