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Publications and Reports - Brazil


This site contains documents prepared by FPP, information from our partners and other materials of relevance to indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities and forests.

Documents, listed below in date order, can be downloaded free or printed copies can be ordered from julia@forestpeoples.org.

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Publication
Format
Raposa Serra do Sol
NGO submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Update on the situation of the indigenous peoples of Raposa Serra do Sol since CERD's review in July 2007, and a request to the Committee to issue a final decision
January 2008
pdf (0.1Mb)
Raposa Serra do Sol
NGO submission to the United Nations regarding the situation of indigenous peoples in Raposa Serra do Sol, Roraima, for consideration by the Human Rights Council when it reviews Brazil´s human rights situation in April 2008

Submission by the Conselho Indigena de Roraima, Forest Peoples Programme, Rainforest Foundation US and University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program
19 November 2007    -   Press release   /   Boletim de Imprensa
pdf (0.8Mb)
Raposa Serra do Sol
CERD letter to Government of Brazil

UN Commitee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expresses grave concerns that the security and respect for the land rights of the Macuxi, Wapichana, Taurepang, Ingaricó and Patamona indigenous peoples of Raposa Serra do Sol (RSS) in the State of Roraima, Brazil “has not improved or has even deteriorated.” Strong recommendations include completion of “the final and total removal of non-indigenous occupants of the RSS indigenous lands”. CERD calls upon the Government to report to them by 30 November 2007.
24 August 2007
pdf (0.2Mb)
Carta do Presidente do Comitê CERD enviada ao Governo Brasileiro
24 de agosto de 2007
pdf (0.1Mb)
Notícia
Organizações Indígenas de Roraima e governo federal assinam acordo para proteção de direitos indígenas
link
Raposa Serra do Sol
Letter to Brazil's Ambassador from UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Requests further information on the situation of the indigenous peoples of Raposa Serra do Sol in preparation for CERD's 71st session (July-August 2007)
14 March 2007
pdf (0.2Mb)
Raposa Serra do Sol
Hearing held by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the human rights situation in Raposa Serra do Sol, Northern Brazil

Press release
2 March 2007
pdf (0.1Mb)

Raposa Serra do Sol
Submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

To hold Brazil accountable for its failure to protect the fundamental rights of the Ingaricó, Wapichana, Patamona, Macuxi and Taurepang Indigenous Peoples of Northern Brazil
1 March 2007

  • Audio link to the hearing:
    http://www.iachr.org/Audiencias/Audios%20hearings%20127%20PS.htm
    then select:
    "Petition 250/04 –Ingarico, Wapichana, Patamona, Macuxi and Taurepang indigenous peoples, Brazil"
  • pdf (0.2Mb)
     
    Shrimp farming: socio-environmental disaster in Northeast Brazilian mangrove ecosystems
    Synthesis by Prof. Jeovah Meireles, Forum in Defense of the Coastal Zone of Ceara, Brazil, (FDZCC)
    November 2006
    pdf
    Raposa Serra do Sol
    United Nations Committee asks Brazil to explain allegations of escalating violence and hatred towards indigenous peoples

    Press Release
    Tuesday, 10 October 2006
    pdf
    Raposa Serra do Sol
    Comitê das Nações Unidas pede explicação ao Brasil sobre Alegações de Violência y Ódio Racial Crescente contra Povos Indígenas

    Boletim de Imprensa:
    terça-feira, 10 de outubro de 2006
    pdf
    Raposa Serra do Sol
    Comité de las Naciones Unidas pide explicaciones de Brasil respecto a las acusaciones del aumento de la violencia y el odio racial hacia los pueblos indígenas

    Comunicado de Prensa:
    Martes, 10 de octubre de 2006
    pdf
    Shrimp farming - Letter of Fortaleza
    Declaration by Brazilian community and indigenous peoples' organisations, researchers, NGOs and others at the seminar on 'Mangroves and Community Life: the socio-environmental impacts of shrimp farming'
    Fortaleza-Ceará-Brazil
    August 2006
    pdf
    Request for follow-up report on the status of the demarcation of indigenous lands in Raposa Serra do Sol, Brazil
    Letter from the UN Racial Discrimination Committee (CERD) to the Permanent Mission of Brazil
    18 August 2006
    pdf
    Solicite para relatório de continuação no estado do demarcation de terras indígenas Raposa Serra do Sol, Brasil
    Letra da ONU Comitê para a Eliminação da Discriminação Racial (CEDR) à Missão Permanente de Brasil
    18 agosto 2006
    pdf
    Solictud para un informe de seguimiento sobre la situacion de la demarcacion de las tierras indigenas de Raposa Serra do Sol, Brasil
    Carta del Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial (CEDR) a la Misión permanente de Brasil
    18 de agosto de 2006
    pdf
    Submission to the UN Racial Discrimination Committee (CERD) for Procedures to Avoid Immediate and Irreparable Harm to the Indigenous Peoples of Raposa Serra Do Sol, Brazil
    and Follow-Up on Brazil's State Party Report (CERD/C/431/Add.8)
    submitted by the Conselho Indígena de Roraima, the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona, The Rainforest Foundation US, and the Forest Peoples Programme
    22 June 2006
    pdf
    Petição ao Comitê para Eliminação da Discriminação Racial da ONU (CERD) iniciando procedimentos para evitar danos urgentes e irreparáveis aos povos indígenas da Raposa Serra do Sol, Brasil
    e Monitoramento do Relatório do Estado brasileiro ( CERD/C/431/Add.8) enviado pelo Conselho Indígena de Roraima, Rainforest Foundation US, Programa de Direito e Politica Indígena da Universidade do Arizona, e Forest Peoples Programme
    22 de junho de 2006
    pdf
    Indigenous people of Brazil and activists block roads of the Procter & Gamble transnational company in Germany
    Transnational companies steal indigenous lands in Brazil to produce paper handkerchiefs
    Press release from CIMI (Brazil) and Robin Wood (Germany)
    4 May 2006
    html
    Reported police brutality and forced eviction of indigenous land-holders in Espirito Santo State
    FPP letter of concern to President of Brazil
    31 January 2006
    html
    Broken Promises:
    How World Bank Group policies fail to protect forests and forest peoples’ rights

    Joint NGO publication illustrating how World Bank Group (WBG) forest-related policies and practice are posing an ever greater threat to forests and forest-dependent peoples around the world
    April 2005
    pdf (1.5Mb)
    look & buy
    Indigenous villages razed - people shot in Northern Brazil
    Press release issued by Rainforest Foundation US and the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR)
    24 November 2004
    html
    Ashaninka Indigenous People want to guarantee their territory and security for their families
    October 2004

     

     

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