đź“… 5 Oktober 1989
Article 68 of the Constitution’s Transitional Provisions recognizes definitive land ownership for descendants of quilombo communities who occupy their lands. This constitutional claim linked...
đź“… 10 September 2001
Decree 3,912 set federal procedures for recognition and titling and tied eligibility to occupation on 5 October 1988, the date of the Constitution’s promulgation. This restrictive time test narrowed...
đź“… 20 November 2003
Decree 4,887 regulated identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation and titling of quilombola lands. It adopted self-identification as a starting point and defined territories through...
đź“… 20 November 2003
Decree 4,883 transferred federal responsibility for delimiting quilombola lands from the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Agrarian Development. The change placed the process within a land and...
đź“… 24 Maart 2004
INCRA Normative Instruction 16 set administrative steps for identifying, recognizing, delimiting, demarcating and titling quilombola lands. It began translating the 2003 decree into an agency process....
đź“… 19 September 2005
Normative Instruction 20 again regulated identification and titling, adding procedures for demarcation, removal of conflicting occupants and registration. Repeated rule-making reflected real...
đź“… 8 Februari 2018
The Supreme Federal Court rejected the challenge to Decree 4,887 in ADI 3239. By upholding self-identification and the federal titling framework, the Court affirmed a legal route for implementing...
đź“… 11 September 2020
The National Coordination of Rural Black Quilombola Communities (CONAQ), joined by political parties, filed ADPF 742. The petition challenged federal omissions and demanded measures to protect...
đź“… 24 Februari 2021
In ADPF 742, the Supreme Federal Court ordered the federal government to prepare and implement measures for quilombola communities, including a specific plan addressing the pandemic. The decision...
đź“… 21 Maart 2023
Decree 11,447 instituted the Aquilomba Brasil Program and its governing committee to coordinate federal measures for quilombola rights. Its intersectoral mandate includes territory, infrastructure,...
đź“… 20 November 2023
Decree 11,786 established the National Policy for Quilombola Territorial and Environmental Management (PNGTAQ). It recognizes territories as foundations for physical, social, cultural, economic and...
đź“… 20 November 2003
Decree 4,887 regulates identification, recognition, delimitation, demarcation and titling of lands occupied by quilombola communities, many formed by people who escaped enslavement and their...
