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Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court postpones decisive trial; indigenous peoples keep their resistance against the Marco Temporal thesis

News - 01.07.21

A case that could seal the future of indigenous peoples returns to the Supreme Court’s voting agenda in August, when the international recognition of indigenous peoples is celebrated   Brasília, June 30, 2021 – Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF)’s ended its session today without ruling the case on the demarcation of indigenous lands. The Chief Justice, […]

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CESE’s 2020 Activity Report

News - 29.06.21

The Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE) is pleased to present its 2020 Activity Report, covering the main activities and strategies the organization carried out during this period.  The report was presented at the 48th Ordinary General Assembly, held virtually on 8 June 2021. Delegates and representatives from associated churches and partner […]

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Organizational compliance and statutes updated: positive outcome of CESE project in partnership with COIAB for Institutional Strengthening of Indigenous Organizations

News - 25.06.21

“It not only helped us with documents, it encouraged us, as an association, not to give up.” These were the words of Alcimara Karipuna about the project ‘Institutional Strengthening of Indigenous Organizations from the Legal Amazon’, run by the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (Coordenadoria Ecumênica de Serviço: CESE) in partnership with the Coordination of Indigenous […]

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Bill approved by Chamber weakens environmental licensing and increases pressure on territories

News - 24.06.21

In its current form, for example, the Bill waives authorization from bodies responsible for the administration of conservation units at federal level, such as the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade: ICMBio); National Human Rights Council (Conselho Nacional de Direitos Humanos: CNDH) recommends Senate suspend debate of General […]

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Salvador (BA) in mourning and fighting for half a million lives lost due to Covid-19

News - 21.06.21

   On the weekend of 19 and 20 June, Brazil officially passed the tragic figure of 500,000 deaths from COVID-19.  Given this terrible landmark, ecumenical and inter-religious organizations, members of the #SilenceforthePain campaign and the #BreatheBrazil collective, ran an activity – “500 candles for Half a Million Lives” in order to affirm human life and […]

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Farmers, craftswomen and other women from the Cerrado share experiences and knowledge in CESE Seminar

News - 17.06.21

In 2020, the whole of Brazil saw how the Pantanal was affected by fires, which destroyed a large part of the biome’s flora and fauna.  According to a technical report from the geo-processing sectors of Public Prosecutor’s Offices (Ministério Público: MP) in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, between 1 January […]

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