A/HRC/33/42/Add.1 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on her mission to Brazil* Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Overview of the mission .................................................................................................................. 3 III. Demographic, legal and policy context ............................................................................................ 4 IV. Information presented to the Special Rapporteur ............................................................................. 5 A. Positive measures and initiatives ............................................................................................. 5 B. Violence, threats and killings ................................................................................................... 6 C. Land demarcation .................................................................................................................... 7 D. Role of the National Indian Foundation ................................................................................... 8 E. Access to justice ...................................................................................................................... 8 F. Development projects and the duty to consult ......................................................................... 9 Emblematic cases ............................................................................................................................ 10 A. Belo Monte .............................................................................................................................. 10 B. Tapajós dam complex and São Luiz do Tapajos dam .............................................................. 12 General observations ....................................................................................................................... 13 A. Structural issues ....................................................................................................................... 13 B. Violence and discrimination against indigenous peoples ........................................................ 13 C. Megaprojects, legislative and administrative measures and the duty to consult ...................... 14 D. Land demarcation .................................................................................................................... 15 E. Health, education and social services ...................................................................................... 16 F. Capacity of the National Indian Foundation, paternalism and indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact ................................................. 16 G. Safeguards of the Brazilian Development Bank ..................................................................... 16 H. Corporate responsibility to respect indigenous peoples’ rights ............................................... 17 I. Access to justice ...................................................................................................................... 17 J. Recent developments ............................................................................................................... 17 Conclusion and recommendations .................................................................................................... 19 A. Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 19 B. Recommendations ................................................................................................................... 20 V. VI. VII. * Circulated in the language of submission only. 2