GUSTAVO MOREIRA RAMOS

ABSTRACT SUBMITTED: To analyze the actions carried out by indigenous lawyers at the international level, I carried out ethnographic research from March to September 2024 and from November 2024 to March 2025 in the city of Brasília (Brazilian capital), and from September to October 2024 in New York City (USA). Brasília is where Brazilian indigenous lawyers met to develop their strategies for acting at an international level. They reside in Brasília, periodically returning to their indigenous land, always alternating so that the meetings did not stop. New York was where they participated in both Climate Week (September 16 to 22, 2024) and the UN General Assembly (79th Session – September 10 to 24, 2024) and other important international meetings during those months. My data consisted of material collected through: 1) analysis of documents produced by indigenous lawyers such as judicial complaints, petitions, dossiers, among others; 2) semi-structured interviews with the eight indigenous lawyers who made up the legal departments of APIB and MIP; 3) in-person attendance in the meetings held by indigenous lawyers and their work routine, and 4) in-person attendance of their participation in intergovernmental organizations’ events and meetings, especially on the annual tour in New York.