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2022/2752(RSP) Resolution on the situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira

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2022/07/07
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2022/07/07
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 362 votes to 16, with 200 abstentions, a resolution on the situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira.

The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, the Left groups and Members.

The Javari Valley, like other regions of the Brazilian Amazon, is the site of intense conflicts led by organised crime and land invaders involved in illicit fishing, hunting, mining, illegal logging and drug trafficking. 80 % of deforestation worldwide is caused by the conversion of forests to agricultural land for commodities such as beef, soy and palm oil. The NGO Global Witness reported that in 2020 more than 20 land and environmental defenders had been killed in Brazil, placing the country fourth in the ranking of countries with the highest number of such killings in the world, with most of these crimes remaining unpunished. In Brazil, nearly three quarters of killings occur in the Amazon region and target indigenous defenders. The indigenous peoples of Brazil have been suffering systematic aggressions and lack of protection of their rights, as well as an increasing number of attacks and murders.

On 5 June 2022, British journalist Dom Phillips, a contributor to The Guardian newspaper, and the Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, a former civil servant at the National Indian Foundation (Funai), disappeared in the Javari Valley, between the riverside community of São Rafael and the city of Atalaia do Norte in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil. Their corpses were discovered on 15 June 2022. Both were deeply committed to the critical task of preserving the Amazon rainforest and its biodiversity.

On 15 June 2022 the Brazilian Federal Police reported that one of the two people arrested on suspicion of involvement in their disappearances had confessed to murdering them.

Parliament strongly condemned the brutal murder of environmental and human rights defenders as well as indigenous people in Brazil, most recently the killing of journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira and called on the Brazilian authorities to conduct an exhaustive, impartial and independent investigation into these murders and to ensure full compliance with due process rights at all times.

The Brazilian authorities are also called on to:

- take immediate action to prevent human rights violations and protect environmental and indigenous defenders;

- protect indigenous peoples’ rights to land, territories and their traditional livelihoods, as well as to protect them from all forms of violence and discrimination;

- implement international recommendations to ensure protection for these defenders, and to take measures to stop the persecution, criminalisation and stigmatisation of indigenous peoples and other traditional communities;

- strengthen and better enforce legislation against illegal deforestation and mining, and to seek sustainable alternatives to the extractive policies that are targeting indigenous territories;

- reinstate and strengthen the capacities of government agencies such as Funai, which oversees indigenous affairs, and Ibama, Brazil’s main environmental enforcement body to ensure effective enforcement of environmental laws and the rights of indigenous peoples;

- tackle environmental crimes and implement a new sustainable approach to the Amazon.

Lastly, the resolution stressed that EU companies should ensure human rights due diligence throughout their supply chains in Brazil and proposed EU regulation on deforestation-free products should include the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights and human rights and ensure that rights violations are not involved in the production of products placed on the European market.

Documents
T9-0292/2022
2022/07/06
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
Debate in Parliament
2022/07/04
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0347/2022
2022/07/04
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0348/2022
2022/07/04
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0351/2022
2022/07/04
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0354/2022
2022/07/04
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0355/2022
2022/07/04
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B9-0357/2022
2022/07/04
   Joint motion for resolution
Documents
RC-B9-0348/2022

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Votes

La situation des défenseurs autochtones et des défenseurs de l'environnement au Brésil, y compris les meurtres de Dom Phillips et de Bruno Pereira - The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira - Die Situation von Verteidigern indigener Rechte und von Umweltschützern in Brasilien, einschließlich der Ermordung von Dom Phillips und Bruno Pereira - RC-B9-0348/2022 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) #

2022/07/07 Outcome: +: 362, 0: 200, -: 16
DE FR ES IT NL PT SE RO BE PL IE DK CZ EL FI AT HR CY EE LT LV SK BG LU MT SI HU
Total
81
65
51
63
28
16
19
28
16
48
12
13
19
12
11
15
11
6
6
10
5
9
14
6
5
7
2
icon: S&D S&D
119

