Brazil launches Aquilomba Brasil to coordinate quilombola policies

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...

Sanctioned on 11 January 2023, Law 14,532 amended Brazil’s racial crime law and Penal Code to classify racial insult as a crime of racism. It also addressed racist conduct in sporting and artistic...

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...

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...

The first nationwide public-holiday observance of Zumbi and Black Consciousness Day took place after the 2023 law made 20 November a federal holiday. The national recognition reflected decades of...

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution establishing a second International Decade for People of African Descent, continuing the global framework for recognition, justice, and development into...