{"id":191589,"date":"2021-08-16T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=191589"},"modified":"2024-06-12T21:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T20:24:13","slug":"brazil-indigenous-groups-take-bolsonaro-to-icc-over-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/08\/brazil-indigenous-groups-take-bolsonaro-to-icc-over-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil Indigenous Groups Take Bolsonaro to ICC over Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subtitle\">\n<blockquote><p><em>teleSUR correspondent in Brazil Ignacio Lemus reports that &#8220;the complaint of indigenous communities joins two other similar processes already presented in the International Criminal Court against Bolsonaro, which is the first president whose conduct is analyzed by that Court since the complaints are usually against States.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_191590\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/brazil_indigenous.bolsonaro-genocida-brasil-icc.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191590\" class=\"wp-image-191590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/brazil_indigenous.bolsonaro-genocida-brasil-icc.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/brazil_indigenous.bolsonaro-genocida-brasil-icc.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/brazil_indigenous.bolsonaro-genocida-brasil-icc-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-191590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It depends on the ICC prosecutors to decide to pursue the cases, but Brazilian advocates remarked that is the best alternative they have as it is impossible to hold Bolsonaro to account in Brazil. | Photo: Twitter\/ @LemusteleSUR<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>10 Aug 2021 &#8211; <\/em>The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) submitted a lawsuit to the International Criminal Court (ICC) demanding\u00a0investigating\u00a0president Jair Bolsonaro over genocide and ecocide crimes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Brazils-President-Bolsonaro-Furious-Over-Leaked-Audio-20210412-0011.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazil&#8217;s President Bolsonaro Furious Over Leaked Audio<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>teleSUR correspondent in Brazil Ignacio Lemus reports that &#8220;the complaint of indigenous communities joins two other similar processes already presented in the International Criminal Court against Bolsonaro, which is the first president whose conduct is analyzed by that Court since the complaints are usually against States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">La <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ApibOficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >@ApibOficial<\/a> denunci\u00f3 a Bolsonaro en el Tribunal Penal Internacional de Haya por genocidio y cr\u00edmenes contra la humanidad sobre los pueblos ind\u00edgenas. <\/p>\n<p>D\u00eda hist\u00f3rico: el proceso fue presentado por los propios ind\u00edgenas a trav\u00e9s de sus abogados <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luizeloyterena?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >@luizeloyterena<\/a> y <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PataxoSamara?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >@PataxoSamara<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WmU989Asmc\" >pic.twitter.com\/WmU989Asmc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nacho Lemus (@LemusteleSUR) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LemusteleSUR\/status\/1424756231328129029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >August 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the lawsuit highlights \u00a0that &#8220;the dismantling of public structures for social and environmental protection, as well as those aimed at protecting Indigenous peoples, has resulted in the escalation of invasions of Indigenous lands, deforestation, and fires in Brazilian biomes, and also in the increase of illegal mining in the territories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It depends on the ICC prosecutors to decide to pursue the cases. Still, Brazilian\u00a0advocates remarked that is the best alternative they have since the judicial system in their country is unable to &#8220;prosecute and judge&#8221; Bolsonaro\u00b4s crimes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">]<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FromTheSouth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >#FromTheSouth<\/a> News Bits | In Brazil, the Federal Supreme Court annulled President Jair Bolsonaro&#39;s request for paper voting, alleging possible electoral fraud. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MZhLhsbL2G\" >pic.twitter.com\/MZhLhsbL2G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/telesurenglish\/status\/1423816598494793729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >August 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Brazil-Indigenous-Groups-Take-Bolsonaro-to-ICC-Over-Genocide-20210810-0016.html\" >Go to Original &#8211; telesurenglish.net<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The complaint of indigenous communities joins two other similar processes already in the International Criminal Court against Bolsonaro, the first president whose conduct is analyzed by that Court as complaints are usually against States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":191590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[1176,1003,547,239,865,866,1788,2395,651,541,985],"class_list":["post-191589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indigenous-rights","tag-bolsonaro","tag-brasil","tag-brazil","tag-brics","tag-genocide","tag-indigenous-rights","tag-indios","tag-international-criminal-court-icc","tag-justice","tag-latin-america-caribbean","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264129,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191589\/revisions\/264129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}