Genocide and State Responsibility: The Struggle of the Yanomami Nation

Join us for a discussion of the dire situation of the Yanomami Nation in Brazil — an Indigenous people that has suffered hundreds of deaths from malnutrition and disease in recent months, following the neglect and hostility of Jair Bolsonaro's administration.

Yanomami leaders, legal experts and a high-level government official have come from Brazil to hold this debate about the Brazilian state's responsibility. Domestic and international legal cases are already being brought against Bolsonaro and his government over its conduct, including a probe into whether the neglect amounts to genocide.

This is one of three panels hosted by the Earth Rights Advocacy Clinic at NYU School of Law on March 27-28. They will discuss the rights of Indigenous peoples in Brazil, state responsibilities to guarantee these rights, and public policies for reparations and the protection of these communities in their territories. 

The other two panels are:
Conversation with author: Banzeiro Ökötó, the Amazon as the center of the world
March 27, 12:30-2:00 p.m. in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room in Furman Hall
A New Era for Brazil's Indigenous Nations: Imagining the Future to Remedy the Present
March 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Lester Pollack Colloquium Room in Furman Hall

See the event website for more information.