TEDIC has released a new study titled “History of electronic voting in Paraguay” in the framework of a project funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). This study is part of a series of publications that seek to guide and inform about the intersection of technology and democracy from a political, legal, philosophical, technical, […]
TEDIC has launched a new study called “Propaganda in Social Networks Exists: Monitoring electoral spending on Facebook Ads in the Municipal Elections of 2021 in Asunción,” with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). TEDIC has been carrying out advocacy actions for years in order to achieve greater transparency and scrutiny over the […]
In Paraguay, a woman who reported being a victim of sexual harassment has been forced into exile after civil and criminal prosecution. This November 1st, the Association of Technology, Education, Development, Research and Communication (TEDIC) and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) will file a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights […]
Introduction In times of digitalization of state services, creation of digital identities and automation of bureaucratic processes, there is a great interest in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in public administration that legitimately seeks to strengthen the principles of efficiency, flexibility in public management, and institutional transparency. In Paraguay, the Judiciary will implement Artificial […]
*This article was originally published in the GNI website. The Global Network Initiative (GNI) is pleased to announce that the digital rights and civic technology organization TEDIC, based in Paraguay, has joined GNI’s civil society constituency. “We provide legal, technical, and political analyses around issues of Internet governance and develop and promote the use of […]
In recent years, TEDIC has carried out several actions on the implementation of electronic voting in Paraguay, with special focus on concerns about the implications of implementing this technology in the casting of votes in the electoral system, and its impact on the democratic system. Among these actions, this year TEDIC invited three experts to […]
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a UN international mechanism that periodically examines the Human Rights performance of Paraguay and all 193 UN Member States. The Working Group of the UN-UPR, composed of the UN Human Rights Council’s 47 Members States, studies reports made by civil organizations and performs a review of each country once […]
