巴西最高法院维护土著土地权利,阻止国会限制祖传领土要求。
Brazil's Supreme Court upholds Indigenous land rights, blocking Congress from restricting ancestral territory claims.
巴西最高法院裁定,土著土地权受宪法保护,不能被国会推翻,驳回限制土地划界的立法企图。
Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that Indigenous land rights are constitutionally protected and cannot be overturned by Congress, rejecting legislative attempts to restrict land demarcation.
10名法官中有6名维护了土著社区对祖传领地拥有固有权利的原则,废除了将主张限于1988年以前占领的“马科时尚”理论。
Six of ten justices upheld the principle that Indigenous communities have inherent rights to ancestral territories, invalidating the "Marco Temporal" doctrine that limited claims to pre-1988 occupation.
该决定加强了对数百个等待正式承认的土著群体的法律保护,并加剧了司法机构与巴西由保守派领导的立法机构之间的紧张关系,后者推动削弱了此类保障措施。
The decision strengthens legal protections for hundreds of Indigenous groups awaiting formal recognition and intensifies tensions between the judiciary and Brazil's conservative-led legislature, which has pushed to weaken such safeguards.