Brazilian advocates' and indigenous organizations' letter to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) concerning Belo Monte hydroelectric dam project in Brazil

A group of Brazilian advocates and indigenous organizations concerned about the large Belo Monte hydroelectric dam project in Brazil have written to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), urging them to adopt the Brazil - Raposa do Sol case, which is being assisted by Forest Peoples Programme, in this October session of the Commission. They have argued that the issues to be discussed are important and would set precedents regarding indigenous peoples' rights that are relevant not just to Raposa, but to other indigenous peoples, and are also important in the larger context of the national dialogues regarding indigenous peoples' rights and development, as well as the Belo Monte dam. Letter in Portugese only.