In May 2025, a legislative bill introduced by a member of the Paraguayan Senate was debated, proposing the establishment of a forty-hour working week. Its almost immediate rejection came as no surprise, given that the forty-eight‑hour working week—officially adopted in 1936 under the government of Rafael Franco—remains, to this day, largely unobserved. The proposal was … Read more

Between 20 April and 1 May 2026, the 25th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (hereinafter, the Permanent Forum) took place. The Permanent Forum is an advisory body to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), established in the year 2000 with the mandate to examine issues pertaining to Indigenous … Read more

On April 27, the lacommunis Association and the Human Rights Institute of the University of San Carlos de Guatemala (IDHUSAC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Inter-institutional Cooperation, with the aim of strengthening joint initiatives in areas of mutual interest. The agreement was signed by Sergio Morales, director of IDHUSAC, and Ricardo Changala, president of … Read more

On October 3, 2025, Chile’s National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented the third edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index (ILIA). ILIA is organized into three dimensions: Enabling Factors (digital infrastructure, human talent, and data), Research, Development, and Adoption, and Governance. Based … Read more

On February 26, 2025, in Oxford, United Kingdom, the creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, once again asserted that a new WWW is possible. About a year ago, Berners-Lee published an open letter explaining his reasons for wanting to change the current state of the WWW, as well as the direction he believes … Read more

In February 2025, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report titled “The Land of Our People, Forever.” The report documents violations of collective rights against the Numu/Nuwu and Newe peoples, whose reservations are located in Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone territories—ancestral lands spanning parts of California, Nevada, and … Read more

Mexico: Creation of the Presidential Commission on Indigenous Peoples and Afrodescendants On January 17, 2025, the creation of the Presidential Commission on Justice and Regional Development Plans for Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples was published in the Official Federal Gazette. The Commission will be composed of the heads of 29 federal executive agencies and offices, under … Read more

South Africa, also called “the cradle of human kind”, is a complex bio-diverse country with violent historical events, especially, during and after the colonization period. The territory of South Africa was colonized by different Europeans, firstly the Portuguese in the 15th century. They established commercial routes along the coast but did not establish significant settlements. … Read more