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César Muñoz

César Muñoz

Senior Researcher, Brazil Follow @_Cesar_Munoz

César Muñoz is Brazil senior researcher at Human Rights Watch. He has produced reports, videos, and op-eds on human rights abuses linked to illegal deforestation in the Amazon, police violence, inhumane prison conditions, and unchecked domestic violence, among other issues. Prior to joining HRW in late 2014, he worked for Agencia EFE, the largest Spanish-language newswire in the world, first as Washington correspondent and later as Bureau Chief in Ecuador, Paraguay, and Brazil. He also worked as a journalist for CNN, Europa Press TV, and other media outlets in the United States and Spain, where he was born. As a Bloomberg Fellow in 2001/2002 he produced Human Right Watch’s first report on US counterterrorism policy after the 9/11 attacks. He is a graduate of Sacred Heart University and the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. 

Videos

From HRW

  • October 19, 2015 Video

    Brazil: Where Inmates Hold the Keys

Articles Authored

  • August 16, 2018 Commentary

    Police Killings are Out of Control in Rio de Janeiro

  • August 16, 2018 Commentary

    Trail of Broken Promises to Brazil’s Women

    Published in Folha de S. Paulo
  • May 21, 2018 Commentary

    Brutality in Uniform in Brazil

    Published in Carta Capital
  • April 22, 2018 Commentary

    Jailed for Partying in Brazil

    Published in Folha de S. Paulo
  • March 17, 2018 Commentary

    Impunity Bred Marielle's Murder

    Published in Huff Post
  • February 7, 2018 Commentary

    A Public Security Policy Based on Facts, Not Wishful Thinking

  • December 8, 2017 Dispatches

    Prison Conditions Worsen in Brazil

  • November 11, 2017 Commentary

    A Vote for Luan

    Published in El Pais
  • September 13, 2017 Dispatches

    Brazil’s Soap Opera Justice

  • August 28, 2017 Commentary

    The Women We Love

    Published in Folha de São Paulo

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Other Writing

  • Trade secrets: Paraguay’s drug war and the dangers for journalists
  • Brazil: Prison Crisis Spurs Rights Reform
  • The State Let Evil Take Over

Reports Authored

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    September 17, 2019

    Rainforest Mafias

    How Violence and Impunity Fuel Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon

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    June 21, 2017

    “One Day I’ll Kill You”

    Impunity in Domestic Violence Cases in the Brazilian State of Roraima

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    July 7, 2016

    “Good Cops Are Afraid”

    The Toll of Unchecked Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro

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    October 19, 2015

    The State Let Evil Take Over

    The Prison Crisis in the Brazilian State of Pernambuco

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