News - 05/02/2019 UN condemns Doria’s veto of mechanism to combat torture In a note, UN experts recall that Brazil made a commitment to create mechanisms for the prevention and combat of torture
Public Statement - 05/02/2019 Moro’s “anticrime package” reproduces unconstitutional, ineffective solutions Despite its modern packaging, the project insists on a punitive point of view and on swelling an already overwhelmed prison system
Public Statement - 29/01/2019 Public note: Jean Wyllys’ resignation is a red flag to society Conectas considers it unacceptable in a democracy for a congressman/woman, to feel unsafe in carrying out the job he/she was elected to do
News - 24/01/2019 NGOS condemn decree on protests in Sao Paulo, at international agencies A document sent to the UN and the OAS contests the prohibition of masks and the demand for prior warning. It also criticises Military Police repression
News - 21/01/2019 Organisations condemn Doria’s veto of a bill to fight torture in Sao Paulo prisons A joint note has been signed by around 50 institutions that work with human rights and the prison system
Public Statement - 17/01/2019 Right to protest: arbitrary repression in São Paulo São Paulo military police behaves in a truculent manner in a protest against an increase in public transport fares
Joint statement - 15/01/2019 Rede Justiça Criminal regrets statute that facilitates gun ownership in Brazil It is deeply erroneous to think that people will be safer as a result of gun ownership
News - 19/12/2018 Marco Aurélio’s decision on prison in appeals court respects presumption of innocence Conectas was accepted by the Federal Supreme Court as amicus curiae on the case