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From bureaucratic visibility to political autonomy: the unified registry and consultation protocols in Rio grande do norte, Brazil
Geraldo Barboza de Oliveira Junior
Received: December 02, 2025 | Published: December 18, 2025
Citation: Junior GBO. From bureaucratic visibility to political autonomy: the unified registry and consultation protocols in Rio grande do norte, Brazil. Open Access J Sci. 2025;8(1):310-316. DOI: 10.15406/oajs.2025.08.00278
Abstract
This article analyzes the legal and political trajectory of Traditional Communities in Brazil, focusing on the state of Rio Grande do Norte, by contrasting two dimensions of state action: administrative recognition and the guarantee of territorial autonomy. The investigation examines the Unified Registry (CadÚnico) as a tool for bureaucratic visibility and access to social policies, problematizing its limitations in realizing territorial rights in light of the literature on bureaucracy and identity. In contrast, it discusses the potency of the Protocols of Free, Prior, and Informed Consultation, grounded in ILO Convention No. 169 and reinforced by State Law No. 11.228/2022, as instruments of self-determination. The theoretical discussion, anchored in political ecology and the critique of hegemonic development models, culminates in the case study of the Primeira Lagoa Quilombola Community. The analysis demonstrates how the development of an Autonomous Protocol allowed the community to transition from welfare tutelage to political protagonism, utilizing the legal instrument as a shield against exogenous undertakings and for the reaffirmation of their ancestry.
Keywords: raditional communities, prior consultation protocol, unified Registry, territorial autonomy, ILO convention No. 169
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