📅 20 Yüli 2010
The statute established a national legal framework to promote racial equality and combat discrimination, including in education, culture, health, and employment. It translated Black movement demands...
📅 29 Ougùstùs 2012
Law 12.711 reserved places at federal universities and institutes for public-school graduates, with provisions reflecting racial and Indigenous demographics. It emerged from long campaigns over...
📅 22 Ougùstùs 1988
Law 7,668 authorized the Fundação Cultural Palmares to preserve and promote Afro-Brazilian cultural values. Created during the transition from military rule, it gave Black cultural memory a national...
📅 5 Yanüari 1989
Law 7,716 made specified acts of racial discrimination criminal offences. Named for Black congressman Carlos Alberto Caó de Oliveira, it followed constitutional recognition that racism was a crime....
📅 25 Yüni 2014
Law 13,005 approved a ten-year National Education Plan. Its targets include teacher training and educational resources for rural, Indigenous and quilombola schools. This gave legal weight to education...
📅 13 Mei 1997
Law 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...
📅 19 Yüni 2023
Law 14,600 set the organization of Brazil’s ministries and explicitly included the Ministry of Racial Equality. The statute followed the January reorganization and gave legislative form to the...
