127 521. The representatives requested the express prohibition, under pain of punishment, for any current or future official within the three levels of government to make a denigrating statement or to act disparagingly or to minimize violations of the rights of women, in particular to deny or to play down the existence of violence against women in the context of gender-based murders in Ciudad Juárez. They indicated that, at different times in the past, the Mexican State has insisted in diminishing, detracting from or minimizing the causes and effects of the murder and disappearance of hundreds of women in that city, and they added that the attitude of the authorities has been notoriously discriminatory. 522. The State provided information on the General Law on Gender Equality, published in 2006, the purpose of which is to regulate and guarantee equality between women and men, and to propose institutional mechanisms and guidelines to assist the Mexican State in achieving substantive equality in the public and private spheres, promoting the empowerment of women. The law created the National Gender Equality System, established in 2007, and the 2008-2012 National Gender Equality Program was implemented in the context of the application of the law.502 The 2008-2012 National Gender Equality Program was presented in 2008 as part of the 2007-2012 National Development Plan503 and the State indicated that “it contributed to achieving the national objectives, strategies and priorities in relation to substantive equality between women and men.” The program is run by INMUJERES. The law has been replicated in the state of Chihuahua since 2007 with the publication of the Chihuahua state Law to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination.504 523. The State alleged that the General Law on Access of Women to a Life without Violence, published in 2007, establishes “the bases for preventing, dealing with and eliminating violence against women of any age in the public and private spheres,” as well as the “guiding principles to ensure that women have access to a life without violence in the federal and local spheres; legal equality between women and men; respect for the human dignity of women; non-discrimination and freedom for women.” It added that this law “identifies the mechanisms for prevention and also for providing protection and assistance to women and girls to eliminate violence against them, and establishes the obligation of the municipal, state and federal public security agencies, and organs for the administration of justice, to offer special and appropriate protection and care to women victims.”505 Lastly, the Law to Protect the Rights of Boys, Girls and Adolescents establishes that the purpose of protecting their rights is to ensure their full and integral development, which includes the possibility to achieving physical, mental, emotional, social and moral development in equal conditions.506 502 Cf. General Law on Gender Equality, published in the Federation’s Official Gazette on August 2, 2006 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XLIII, attachment 106, folios 16079 to 16089). 503 Cf. 2007-2012 National Development Plan, strategy 5.4 of focal point 1, and objective 16 of focal point 3 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XLII, attachment 84, folios 15495 to 15792). 504 Cf. State of Chihuahua Law to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination, supra note 459, folios 16164 to 16178. 505 Cf. General Law on Access of Women to a Life without Violence, supra note 124, folios 16091 to 16107. 506 Cf. Law to Protect the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents, supra note 420, folios 16049 to 16063.