Brazil
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Brazil’s Marco Temporal: Indigenous Land Rights at a Crossroads
Tags Share Brazil is in the midst of a high-stakes battle over Indigenous land rights, centered on the controversial concept of the Marco Temporal, or “time frame” thesis. This legal theory would limit Indigenous territorial claims to lands physically occupied – or under legal dispute – on October 5, 1988, the date Brazil’s current Constitution
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International organizations Stand in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples of Brazil
Tags Share Washington D.C., London, Rio de Janeiro,June 7, 2023 On May 30, the Lower House of the Brazilian Congress passed Bill 490/2007, which aims to establish restrictions on the demarcation process of Indigenous lands. These territories hold critical importance in safeguarding the Amazon rainforest and other Brazilian biomes, as well as the rights and
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Alessandra Korap Munduruku: ‘I will never stop fighting and defending my river’
Tags Share Each year in April the world celebrates Earth Day, but the need to really tackle environmental protection has never been more urgent than now. While States and businesses continue failing to articulate and follow through on actions to address the climate crisis and protect from its impact the communities most affected by it,
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ advocacy and litigation teams testify to plights of Black migrants in U.S., Brazil’s indigenous population
Tags Share The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearings laid bare the plights of Black migrants in the U.S. and Brazil’s Indigenous communities when the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ international and U.S. advocacy and litigation teams testified last week. During the hearings, Daniel Tse, joint legal fellow with RFKHR and the Haitian Bridge Alliance,
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Brazil: Civil Society Organizations Denounce Human Rights Violations of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Tags Share Brasilia, Washington D.C.October 28, 2022 As the context for indigenous peoples in Brazil is increasingly hostile and adverse as the State continues to direct efforts to infringe on their territorial rights threaten the legitimate and safe occupancy of their territories, the organizations Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB), Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas
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Brasil: Organizações da Sociedade Civil Denunciam ante a Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos as Violações Contra os Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas no Brasil
Tags Share Brasilia, Washington D.C.28 de Outubro 2022. O contexto para os povos indígenas no Brasil é cada vez mais hostil e adverso, na medida em que o Estado direciona esforços para violar seus direitos territoriais por meio de medidas fáticas e jurídicas que ameaçam a habitação legítima e segura de seus territórios. Além disso,
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Brasil: Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil Denuncian Violaciones a los Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos Indígenas en Brasil ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
Tags Share Brasilia, Washington D.C. 28 de octubre de 2022. El contexto para los pueblos indígenas en Brasil es cada vez más hostil y adverso en la medida en la que el Estado dirige esfuerzos para infringir sus derechos territoriales a través de medidas fácticas y legales que amenazan la habitación legítima y segura de
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The Human Rights Situation of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples: 5 things to know before Wednesday’s IACHR Hearing
Tags Share Brazil is home to almost 900,000 Indigenous persons from over 305 ethnic groups and speaking more than 250 languages! Brazil is home to almost 900,000 Indigenous persons with more than half of those people living in rural areas. Many of Brazil’s indigenous territories are in the Amazon rainforest, and the country has more
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A Situação dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas no Brasil: 5 coisas que você precisa saber antes da Audiência desta quarta-feira.
Tags Share O Brasil abriga quase 900.000 indígenas pertencentes a mais de 305 etnias e que falam mais de 250 idiomas. O Brasil abriga quase 900.000 indígenas, com mais da metade deles vivendo em áreas rurais. Muitos dos territórios indígenas do Brasil estão na Floresta Amazônica, e o país tem mais comunidades indígenas isoladas do
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La Situación de Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos Indígenas de Brasil: 5 cosas que saber antes de la Audiencia el miércoles
Tags Share Brasil es hogar de casi 900.000 personas indígenas pertenecientes a más de 305 grupos étnicos y hablando más de 250 idiomas. Brasil es hogar de casi 900.000 personas indígenas con más de la mitad de ellas viviendo en áreas rurales. Muchos de los territorios indígenas de Brasil se encuentran en la selva amazónica,
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New Amicus Brief on Freedom of Expression and Association in Brazil
Tags Share On July 13, 2022, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in partnership with Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, Odhikar, the National Union of Institutions for Social Action Work (UNITAS), Kazakhstan International Bureau For Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR), the International Service for Human Rights, Institute for Human Rights and Development
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Nuevo Amicus Curiae sobre la Libertad de Expresión y Asociación en Brasil
Tags Share En julio 13 de 2022, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, en colaboración con el Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Pretoria, Odhikar, la Unión Nacional de Instituciones para el Trabajo de Acción Social (UNITAS), la Oficina Internacional de Kazajstán para los Derechos Humanos y el Estado de Derecho (KIBHR), el Servicio
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