The Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR), through the Legal Department, holds the "Training Workshop for young people and leaders in legal operators", with the theme: "Human Rights and International Law". The activity will take place between March 22 and 24, at the Lago Caracaranã Regional Center, T.I Raposa Serra do Sol, municipality of Normandia, in person, but according to the legal advisory, all protection measures will be taken.
The event will have the participation of about 80 indigenous leaders from all regions who act as indigenous operators in rights. The program has existed for more than 15 years and trains leaders in some legal lines and to understand the organizational structure of the Brazilian state and how it works, and to ensure the participation of communities in decision-making instances. And the active participation of leaders takes place, reaching more people who help indigenous communities to know their rights, indigenous laws, environmental laws, human rights, the violation of these rights and the ways to make complaints.
This year, the workshop will focus on addressing indigenous rights in the Federal Constitution, the judgment of the Time Frame, PL 191/2020, the Statute of the Indian (Law No. 6,001/1973), the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, ILO Convention 169, the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in addition to other international Human Rights frameworks (Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the American Declaration on Human Rights (Pact of San José de Costa Rica) and analysis of the situation on these topics, and the threats, especially in the face of proposed bills that threaten to roll back the rights conquered.
Activities like these have been carried out for a few years, including in 2021 with Warao indigenous people at the Janokoida Shelter, in Pacaraima. The leaders who receive the training play a fundamental role in the communities and in the Territorial Surveillance and Monitoring Posts located within indigenous lands. On several occasions, operators have already spoken out against the "Time Frame Thesis", as they understand that it frontally hurts the original rights of indigenous peoples.
The workshop is supported by UNICEF, the NIATERO Foundation and the FORD FOUNDATION.
(Photo 1: Leaders say "No to the Time Frame" at the XII State Meeting of Indigenous Law Operators)
Photo 2: CIR in partnership with UNICEF holds I Workshop of Operators of Rights to Warao indigenous people
