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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Disability Rights
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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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Raid in Rio de Janeiro Leaves 28 Dead
Widespread Impunity Perpetuates Police Violence in Brazilian State
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High-level Commitment in Brazil to Protect People with Disabilities
Prosecutors Mandated to Inspect Institutions, Promote Independent Living
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Bolsonaro’s Empty Promises to Protect the Amazon
Brazil Should Deliver Results in Reducing Deforestation and Impunity for Environmental Crime and Violence
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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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Crisis in the Brazilian Amazon
Briefing Paper for US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
