{"id":22457,"date":"2020-08-06T16:18:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T16:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=22457"},"modified":"2021-04-01T15:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T15:01:21","slug":"on-wednesday-august-5-a-full-session-of-the-supreme-court-upheld-an-injunction-granted-by-justice-luis-roberto-barroso-that-requires-the-federal-government-to-adopt-urgent-measures-to-contain-the-sp","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/on-wednesday-august-5-a-full-session-of-the-supreme-court-upheld-an-injunction-granted-by-justice-luis-roberto-barroso-that-requires-the-federal-government-to-adopt-urgent-measures-to-contain-the-sp\/","title":"Indigenous peoples in the pandemic: what the case in the Supreme Court represents","content":"

On Wednesday, August 5, a full session of the Supreme Court upheld an injunction granted by Justice Luis Roberto Barroso that requires the federal government to <\/span>adopt urgent measures to contain the spread of the pandemic in indigenous territories.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Drafted by <\/span>APIB (Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> in conjunction with the political parties PSB, PCdoB, PSOL, PT, REDE and PDT, the <\/span>A<\/span><\/strong><\/a>DPF (Allegation of Violation of a Fundamental Precept) Case No. 709<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> asks the Judiciary to order the government to adopt <\/span>measures to guarantee the protection of indigenous peoples<\/b> in the context of the serious epidemiological crisis. The requests include the removal of trespassers from the indigenous lands of the Yanomami, Karipuna, Uru-EuWau-Wau, Kayap\u00f3, Ararib\u00f3ia, Munduruku and Trincheira Bacaj\u00e1.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In early July, Justice Luis Roberto Barroso accepted some of the requests to safeguard the indigenous peoples during the pandemic. In his injunction, Barroso determined the <\/span>creation of sanitation barriers around the isolated communities<\/b> in order to prevent the spread of the virus, the creation of a situation room for the management of actions to stop the pandemic reaching isolated or recently contacted indigenous peoples, with the participation of the communities, through APIB, the Office of the Prosecutor- General and the Federal Public Defender\u2019s Office, and the preparation and monitoring of a Plan to Combat Covid-19 for Brazilian Indigenous Peoples, with the participation of indigenous communities, among other measures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The justice also ordered that the services of the <\/span>Indigenous Health Subsystem be accessible to all indigenous villagers<\/b>, regardless of whether their territories have been officially recognized.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This was the decision that was <\/span>accepted by the full session of the Court<\/b> on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The virtual judgment began on Monday, August 3, with the favorable vote of the rapporteur of the case, Justice Luis Roberto Barroso, accompanied by the statement of representatives of the petitioning institutions and amici curiae, and it was concluded on Wednesday, with the votes of the other justices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Watch the full session below:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n