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
Event28/07/2015 Voices of China :: Defenders arrested Chinese activist speaks about the latest repression against human rights advocates in the country
News22/07/2015 Unacceptable posture São Paulo, the state with the country’s largest prison population, withholds data for national surveyC
Joint statement21/07/2015 Voices of Angola :: Political arrests International pressure mounts against detention of 14 activists who oppose the government
News20/07/2015 Legislative decoy Understand why the longer sentences approved by the Senate are just as bad as lowering the age of criminal responsibility
Joint statement20/07/2015 Bahrain :: Continued deterioration Organizations call for UN resolution on human rights situation in the country
News16/07/2015 Immigration Law progresses in Congress Bill to replace Foreigner Act approved in the Senate, proceeds to the Lower House
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