Ivo Cípio Aureliano

Ivo Cípio Aureliano, holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Faculdade Cathedral and postgraduate in Públic Law, with emphasis on Constitucional Law from Instituto Verbo Jurídico (2021), is one the indigenous lawyers who defended indigenous peoples’ rights at the Supreme Court of Brazil, and is legal advisor at the Indigenous Council of Roraima – CIR (cir.org.br) since 2018, with expertise on indigenous peoples’ rights, environmental law and human rights; and part of the network of indigenous lawyers across the amazon region in Brazil at the Coordination of Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon, and Articulation of Indigenous Peoples’ in Brazil. In 2021 was selected as a fellow by Ford Global Fellowship.