A/HRC/33/42/Add.1 82. The Special Rapporteur also received information regarding an escalation in violence against indigenous peoples and their leaders following her visit. This included reports of increasing violence and discrimination in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul against the Kaingang, Guaranis and Xokleng peoples. 83. In an alarming incident on 14 June 2016, violent attacks by a group of armed men, reportedly organized by fazendeiros (farm or plantation owners), resulted in the death of one Guarani Kaiowá and the injury of several others in Caarapó city, Mato Grosso do Sul. According to information received, the attack occurred in the context of the demarcation of Dourados-Amambaipegua indigenous lands. This land demarcation had been recently initiated following studies by FUNAI, and the community had occupied a parcel of the land. 84. The Special Rapporteur received information on arrests of indigenous leaders in the state of Bahia and has communicated with the Government expressing her concerns. Fears have been expressed that the April 2016 provisional decision of the President of the Supreme Court to suspend the demarcation of the Tupinambá de Olivença indigenous land in Bahia may result in further violence against indigenous peoples. She continues to monitor the situation in both Mato Grosso do Sul and Bahia. 85. Indigenous peoples’ representatives provided information on the elimination by the interim Government of the Ministry of Women, Racial Equality, Youth and Human Rights and the establishment of the human rights secretariat under the Ministry of Justice. They expressed concern about the potential indigenous rights implications of this action and other retrogressive measures purportedly being considered in relation to recent demarcation processes of indigenous lands. 86. The Special Rapporteur shares the concerns and fears of indigenous peoples about regression in legal and institutional protections. In this regard, she stresses the fundamental importance of ensuring that changes to government structures resulting from the current political context must not result in setbacks in the protection and promotion of human rights. 87. The Special Rapporteur considers the disbandment of the Ministry of Women, Racial Equality, Youth and Human Rights as a significant regression in Brazil’s commitment to protect human rights. She is concerned that this could have a particularly profound impact on indigenous peoples, who are amongst the most in need of protection. In this regard, she is also concerned about the status, functioning and future of the National Council on Human Rights and the recently established National Council on Indigenous Policies. 88. The Special Rapporteur is particularly concerned about reports that the interim Government is considering reversing the ratifications and declarations of indigenous lands implemented by the previous Government, following her visit, including measures to expropriate Condá indigenous land in Santa Catarina. The National Council on Human Rights committed to provide her with additional information on visits to southern Brazil immediately following her visit. 89. Prior to this, the previous Government had taken a number of measures that were in accordance with the Special Rapporteur’s preliminary recommendations.17 These included the presidential ratification of the Cachoeira Seca indigenous land in the state of Pará, the Piaçaguera indigenous land in São Paulo and the Pequizal do Naruvotu indigenous land in Mato Grosso, declarations by the Ministry of Justice of indigenous lands in Mato Grosso 17 18 See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=18498&LangID=E.