News08/12/2016 IACHR expresses concern with Amendment 55 Measure could place rights to health and education at risk, say commissioners
Joint statement06/12/2016 Hydroelectric dams in the Amazon Conectas participates in public hearing in Lower House of Congress on social and environmental impact of large-scale projects
News06/12/2016 Lower house approves new immigration law Text represents progress against discrimination and criminalization of immigrants living in Brazil
News06/12/2016 Fabricated image In a hearing in the Lower House of Congress, government presents report on human rights that is divorced from reality; document to be sent to UN
News05/12/2016 Brazil denounced in OAS for cuts in health and education Seventeen organizations claim government and legislature are pushing through measures that threaten the Constitution and international treaties
Joint statement05/12/2016 National Committee to Combat and Prevent Torture Organizations call for haste in the appointment of committee members
Joint statement01/12/2016 Civil society under threat in Egypt Parliament approves law that dismantles work of NGOs