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Brazil's Supreme Court votes to affirm Indigenous land rights in defiance of Congress
The court entrenched Indigenous land rights in the constitution while allowing temporary landowner use until compensation, with a new 10-year demarcation deadline set by Justice Gilmar Mendes.
- On Dec 17, a majority of Brazil's Supreme Court reaffirmed protections to Indigenous land rights on Wednesday, curbing congressional limits and raising tensions with lawmakers.
- Resistance from a powerful farm lobby backed by a conservative majority in Congress drove challenges to Indigenous claims, and the Senate voted this month to amend the constitution in line with the 2023 law.
- By allowing continued land use, the court permitted landowners to keep using Indigenous lands until compensation is paid, with payments likely to take years, and Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes set a 10-year deadline for demarcations after almost four decades.
- Indigenous communities face violent land disputes, with hundreds still awaiting recognition and last year Indigenous peoples were murdered amid conflicts, raising warnings of increased violence from new legal tools.
- Six of the 10 Supreme Court judges voted to treat Indigenous land rights as entrenched, with Justice Flavio Dino saying, `The legislative branch may not, under any pretext, suppress or reduce rights guaranteed to Indigenous peoples.
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Brazil's Supreme Court votes to affirm Indigenous land rights in defiance of Congress
A majority of Brazil's Supreme Court reaffirmed protections for Indigenous land rights on Wednesday, curbing attempts by Congress to limit the recognition of reservations in a ruling likely to stoke tensions between the top court and lawmakers.
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