The Senate project contradicts the Supreme Court decision on indigenous land rights in Brazil in favor of indigenous peoples

A committee of the Brazilian Senate approved this Wednesday a bill that limits indigenous peoples’ land rights and contradicts last week’s Federal Supreme Court ruling in favor of indigenous peoples.

The bill proposes to give the force of law to a “temporary framework” – a proposal rejected by the Federal Supreme Court last Thursday by a majority of nine to two – that limits the rights of indigenous peoples to lands they occupy. October 5, 1988, when the current Brazilian Constitution was promulgated.

After approval by the Senate Committee on the Constitution and Justice by 16 votes in favor and 10 against, the text will be discussed in the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies, where the conservative majority strongly criticizes what it classifies as “intervention.” judiciary in legislative matters.