Event20/06/2018 Action strategies for foreign policy and human rights Publication launched in Geneva recounts organisations’ experiences in the Global South
Event20/06/2018 Event: discussion on business and human rights in Brazil Conectas presents report, in Geneva, assessing Brazil’s implementation of UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights recommendations
News19/06/2018 USA announces withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council Decision shows lack of commitment to multilateralism and the defence of human rights
News19/06/2018 On the eve of World Refugee Day, 22 thousand venezuelans await decision of refugee Committee Since 2010, only 18 Venezuelans have received refugee status in Brazil. The National Committee for Refugees has a backlog of 86 thousand requests
News18/06/2018 UN Human Rights Council: how it works Member states and civil society organisations open meeting in Geneva to debate human rights issues, today.
Event18/06/2018 Event at the UN to discuss militarization of public security An event in parallel to the Human Rights Council session will address the cases of Mexico and Brazil
Joint statement14/06/2018 NGOS criticize Lima Group sanctions against venezuelan government Organisations fear that reduced diplomatic relations with Venezuela could deepen the humanitarian crisis being experienced in the country
News13/06/2018 ‘June Journeys’: five years on A summary of Conectas actions to expose abuse by Brazilian police forces and to wholeheartedly defend the right of all Brazilians to freedom of assembly, expression and movement and to protest.
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