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Brazil court backs indigenous land claim but postpones final ruling

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] The Brazilian Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that they will rule in favor of indigenous groups in a land dispute, but postponed a final decision on the case. Eight of 11 judges voted in favor of evicting a group of non-indigenous farmers from an Amazonian reservation, but the case was postponed when one judge requested more time to deliberate. A final ruling is not expected until next year. Indigenous people are already celebrating a victory with eight votes in their favor. The dispute is over a large area of land in northern Brazil known as Raposa Serra do Sol. Home to 20,000 indigenous people, it was identified as a reservation in 2005. The indigenous people want the approximately 200 non-indigenous rice producers who live and work on the land to be removed.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on December 11, 2008 (boomark / email).