Brazil’s Supreme Court votes to affirm Indigenous land rights in defiance of Congress

A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court reaffirmed protections to Indigenous land rights on Wednesday, curbing attempts by Congress to limit the recognition of reservations in a ruling likely to stoke tensions between the top court and lawmakers.

Six of the 10 Supreme Court judges have voted to establish Indigenous land rights as entrenched clauses of Brazil’s constitution that cannot be stripped by lawmakers, said Deborah Duprat, a former federal prosecutor