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Law 9,459 explicitly includes religion in anti-discrimination law
📅 13 May 1997Law 9,459 amended Brazil’s anti-discrimination statute to include prejudice based on ethnicity, religion, and national origin alongside race and color. For Afro-Brazilian communities, this offered a...
Brazil creates SEPPIR on the International Day against Racism
đź“… 21 March 2003The federal government established the Special Secretariat for Policies to Promote Racial Equality (SEPPIR) on 21 March, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The date...
Law formalizes SEPPIR’s mandate
đź“… 23 May 2003Law 10,678 formally created SEPPIR within the Presidency and defined its role in formulating, coordinating, and assessing policies to promote racial equality. This legal step followed the...
A Ministry of Racial Equality returns to the federal government
📅 1 January 2023Provisional Measure 1,154 reorganized Brazil’s ministries and included the Ministry of Racial Equality in the new federal structure. The ministry’s return represented a policy shift after years in...
Law names religious racism within Brazil’s criminal framework
đź“… 11 January 2023Law 14,532 amended federal criminal law to classify racial insult as racism and establish penalties for religious racism, among other provisions. Its language gave legal force to the understanding...