News25/08/2020 Supreme Court orders end of overcrowding at youth detention centers across the country The rapporteur of the case, Justice Fachin, suggests a series of alternatives to reduce the number of adolescents in custody
News24/08/2020 “Human Rights Defenders” is the theme of the latest issue of th SUR magazine This free online publication contains articles written by important authors and activists from 15 different countries.
Joint statement21/08/2020 Organisations demand meeting with governor to address the increase in killings by police in São Paulo In the first six months of 2020, the state registered a 21% increase in cases in comparison with the same period in 2019
Joint statement21/08/2020 In statement, institutions reinforce support for collective Habeas Corpus in youth detention centers Justice Edson Fachin aims to limit occupancy at these facilities
News20/08/2020 Supreme Court orders suspension of government file on anti-fascist public servants Nine of the eleven justices rule that the production of these reports by the Ministry of Justice is unconstitutional
News19/08/2020 Federal justice system prohibits deportation of vulnerable migrants in the pandemic The current inter-ministerial ordinance on borders prohibits the entry of migrants by land and water
Joint statement19/08/2020 Open letter to the governor of Minas Gerais condemns action against quilombola community Violent eviction by the police destroyed the school and six houses. For 22 years, more than 400 families have been living on and farming the land where a bankrupt factory is located
News18/08/2020 Public Defender’s Office, Prosecutor’s Office and NGOs file lawsuit against restrictions placed on vulnerable migrants After the deportation of Venezuelans, institutions legally challenge the decree that closes the land borders for migrants and refugees in Acre
Indigenous peoples and human rights NGOS challenge the dismantling of environmental licensing at the Federal Supreme Court
Public statement – Conviction of those responsible for the attempted coup against Brazilian democracy