Analysis of (In) Effectiveness of the Right to Prior Consultation to Indigenous Peoples in Brazil

• Main Authors: Lucas Rodrigues Vieira, Erica Fabiola Brito Tuma
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI) 2017-02-01
• Series: Revista de Direitos Humanos e Efetividade
• Subjects: Povos indígenas; Direito à consulta; Direitos humanos; Concretização; Brasil.
• Online Access: http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/revistadhe/article/view/1549

This paper aims to analyze how the right to prior, free and informed consultation has been effected to indigenous peoples in Brazil. First, the protection will be discussed at the international level such rights to indigenous communities. Will study the ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as the importance of International Mechanisms of Human Rights. After that, focus will be given to the inter-American human rights system. Finally, it will be held discussion on the realization of the right to consultation of indigenous peoples in Brazil.