Germany S&D

12

France S&D

6

Spain S&D

20

Italy S&D

15

Netherlands S&D

6

Portugal S&D

8

Sweden S&D

5

Romania S&D

7

Belgium S&D

For (1)

Marc TARABELLA
1

Poland S&D

7

Denmark S&D

3

Czechia S&D

For (1)

Radka MAXOVÁ
1

Greece S&D

1

Austria S&D

4

Croatia S&D

4

Cyprus S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Slovakia S&D

For (1)

Robert HAJŠEL

Abstain (1)

Monika BEŇOVÁ
2

Bulgaria S&D

3

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Marc ANGEL
1

Malta S&D

4

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

Milan BRGLEZ
1
icon: Renew Renew
90

Germany Renew

6

France Renew

22

Spain Renew

6

Italy Renew

For (1)

Nicola DANTI
1

Netherlands Renew

7

Sweden Renew

3

Romania Renew

8

Belgium Renew

4

Poland Renew

1

Ireland Renew

2

Denmark Renew

5

Czechia Renew

5

Finland Renew

2

Austria Renew

For (1)

Claudia GAMON
1

Croatia Renew

For (1)

Valter FLEGO
1

Estonia Renew

3

Lithuania Renew

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

Ivars IJABS
1

Slovakia Renew

2

Bulgaria Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

2

Slovenia Renew

2

Hungary Renew

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
64

Germany Verts/ALE

23

France Verts/ALE

11

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Italy Verts/ALE

3

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

For (1)

Sara MATTHIEU
1

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Sylwia SPUREK
1

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

Tilly METZ
1
icon: PPE PPE
141

Germany PPE

26

France PPE

8

Spain PPE

9

Italy PPE

9

Netherlands PPE

5

Portugal PPE

4

Sweden PPE

Abstain (1)

Sara SKYTTEDAL
4

Romania PPE

Against (1)

Traian BĂSESCU
12

Belgium PPE

3

Poland PPE

14

Ireland PPE

Abstain (1)

Colm MARKEY
4

Denmark PPE

Abstain (1)

Pernille WEISS
1

Czechia PPE

3

Greece PPE

4

Finland PPE

3

Austria PPE

5

Croatia PPE

4

Cyprus PPE

Abstain (1)

Loucas FOURLAS
2

Lithuania PPE

4

Latvia PPE

Abstain (1)

Inese VAIDERE
1

Slovakia PPE

3

Bulgaria PPE

6

Luxembourg PPE

2

Malta PPE

Abstain (1)

David CASA
1

Slovenia PPE

4
icon: The Left The Left
33

Germany The Left

4

France The Left

3

Spain The Left

6

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

Anja HAZEKAMP
1

Portugal The Left

3

Sweden The Left

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

Marc BOTENGA
1

Ireland The Left

4

Denmark The Left

1

Czechia The Left

1

Greece The Left

5

Finland The Left

For (1)

Silvia MODIG
1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
21

Germany NI

Abstain (1)

Jörg MEUTHEN
3

France NI

2

Spain NI

3

Italy NI

Against (1)

Francesca DONATO
8

Greece NI

2

Croatia NI

1

Latvia NI

1

Slovakia NI

Abstain (1)

Milan UHRÍK
1
icon: ID ID
53

Germany ID

6

France ID

13

Italy ID

21

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

Marcel de GRAAFF
1

Belgium ID

3

Denmark ID

Abstain (1)

Peter KOFOD
1

Czechia ID

Against (1)

Hynek BLAŠKO

Abstain (1)

Ivan DAVID
2

Finland ID

2

Austria ID

3

Estonia ID

Abstain (1)

Jaak MADISON
1
icon: ECR ECR
57

Germany ECR

Abstain (1)

Lars Patrick BERG
1

Spain ECR

4

Italy ECR

Abstain (1)

