RESOLUTION Nº 12/85 Case Nº 7615 BRAZIL Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Type de cour Autres Date Mar 5, 1985 Source UNEP, InforMEA Nom du tribunal Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Résumé On December 15, 1980, a petition against the Government of Brazil was presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, in which the petitioners alleged violations of the human rights of the Yanomami Indians, citing in particular the following articles of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man: Article I (Right to Life, Liberty, and Personal Security); Article II (Right to Equality before the Law); Article III (Right to Religious Freedom and Worship); Article XI (Right to the Preservation of Health and to Well-being); Article XII (Right to Education); Article XVII (Right to Recognition of Juridical Personality and of Civil Rights); and Article XXIII (Right to Property). Texte intégral brazil7615.htm Site web www.cidh.org