Silvio Almeida defends indigenous rule over land and Brazil in the council of the United Nations

The Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship, Silvio Almeida, said on Monday 27 that the Lula government is working to “guarantee” the indigenous population “effective control over their lands”. In the midst of the global uproar over the deaths of the Yanomami, he defended indigenous peoples’ control of land when he spoke at the 52nd session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva, Switzerland. After the critical tone of the Bolsonaro government and the reintegration of Brazil on the international scene, Almeida has launched a campaign in search of a vacant place for the country in the group for the 2024-2026 mandate.

“We have spared no effort to restore dignity to these populations and ensure effective dominion over their lands for the indigenous peoples of Brazil,” he said. According to him, the PT government has found a “scandalous picture of dismantling, negligence and cruelty” regarding public policies and attention to indigenous peoples.

Silvio Almeida’s first international mission as minister is part of a series of actions in the third term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, which seeks to reposition Brazil on the world stage: “I come today to say that Brazil is back. In a new way, in a new time, Brazil is back”. Part of this strategy is the country’s reintegration into the Human Rights Council. “I would like to recall and recall Brazil’s candidacy for a seat in this Human Rights Council for the 2024-2026 mandate,” he said. “To this end, I ask for the support of the countries present here to contribute in a renewed way to the promotion of human rights everywhere and for all peoples”.

From 2020 to 2022, Brazil served on the council under former minister of women, family and human rights, Damares Alves. During the period, the country moved closer to ultra-conservative governments, such as Hungary, under Victor Orbán. One of the emblematic episodes was the failure to adhere to an act by 60 democracies at the UN in defense of women. At the time, the government said it did not support the use of ambiguous terms such as “sexual and reproductive rights” in the text.

Almeida highlighted the results of the portfolio in these first months of government, such as the creation of the national secretary for the rights of LGBT persons and the council for the promotion of the rights of the homeless population. He also highlighted some concepts of his administration and the government of the PT as a whole. “Women will see their sexual and reproductive rights restored in Brazil and the Unified Health System will welcome back women victims of violence in a proper and humane way. We will return to science as a basis and give new impetus to the anti-asylum struggle , fighting HIV and AIDS and advocating for access to medicines and vaccines, particularly in the context of pandemics such as the one we are experiencing today,” he said.

Mariella

The minister also said those responsible for the murders of Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes and Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira would not go unpunished. “We will fight so that the brutal assassination of a promising Brazilian politician, a courageous black woman and human rights defender, Marielle Franco, does not go unpunished and that the dignity of the struggle for justice is engraved in the memory and spirit of the Brazilian society,” he has declared. . “This also applies to the cowardly murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Philips and many other human rights defenders. They will never be forgotten.”

Last Wednesday, 22, at the request of the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, the Federal Police of Rio opened its own investigation to investigate the murder of Marielle and Anderson. On the verge of completing five years without the identification of the masterminds, the investigation will now be conducted in collaboration with the authorities in Rio de Janeiro. According to the Justice Ministry, the investigation is an internal process, with no deadline for completion.

Source: Terra

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