News19/09/2017 Half-truths In UN General Assembly, Temer praises reduction of deforestation but neglects to mention package of measures that weaken environmental protection
News14/09/2017 Military Justice Senate committee approves Bill 44/16 that allows Armed Forces personnel involved in civilian deaths to be tried in military courts
News13/09/2017 Exports without transparency Yet to ratify the ATT, Brazil is now the world’s third largest small arms exporter
Joint statement13/09/2017 Immigration on the agenda Civil society presses Justice Secretary to convene meeting of immigration committee
Joint statement11/09/2017 External pressure Organizations demand position from UN Human Rights Council on crisis in Venezuela
News11/09/2017 Brazil’s review by the UN Government rejects recommendation to unfreeze social spending for 20 years
News05/09/2017 Another step towards ratification Lower house committee approves text of Arms Trade Treaty
News05/09/2017 Sailing together In its 15th edition, the International Human Rights Colloquium will gather activists from 27 countries in São Paulo
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