THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR MINORITIES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE BRAZILIAN INDIGENOUS POPULATION

Abstract

The multiculturalism of the Brazilian State is reflected in the formation of different peoples, based on different cultures, however, the exploitative colonization of this country and its lack of investment in public policies aimed at minorities is still a problem. From this, the central objective of this research was to study the importance of human rights for minorities, carrying out an analysis of the Brazilian indigenous population. As specific objectives, the article was based on demonstrating the importance of individual rights in the face of international treaties, elucidating indigenous rights, their limitations and main advances, and studying the case of the humanitarian crisis of the Yanomami peoples. The method was the hypothetical-deductive one, by which we presented the previous hypothesis and showed arguments for its correction or rejection. The results demonstrated the importance of preserving indigenous roots through law, in addition to the historical debt that these minorities have, which has brought several reflections to modern society, harming access to basic rights, such as education, land, culture, and health, among others. Therefore, it is concluded that human rights are fundamental and that many minorities, in the broad sense of this word, still do not have access to them, even with the evolution in Brazilian and international jurisprudence.