{"id":38212,"date":"2023-09-29T14:49:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=38212"},"modified":"2023-10-25T22:16:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:16:44","slug":"indigenous-leaders-call-on-lula-to-veto-the-timeframe-thesis-bill","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/indigenous-leaders-call-on-lula-to-veto-the-timeframe-thesis-bill\/","title":"Indigenous leaders call on Lula to veto the Timeframe Thesis Bill","content":"

On Friday (29), indigenous, human rights and socioenvironmental organizations sent <\/span>a letter to Lula<\/span><\/a>, asking the president to veto <\/span>Bill 2903\/2023<\/span><\/a>, passed by the Federal Senate this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

The letter was delivered to Tovar da Silva Nunes, head of the Brazilian mission at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland. Indigenous leaders from Brazil are in the European country to denounce rights violations at the United Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Going against the understanding of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), the bill passed by the Senate establishes a timeframe for the demarcation of indigenous land. The Timeframe Thesis holds that indigenous people would only have the right to the land if it was in their possession on the date of the proclamation of the Federal Constitution, in October 1988.  However, it ignores the historic violations that these peoples have suffered over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n