A/HRC/33/42/Add.1 6. She was invited by members of the Commission on Human Rights and Minorities of the Chamber of Deputies to address the Chamber, along with representatives of the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), the Missionary Council for Indigenous Peoples (CIMI) and the Brazilian Anthropological Association (ABA). 7. The Specil Rapporteur visited the Guarani-Kaiowá people in Kurussu Ambá, Guayviry and Taquara indigenous lands as well as the Dourados reserve. She met with the Terena Council in Mato Grosso do Sul; the Tupinambá in Serra do Padeiro and Atikum villages in Tupinambá de Olivença indigenous land. She also spoke to representatives of the Pataxó in Comexatiba indigenous land in Bahia. In Pará, she visited Juruna indigenous land, a Muratu village, Volta Grande and met with representatives of the Parakanã in Apyterewa indigenous land and the recently contacted Arara people in Cachoeira Seca indigenous land. She also met with representatives of the Curuaia and Xipaya in Altamira. The situation of the indigenous peoples in the Tapajós River basin was explained to her by members of the Munduruku, Arara Vermelha, Apiaká, Arapiun, Borari and Tapuia of Pará. She met representatives of more than 50 indigenous peoples from at least 13 states, including the Yanomami, Maxakali, Manoki, Kaingang and Ka’apor and the Amazon Cooperation Network. She also met indigenous students at the University of Brasilia and a wide range of civil society and human rights organizations working in the area of indigenous peoples’ rights. 8. The Special Rapporteur expresses her gratitude to the Federal Government of Brazil for its full cooperation, which enabled her to carry out her visit freely and independently. She also expresses her deep gratitude to the indigenous peoples representatives who invited her to visit their communities, indigenous organizations and individuals who assisted in organizing parts of her agenda, as well as indigenous persons who travelled from their communities to meet with her. She thanks the United Nations country team and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for their support in ensuring the success of her visit. III. Demographic, legal and policy context 9. There are approximately 305 groups in Brazil who self-identify as indigenous peoples, speaking over 274 different languages. Despite the fact that they represent only 0.43 per cent of the population, indigenous peoples are present in 80 per cent of Brazilian municipalities. Genocidal colonial processes resulted in the decline of the native population from an estimated five million people, prior to European arrival, to less than one million, today. However, according to the 2010 national census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the indigenous population is growing. 10. The nine states comprising the Amazon region have the highest concentration of indigenous peoples in terms of diversity and population. The states of Amazonas and Mato Grosso do Sul are home to 20 per cent and 9 per cent of the country’s indigenous population, respectively, with the Guarani-Kaiowá comprising 3 percent of the population in Mato Grosso do Sul. By 2015, the presence of 26 isolated indigenous peoples was confirmed through surveys and field activities conducted by FUNAI. Surveys are either in process or pending in relation to over 50 other isolated groups. 11. The progressive 1988 Constitution contains some exemplary provisions for the protection and promotion of indigenous peoples’ rights. Recognition is afforded to the country’s cultural diversity and two articles in the Constitution address indigenous peoples’ rights. Article 231 provides that Indians shall have “their social organization, customs, languages, creeds and traditions recognized, as well as their original rights to the lands they traditionally occupy”. It provides protection for these rights, especially in relation to the 4