This bill could cancel the indigenous lands demarcation and represent a new genocide to the originating peoples.
The Articulation of Indigenous People From Brazil (Apib) forwarded, this Tuesday (6), to the United Nations (UN) an “urgent appeal” for taking action to stop the processing of the law project 490 bill in the National Congress. The appeal was made together with the Coordination of the Brazilian Amazon ‘s Indigenous Organization (Coiab), Arns Commission, Social-Environmental Institute and Human Rights Conectas
The bill’s text was approved, last week, in the Commission of Constitution and the Justice of Brazilian’s Congress and, according to the entities, cancels the indigenous lands demarcation, threatens the existing territories and takes constitutional rights away.
“We present the information in this urgent appeal to the special procedures of the United Nations and the Special Rapporteur of the CIDH to request the investigation and demand immediate measures by the Brazilian authorities about the legally iresponsable procedures, in particular the Substitute Bill nº 490/2007, in the Brazilian’s Congress, which will violate the indigenous rights in the country, invalidating indigenous lands demarcations, threatening the certified territories and destroying, constitutional rights, and are also incompatible with the international obligations assumed by Brazil in human rights.” highlighted exert of the appeal sent.”
Access the complete file here: Urgent Appeal_Brazil Draft Bill 490
Besides the 490 bill, the document sent to the UN requires all projects of law with similar consequences to be subjected to a wide and detailed democratic debate.