News06/08/2015 Ulterior motives Congressional Inquiry wrong in its conclusion that privatization is a solution for the prison system
News05/08/2015 For the right to a defense Marcos Fuchs, director of the Pro Bono Institute, is named pro bono lawyer of the year by the International Bar Association
News04/08/2015 Migrations and Brazil Seminar to discuss advances and challenges for a new immigration law
News03/08/2015 #SayNoToReduction Proposal to reduce the age of criminal responsibility could be voted this Tuesday in second round
News31/07/2015 Unnecessary and unconstitutional Proposed by the federal government, bill that defines terrorism freezes Lower House agenda and threatens freedom of protest
News30/07/2015 UN rapporteur to investigate torture in Brazil Last visit occurred 15 years ago; mission follows a complaint on the situation at the Maranhão state prison of Pedrinhas
News29/07/2015 29th Session of the UN Human Rights Council comes to an end Age of criminal responsibility, migration and judicial independence mark Brazil’s participation in the meeting
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