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July 17, 2017 Commentary

“Aren’t you provoking him?”

Veículo da Patrulha Maria da Penha em Roraima, Brasil
July 13, 2017 Commentary

How Zika Impacts Teens in Brazil

What It's Like for Teens Who Give Birth to Babies With Zika Syndrome.

Wastewater and garbage are dumped directly into the river in a slum in the Coelhos neighborhood of Recife, Pernambuco state.
July 12, 2017 News Release

Brazil: Zika Epidemic Exposes Rights Problems

Government Announced Emergency Over, But Major Risks Remain

Raquel, 25, holds her daughter Heloisa in Areia, Paraíba state, Brazil. Raquel gave birth to twin daughters with Zika syndrome in April 2016. “I want to give my best to my daughters,” she said in an interview with Human Rights Watch.
July 12, 2017 Interview

Interview: Zika’s Toll on Brazil’s Families

Raquel bathes her daughter Heloisa, a girl with Zika syndrome born in April 2016. Raquel says she cannot afford the medicines her twin daughters need for convulsions.
July 11, 2017 Commentary

No, We Don’t Like to Be Beaten Up

Women hold pictures of victims that died of domestic abuse against women, during a march to celebrate International Women's Day in Sao Paulo March 8, 2014.
June 21, 2017 News Release

Brazil: Domestic Violence Victims Denied Justice

State of Roraima Fails to Investigate, Prosecute Abusers

Durante uma marcha no Dia Internacional da Mulher em São Paulo, em 8 de março de 2014, mulheres seguram fotos de vítimas que morreram por violência doméstica.
June 14, 2017 Commentary

Why Brazil Should Speak Out About Rights Abuse in Venezuela

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez addressed the Organization of American States Permanent Council on Thursday, May 5, 2016.
June 13, 2017 Commentary

Trapped Children

Children at a “socio-educational” unit in the state of Ceará in October 2016.
May 25, 2017 Dispatches

São Paulo Ramps Up ‘War On Drugs’

Police Raid Signals Crackdown Under New Mayor

Riot police detain people during a police operation in a neighborhood known to locals as Cracolandia (Crackland), in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil May 21, 2017.
May 12, 2017 Dispatches

Brazil’s Zika Threat Remains

Water, Sanitation Problems That Intensified Zika Outbreak Persist

Wastewater and garbage are dumped directly into the river in a slum in the Coelhos neighborhood of Recife, Pernambuco state.
May 5, 2017 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Brazil

September 2016

Military police riot control the protest against Brazil's President Michel Temer in São Paulo, Brazil. September 4, 2016
May 4, 2017 Commentary

Brazil’s Disappointing Human Rights Policies

UN Member Countries Should Press Brazil to Address Police, Prison Abuses

A military police armored vehicle passes by a person killed by police on April 7, 2016 in the Jacarezinho favela. Military police killed two other people during the same raid. © 2016 Carlos Cout
April 25, 2017 News Release

Brazil: Court Reviewing Criminalization of Abortion

Amicus Briefs Cite Violations of Women’s Rights

A health agent carries a bucket of guppy fish to place them in standing water to consume larva of Zika-transmitting mosquitoes in an empty lot of Rio de Janeiro's Tijuca neighborhood, Brazil, February 17, 2016.
April 25, 2017 Amicus Briefing

Amicus Curiae: Decriminalization of Abortion in the context of the Zika virus in Brazil

April 25, 2017 Amicus Briefing

Amicus Curiae: Decriminalization of Abortion in Brazil up to 12 weeks

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