Raffaele FITTO
6

Netherlands ECR

5

Sweden ECR

3

Romania ECR

Abstain (1)

Cristian TERHEŞ
1

Belgium ECR

3

Poland ECR

25

Czechia ECR

4

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

Ladislav ILČIĆ
1

Lithuania ECR

Abstain (1)

Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

Slovakia ECR

Abstain (1)

Eugen JURZYCA
1

Bulgaria ECR

Against (1)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI

Abstain (1)

Andrey SLABAKOV
2

History

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events/2/summary
  • The European Parliament adopted by 362 votes to 16, with 200 abstentions, a resolution on the situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira.
  • The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, the Left groups and Members.
  • The Javari Valley, like other regions of the Brazilian Amazon, is the site of intense conflicts led by organised crime and land invaders involved in illicit fishing, hunting, mining, illegal logging and drug trafficking. 80 % of deforestation worldwide is caused by the conversion of forests to agricultural land for commodities such as beef, soy and palm oil. The NGO Global Witness reported that in 2020 more than 20 land and environmental defenders had been killed in Brazil, placing the country fourth in the ranking of countries with the highest number of such killings in the world, with most of these crimes remaining unpunished. In Brazil, nearly three quarters of killings occur in the Amazon region and target indigenous defenders. The indigenous peoples of Brazil have been suffering systematic aggressions and lack of protection of their rights, as well as an increasing number of attacks and murders.
  • On 5 June 2022, British journalist Dom Phillips, a contributor to The Guardian newspaper, and the Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, a former civil servant at the National Indian Foundation (Funai), disappeared in the Javari Valley, between the riverside community of São Rafael and the city of Atalaia do Norte in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil. Their corpses were discovered on 15 June 2022. Both were deeply committed to the critical task of preserving the Amazon rainforest and its biodiversity.
  • On 15 June 2022 the Brazilian Federal Police reported that one of the two people arrested on suspicion of involvement in their disappearances had confessed to murdering them.
  • Parliament strongly condemned the brutal murder of environmental and human rights defenders as well as indigenous people in Brazil, most recently the killing of journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira and called on the Brazilian authorities to conduct an exhaustive, impartial and independent investigation into these murders and to ensure full compliance with due process rights at all times.
  • The Brazilian authorities are also called on to:
  • - take immediate action to prevent human rights violations and protect environmental and indigenous defenders;
  • - protect indigenous peoples’ rights to land, territories and their traditional livelihoods, as well as to protect them from all forms of violence and discrimination;
  • - implement international recommendations to ensure protection for these defenders, and to take measures to stop the persecution, criminalisation and stigmatisation of indigenous peoples and other traditional communities;
  • - strengthen and better enforce legislation against illegal deforestation and mining, and to seek sustainable alternatives to the extractive policies that are targeting indigenous territories;
  • - reinstate and strengthen the capacities of government agencies such as Funai, which oversees indigenous affairs, and Ibama, Brazil’s main environmental enforcement body to ensure effective enforcement of environmental laws and the rights of indigenous peoples;
  • - tackle environmental crimes and implement a new sustainable approach to the Amazon.
  • Lastly, the resolution stressed that EU companies should ensure human rights due diligence throughout their supply chains in Brazil and proposed EU regulation on deforestation-free products should include the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights and human rights and ensure that rights violations are not involved in the production of products placed on the European market.
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  • date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00 title: Debate in plenary scheduled
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  • date: 2022-07-04T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2022-0347_EN.html title: B9-0347/2022 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
  • date: 2022-07-04T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2022-0348_EN.html title: B9-0348/2022 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
  • date: 2022-07-04T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2022-0351_EN.html title: B9-0351/2022 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
  • date: 2022-07-04T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2022-0354_EN.html title: B9-0354/2022 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
  • date: 2022-07-04T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2022-0355_EN.html title: B9-0355/2022 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
  • date: 2022-07-04T00:00:00 docs: url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2022-0357_EN.html title: B9-0357/2022 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP
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