A/HRC/21/11 43. Spain congratulated Brazil on its progress in the field of human rights. It noted that Brazil was party to the main international and regional instruments, had ratified the Statute of the International Criminal Court and had a standing invitation for all the special procedures. It made recommendations. 44. On the subject of human rights defenders, Ms. Nunes pointed out that Brazil promotes a global policy for their protection, which encompasses measures to support the work of defenders, to monitor risk and to provide police protection. As informed by the Minister, the National Programme for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, created in 2004, is implemented by local governments and civil society. It has assisted 464 persons and currently has 299 people under protection, including individuals from indigenous and Quilombola communities. Brazil has two other protection programmes: the Programme for the Protection of Victims and Witnesses and the Programme for the Protection of Threatened Children and Adolescents. In 2011, the budget for these three programmes was increased by 30 per cent. 45. Regarding indigenous peoples, Ms. Nunes stated that the Federal Constitution ensures their exclusive rights to their land. She also said that there are currently 660 indigenous lands in Brazil, which corresponds to 13 per cent of the total national territory, or 1.1 million km2. In the last five years, 49 new lands have been demarcated. Paulo Pankararu, Ombudsman of the National Indigenous Foundation, stated that, in 2010, 800,000 Brazilians declared themselves as indigenous (in 1970, there were around 200,000). Regarding land protection, 196 lawsuits were registered in 2011 to combat invaders and prevent illegal occupation. He informed the Council that Brazil currently has 2,819 schools for indigenous people and there are 83,000 indigenous families that benefit from the “Bolsa Família” Programme. Mr Pankararu also highlighted the creation of the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health in 2010. 46. In response to questions concerning International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, the Deputy Secretary of Social Articulation in the President’s Office, Juliana Miranda, recalled the policy of full social participation in Brazil, and that Brazil has initiated regulation of the previous consultation process provided for in the Convention, with the participation of all relevant stakeholders. 47. The delegation recognized the need for improvement in the justice and prison systems. The Director of the National Penitentiary Department, Dr Augusto Rossini, highlighted the National Programme to Support the Prison System, launched in November 2011, with a 650 million dollar budget, in addition to federal State resources. He indicated that this will lead to the creation of 62,000 additional prison places by 2014. The main goals are to ensure that there be no space deficit in women’s prisons and that those incarcerated in police stations be reallocated to appropriate facilities. Mr. Rossini also mentioned the implementation of a National Programme for Health in Prisons, with special attention to women’s health, and the efforts to enhance education in prisons, recalling that there are currently 48,000 prison inmates studying in Brazil. 48. In this context, Mr. Luciano Athayde Chaves, representative of the National Council of Justice, spoke about the Collective Mobilization for Prison Reviews, based on three pillars: improving the effectiveness of criminal justice, guaranteeing due process of law and promoting social re-integration. 49. At the end of this segment, Ms. Nunes stated that torture shall not be tolerated under any circumstances in Brazil and that all efforts have been made to prosecute and punish this practice. She added that national legislation determines that torture cannot be pardoned or amnestied and that Brazil ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture 7