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Brazil s Supreme Federal Court (STF) decided in a virtual gathering Friday to pass judgment on the decriminalization of abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy during an on-site plenary session at a date yet to be determined, Agência Brasil reported.
The move invalidates the proposal defended by landowners. Before the result, court rulings could establish that indigenous people only had the right to land that was in their possession on October 5, 1988, when the current Constitution was promulgated.
This letter offers our recommendations, based on decades of on-the-ground research, so that the resolution strengthens the rule of law and the police forces by ensuring their members fulfill their duty to protect the public within the bounds of the law.