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Human Rights Crisis of the Guarani-Kaiowa in Brazil

Summary

This motion addresses the severe violence and humanitarian crisis facing the Guarani-Kaiowa indigenous people in Brazil, calling for land protection and human rights investigations.
10 24.11.2016
Other
environment
human rights
social policy
international relations

Key points

  • There is an escalating wave of violence against the Guarani-Kaiowa people, including numerous murders and high suicide rates.
  • The Brazilian Constitution recognizes the original rights of indigenous people to their ancestral lands, but these rights remain largely unregulated.
  • International standards, such as those from the International Labour Organization, require the free and informed consent of indigenous peoples regarding their lands.
  • A humanitarian crisis is unfolding due to extreme poverty and high rates of chronic malnutrition among indigenous children.
Documents (PDFs)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani-Kaiowá in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso Do Sul MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani-Kaiowa in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso Do Sul MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani-Kaiowa in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso Do Sul MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani-Kaiowa in Brazilian State of Mato Grosso do Sul MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani-Kaiowa in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani-Kaiowa in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani-Kaiowa in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Guarani Kaiowa people in Brazil Situation of the Guarani-Kaiowá in the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso do Sul
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