STF begins judgment of the time frame of indigenous lands

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) began, shortly before 3 pm, the judgment on the time frame for the demarcation of indigenous lands. The session is being followed in the plenary of the Court by around 50 indigenous leaders. Outside, police officers from the Federal District Military Police’s riot squad provide security for the Court’s headquarters building. To date, no incidents have been recorded. At the trial, ministers discuss the so-called time frame. According to the thesis, defended by landowners, the indigenous people would only be entitled to the lands that were in their possession on October 5, 1988, the date of enactment of the Federal Constitution, or that were in legal dispute at the time. >>Understand what is being judged in the case of the timeframe The trial was resumed with the vote of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who requested a review of the process in September 2021, suspending the analysis of the case. The trial score is tied at 1 to 1. Before the interruption, Minister Edson Fachin voted against the thesis, and Nunes Marques was in favor. The process that motivated the discussion deals with the dispute over the ownership of the Indigenous Land (TI) Ibirama, in Santa Catarina. The area is inhabited by the Xokleng, Kaingang and Guarani peoples, and ownership of part of the IL is questioned by the state attorney’s office.

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