Law No. 11.897 creating the State Council protecting rights of Indigenous People (COPIBA). Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Bahia Document type Legislation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Access right Agricultural land Land tenure Indigenous peoples Institution Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law, consisting of 8 articles, creates the State Council protecting rights of Indigenous People (COPIBA) within the State of Bahia. It establishes competencies, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Council, entitled to: propose baselines for the State Policy on Indigenous Peoples’ Protection and for the State Plan for Indigenous peoples within the State of Bahia; to propose projects aiming at the implementation of the State Policy on Indigenous Peoples’ Protection, and of activities related to the fields of health, education, culture, water sanitation, agriculture, etc.; to articulate mediating actions, aiming at solving any existing social solutions; to propose projects involving technical capacity building of extensionists; to accompany legal and administrative proceedings related to indigenous peoples’ land demarcations and regularization; maintain the interchange cooperation with public or private entities and institutions, national or international, aiming at recognition, protection, promotion and dissemination of cultures and rights of indigenous peoples, etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.meioambiente.ba.gov.br