E/CN.4/2006/16/Add.3
page 22
80.
The Special Rapporteur recommends that:
(a)
The decree on the recognition of the quilombos be maintained and fully
implemented;
(b)
The Palmares Foundation should be strengthened in terms of authority in all
government departments and financial resources, in order to carry out its fundamental
role of identification and protection of the quilombos.
81.
Concerning the indigenous communities:
(a)
The protection of Indian leaders and communities must be ensured;
(b)
The system of provision of health care should be revised in consultation with
Indian communities, in the light of its inefficiency;
(c)
The Government should allocate appropriate resources in order to allow the
implementation of a differentiated indigenous educational system, as provided for in
Regulation 3 of the National Council for Education;
(d)
A parliamentarian commission on the violence perpetuated against Indians
over their lands should be established.
82.
Concerning Fundação Nacional do Indio (FUNAI) or the National Indigenous
Foundation, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:
(a)
FUNAI should be headed by a person fully recognized and respected by the
majority of the communities, and preferably as a meaningful message of confidence and
empowerment, an indigenous personality. The Government is strongly encouraged to look
into this matter, in consultation with the Indian communities;
(b)
FUNAI should receive sufficient additional funding in order to be in a
position to complete the demarcation and registration of land within 2007;
(c)
The staff of FUNAI should comprise in a meaningful way, qualified members
of the Indigenous communities on the basis of a careful geographic and ethnic balance.
83.
Domestic workers, of which 90 per cent are Afro-Brazilian women, should benefit
from legal recognition and protection, and be included under the protection of the labour
legislation.
84.
The Government should find appropriate affirmative action means to guarantee
political representation of the Black and Indian communities in State institutions.
85.
The Government and the Parliament should take action to impede and sanction the
ongoing attacks and defamation against Afro-descendant religions. In this context, an
interreligious national institution should be established, in charge of promoting dialogue
and tolerance between religions and fighting against racial and religious discrimination
and proselytism.