Brazil
Chronic human rights problems plague Brazil. Some police officers kill unlawfully, torture detainees, and mistreat children in conflict with the law. Many Brazilian prisons are severely overcrowded, and the lack of adequate state control leaves inmates vulnerable to violence, extortion, and recruitment by gangs. Other human rights problems include violence against women, killings of journalists and bloggers because of their work, and violence against rural activists and indigenous people involved in conflicts over land. Perpetrators of abuses during the military rule of 1964 to 1985 continue to be shielded from justice by an amnesty law passed by the military regime.
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United NationsThis submission is based on Human Rights Watch research on human rights issues impacting older women, including domestic violence, abuse, and neglect in residential institutions for older people, abuses during armed conflict, and health disparities.The human rights of older women
April 16, 2021
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BrazilA Human Rights Watch expressa séria preocupação com a extinção do Grupo de Atuação Especializada em Segurança Pública (GAESP) e insta a implementar uma unidade de promotores de justiça com recursos suficientes para atuar na tutela coletiva e na área criminal do controle externo da atividade policial. Essa unidade deveria desenvolver e garantir o cumprimento de protocolos policiais para coibir abusos, além de investigar e processar os responsáveis quando estes abusos ocorrerem.Letter to Rio de Janeiro’s attorney general, Luciano Mattos
April 16, 2021
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Brazil: Possible Evidence Tampering in Police Killings
Experts Find Autopsies Woefully Inadequate in ‘False Rescues’ Case
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News
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The human rights of older women
Submission to the UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons
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Brazil: Rio Attorney General Weakens Police Oversight
Accountability Essential to Curb Police Killings
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Brazil: Remove Miners from Indigenous Amazon Territory
Bolsonaro Policies Fuel Deforestation in Indigenous Lands
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Covid-19 Pandemic Ravages Brazil
President Bolsonaro Continues to Oppose Measures that Could Save Lives
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Brazil: Support Wider Vaccine Production at WTO
Waiving Some Intellectual Property Rules is Crucial for Faster, More Equitable Access
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Brazil: Secret Process to Change Human Rights Policy
Exclusion of Civil Society from Discussions Raises Concern
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Attempt to Greenwash Bolsonaro’s Environmental Record Backfires at OECD
Human Rights Watch Letter Detailed Disastrous Policies Fueling Brazil’s Amazon Crisis
