Promulgated on 5 October 1988 after the dictatorship, the Constitution made racism a crime without bail or statute of limitations and recognized definitive property rights for remnant quilombo communities occupying their lands. These provisions reflected decades of Black organizing and constitutional advocacy, including campaigns that placed historical dispossession and land at the center of debates. The rights were a major legal advance, while implementation and titling remained contested and incomplete.
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The Constitution recognized definitive land rights for qualifying quilombo communities and made racism a serious crime.
The 1988 Constitution recognized land rights for quilombo communities and made racism a serious crime.
The Constitution includes these provisions, though implementation remains contested.