Article 1916 of Mexico’s Federal Civil Code begins: “Por daño moral se entiende la afectación que una persona sufre en sus sentimientos, afectos, creencias, decoro, honor” (Moral damage means the harm a person suffers in feelings, affections, beliefs, decorum, honor), and the list continues. The person responsible must repair it “mediante una indemnización en dinero” (through compensation in money). At the victim’s request, the judge can also order an extract of the ruling to be published at the offender’s cost.
Mexico City has a separate law on the right to honor, published on May 19, 2006. Its Article 13 states: “El honor es la valoración que las personas hacen de la personalidad ético-social de un sujeto” (Honor is the assessment that people make of a person’s ethical and social personality).