Maria Laura Canineu
Maria Laura Canineu is the deputy director of the Environment and Human Rights division. Between 2013 and 2023, she served as the Brazil Director in the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, she directed a team of public lawyers, handling human rights issues. This included children’s, women’s, labor, LGBT and indigenous people's rights, as well as health and education issues.
Prior to this post, Canineu spent several years building the capacity of human rights NGOs in São Paulo, focusing on issues ranging from poverty reduction to corporate social responsibility. In her position at Human Rights Watch, she works towards engaging with the media, public officials, and local organizations to promote foreign policy in the defense of human rights.
Canineu is a graduate of the University of Warwick and Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, where she studied international development law, human rights, and international relations.
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Articles Authored
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October 28, 2022
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October 27, 2021
The Toll of Bolsonaro’s Disastrous Covid-19 Response
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September 5, 2021
What Brazil Can Do to Help Afghans at Risk
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June 22, 2021
First Conviction for Dictatorship Crimes in Brazil
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April 22, 2021
Bolsonaro’s Empty Promises to Protect the Amazon
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March 30, 2021
Covid-19 Pandemic Ravages Brazil