FOCUS: The Struggle for Autonomy Among Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples. Between the recognition of rights and autonomy built “from below”

On August 7, the consultation process for the General Law on the Rights of Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples began amid conflicting positions. While the Mexican government—and, in particular, the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI)—maintains that the process aims to ensure the direct participation of communities in drafting the new legislation, various indigenous peoples and organizations question the way it is being carried out and believe that there has not been sufficiently broad deliberation.