The Institute’s report signals a setback in the guarantee of rights
In 2014, the National Truth Commission (CNV) identified several human rights violations committed during the period of the military dictatorship (1964-1985). The final report proposed dozens of recommendations, including the establishment of a specific commission to investigate crimes against indigenous peoples.
An analysis conducted by the Vladimir Herzog Institute, in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Brasil Foundation, shows that, in the case of indigenous peoples, there has been no progress in relation to the recognition and reparation of violations, on the contrary, there have been been setbacks in guaranteeing the rights of these populations.
Thirteen recommendations relating to indigenous peoples have been proposed. However, the document Strengthening Democracy: Monitoring the National Truth Commission’s Recommendations points out that there have only been setbacks in this area. Among the measures, the apology of the Brazilian state for the deposition of the traditional territories of the original populations and other violence committed in this process is foreseen. Under repairs, the lands should be returned and the invaders, who currently occupy part of these areas, removed.
The Vladimir Herzog Institute report highlights, however, that there was a 63 percent increase in the number of indigenous people murdered in the period 2019 to 2020, by miners and landowners. According to a survey by the Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi), the dead have risen from 113 to 182. The document also points out that there has been a suspension of demarcations during the entire government of President Jair Bolsonaro.
There is also the threat of the so-called time milestone, a 2007 bill that stipulates that indigenous peoples would only be entitled to the lands they occupied when the 1988 Constitution came into force. The issue is currently under consideration. of the Federal Supreme Court (STF). If the argument is not rejected by the Supreme Court, several indigenous land demarcations may be reviewed.
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In addition to the topic of indigenous peoples, the National Truth Commission report made 29 recommendations. Of these, according to an analysis by the Vladimir Herzog Institute, only two were treated. The National Security Law was revoked and the custody hearing was instituted, ensuring all prisoners are heard by a judge within 24 hours, as a way to combat torture and illegal detention.
The report also points out that six of the recommendations have been partially complied with. Most, however, either failed to implement the situation on 14 of the points listed, or suffered setbacks in seven of the cases.
Among the recommendations that have encountered setbacks is that of banning the commemoration of the 1964 coup. In recent years, the practice has not only not been banned, as the report points out, but it has even been encouraged by the Presidency of the Republic. For the past four years, the Ministry of Defense has been issuing agendas to celebrate the day the dictatorship was established in Brazil.
Another setback signaled by the document is the dismantling of the Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture, created in 2015. In 2019, according to the report, the body’s capacity to act was reduced, reaching the present day practically inoperative.
Source: Terra
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