A/HRC/31/56/Add.1
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues
on her mission to Brazil*
Contents
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I.
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................
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II.
Who are the minorities in Brazil?.....................................................................................................
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III.
Methodology ....................................................................................................................................
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IV.
Minority rights: legal and institutional framework...........................................................................
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A.
International legal framework ..................................................................................................
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B.
National legal framework ........................................................................................................
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C.
Institutional framework............................................................................................................
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D.
Data collection and affirmative action policies........................................................................
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Principal human rights concerns facing Afro-Brazilian communities ..............................................
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A.
Violence ...................................................................................................................................
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B.
Criminalization of Afro-Brazilians ..........................................................................................
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C.
Social and economic conditions...............................................................................................
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D.
Afro-Brazilian women .............................................................................................................
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The rights of Quilombo and other traditional communities .............................................................
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A.
Demarcation of Quilombo lands ..............................................................................................
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B.
Free prior and informed consent ..............................................................................................
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C.
Social services, including education ........................................................................................
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V.
VI.
VII.
Roma
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VIII.
Religious minorities .........................................................................................................................
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IX.
Conclusions and recommendations ..................................................................................................
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A.
Conclusions .............................................................................................................................
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B.
Recommendations....................................................................................................................
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* Circulated in the language of submission only.
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