PROGRAMS
IDGlobal Program
The Vozes Lab Program and Environmental Justice (Vozes Lab) is an initiative dedicated to training young Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Quilombola researchers, focusing on academic production with social and environmental impact. Its main goal is to create pathways for the entry, permanence, and recognition of groups historically excluded from academic careers, helping them become qualified and influential voices in the climate agenda and in the defense of their territories and communities.
The initiative began in 2023 under the name IDGlobal Program, with initial funding from the Ford Foundation. In its first cycle, seven undergraduate and graduate students — all Black, Brown, Indigenous, or belonging to traditional communities — were selected to take part in the project. Coming from different regions of Brazil, these young people participated in training programs and research activities focused on climate justice, a just energy transition, and the rights of Indigenous and traditional peoples. Throughout the process, they received paid fellowships and technical and pedagogical support, enabling IDGlobal to develop research and actions committed to social transformation based on their own realities.
Amanda Teles (from the state of Amazonas, Brazil)
Aylla Oliveira (from the state of Pernambuco, Brazil)
With the successful development of the project, IDGlobal expanded its work beyond the initial format. The number of participants grew, and the team became even more diverse, with women leaders, Indigenous researchers from different ethnic groups, Amazonian participants, and young people with multidisciplinary backgrounds. This institutional growth led us to understand that we were no longer just a project, but a consolidated, permanent initiative central to fulfilling IDGlobal’s mission.
From a collective process of reflection, internal debates, and active listening among team members, IDGlobal decided to adopt a new name for the IDGlobal Program that would more accurately reflect its identity. In April 2025, during the live broadcast marking the initiative’s two-year anniversary, we officially announced the new identity: Laboratory of Voices for Social and Environmental Justice (Vozes Lab). The event brought together current team members and participants from the first cycle, who are now pursuing recognized careers in research, political advocacy, and climate justice communication in other renowned organizations. On that occasion, Vozes’ General Coordinator, Amanda Teles, highlighted that the name change represents a new stage of institutional consolidation and reaffirms IDGlobal’s commitment to producing critical, place-based knowledge rooted in the rights of peoples.
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Vozes Lab continues to expand, strengthening its connections, broadening its work at territorial, national, and international levels, and contributing to the development of leaders committed to social and environmental justice. Vozes Lab challenges historically hegemonic logics in knowledge production, placing the knowledge and voices of territories at the center of building fairer and more sustainable alternatives for the present and the future.
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Língua Indígena Viva no Direito
The Língua Indígena Viva no Direito (LIVD) [Living Indigenous Languages in Law] is a pioneering program developed by the Office of the Attorney General of Brazil (AGU), with support from the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples (MPI) and the Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP), and implemented by the Institute for Global Law (IDGlobal).
Its core objective is to translate key legal documents, the 1988 Federal Constitution, the ILO Convention 169, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), into the three most widely spoken Indigenous languages in Brazil, according to the IBGE Census: Tikuna, Kaingang, and Kaiowá.
The program brings together a set of structural actions designed to expand access to justice in Indigenous languages, including:
- Free, Prior, and Informed Consultation (FPIC) with communities, in accordance with ILO Convention 169;
• active Indigenous participation and leadership throughout all stages of translation, review, and validation;
• legal workshops held directly in territories to strengthen legal knowledge;
• in-person community validation processes, ensuring that all content reflects each people’s worldview, linguistic structures, and cultural practices;
• training and capacity-building for Indigenous translators and researchers, promoting both linguistic and legal autonomy.
By democratizing access to the law, strengthening linguistic rights, and promoting educational initiatives within the territories, the program advances self-determination, access to justice, and the cultural preservation of Indigenous peoples.
Visit the LIVD website to learn more.