Black movement advocates

Brazil enacts the Statute of Racial Equality

📅 20 Juli 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...

The Racial Equality Statute establishes a broad framework of rights

📅 20 Juli 2010

Law 12,288, sanctioned on 20 July 2010, instituted Brazil’s Racial Equality Statute. It set a legal framework for equal opportunity, protection of ethnic rights, and policies addressing discrimination...

Brazil creates SEPPIR on the International Day against Racism

📅 21 Maart 2003

The 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...