Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

March 26, 2025

On the Frontline of Land Defense in the Amazon in Brazil


Defending Land Rights in the Amazon in Brazil

The land defenders say they will remain mobilized until their rights are guaranteed. “We will not leave. We left our homes, we have children, young people and the elderly here. This is to resist. We will not give up our territory."




The Temporal Framework thesis establishes that indigenous peoples can only claim lands that they occupied or disputed on the date of the promulgation of the Federal Constitution , on October 5, 1988. The proposal, however, was considered unconstitutional by the STF, in September 2023.

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