Secretary of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Edson Fachin has given Presidents Jair Bolsonaro and Funai five days to express their views on the Articulation action of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, requesting that precautionary measures be taken to ensure the protection of isolated groups. .
In a document that spans more than 120 pages and references the claims of native Bruno Pereira, who also died in the Amazon, the indigenous entity denounced the risk of genocide. According to them, the initiative “aims to avoid irreparable harm to indigenous peoples and to present and future generations, Brazil and Humanity”.
“There is a real risk that the very serious failures of the federal government to protect the life, safety and psychophysical integrity of isolated indigenous peoples and those with recent contact in Brazil could even lead to the extermination of certain ethnic groups,” they warn. .
“There is a risk of genocide, as local organizations, the press, and various international institutions and organizations have warned. Also, if nothing is done, there is a risk of delaying the execution of an indigenous policy that is extremely harmful to indigenous peoples. As has been and has been heavily portrayed in the national and international media,” he warned. .
In response, Fachin stated on Friday, July 1, that “in actions of a structural nature, such as those present, section 12-f of Law no. 9869 of 1999 recommends taking precautionary action before carrying out the injunction review, particularly when they seek recognition of a negligence.” resting of the responsible organs”. Therefore, the Presidency and the National Indian Foundation were summoned to provide the information they deem necessary within five days.”
Fachin will also allow three days after the deadline to hear the Attorney General.
In the petition, the group requests an injunction to instruct the Federal Union “to take all necessary measures to guarantee the full protection of the areas with the presence of 118 indigenous peoples alone and recently contacted.”
Indigenous people are calling for an Action Plan within 60 days to regulate and protect indigenous lands, with the presence of isolated and recently contacted indigenous peoples. The plan should include programs of action, including completing the demarcation of the Kawahiva do Rio Pardo indigenous lands in the isolated aboriginal state of Mato Grosso.
An action plan is also required to carry out surveillance, control and protection activities aimed at ensuring the integrity of indigenous lands and controlling invasions.
The petition also requests that the STF “instruct the Federal Union to implement the financial contribution of new resources to Funai” within 30 days. . isolated and recently contacted indigenous peoples, including physical restructuring, the opening of new conservation units, and certain items for recruitment”.
The request also requests that the STF establish “recognition of the isolated lifestyle as a declaration of the right of isolated indigenous peoples to free self-determination, considering that the act of isolation is sufficient for consultation purposes under the provisions of the Convention”. International Organization (ILO) No. 169, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, international human rights norms internalized in the Brazilian legal system”.
Apib requests fines, including personnel if necessary, for non-compliance with the requested measures. In their view, the amounts should be allocated to the Funai budget, with special application in policies to protect the then isolated and recently contacted indigenous peoples.
“The Federal Government has acted absolutely irresponsibly with regard to the protection of the land, self-determination, lives and customs of Isolated and Recently Contacted Indigenous Peoples,” the document states.
“The actions and omissions of the Public Power put some indigenous peoples at real risk of genocide, use with a short validity that could result in the extermination of entire ethnic groups. Likewise, Ethno-environmental Protection Bases and Fronts are threatened daily. by the presence of various invaders, namely: loggers, prospectors, fishermen, hunters, drug smugglers, missionaries, landowners and land usurpers”.
source: Noticias
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