Mexico begins consultation process with over 16,000 communities on new Indigenous rights law

Mexico's federal government will consult over 16,000 Indigenous and Afro-Mexican communities on a proposed General Law on the Rights of Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples before sending it to Congress in October. The law, based on the new Article 2 of the Mexican Constitution, aims to recognize these communities as legal subjects with rights to autonomy and participation in public life.