Law 14,532 classifies racial insult as a form of racism

João Alberto Silveira Freitas, a Black man, was beaten to death by private security guards at a Carrefour supermarket in Porto Alegre on the eve of Black Consciousness Day. The killing intensified...

On Black Consciousness Day, demonstrators gathered at Carrefour locations and in public spaces to demand justice for João Alberto Silveira Freitas, killed the previous evening by security guards....

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...

Brazil deposited its instrument of ratification of the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance with the Organization of American States. The...

Provisional 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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

Law 14,759 of 21 December 2023 declared 20 November a national holiday for the Day of Zumbi and Black Consciousness. The measure followed decades of Black organizing that had established the date as a...