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Human rights in Brazil include the right to life and freedom of speech; and condemnation of slavery and torture. The nation ratified the American Convention on Human Rights . [ 1 ] The 2017 Freedom in the World report by Freedom House gives Brazil a score of "2" for both political rights and civil liberties; "1" represents the most free, and "7 ...
Human Rights Watch has described the human rights abuses of the military dictatorship in Brazil as crimes against humanity. [ 1 ] The Brazilian government's Institutional Act 5 of December 13, 1968, which suspended habeas corpus and constitutional protections and led to the institutionalization of torture as a tool by the state, brought on a ...
In Brazil, the National Truth Commission (Portuguese: Comissão Nacional da Verdade) [1] investigated human rights violations of the period of 1946–1988 [1] - in particular by the authoritarian military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from April 1, 1964 to March 15, 1985. The commission lasted for two years and consisted of seven members. [1]
The Sueddeutsche Zeitung paper and public broadcaster NDR on Sunday reported that Brazil is investigating alleged human rights violations at the farm during 1974-1986 when the military ...
Volkswagen asked for more time to analyse documentation alleging human rights violations on a farm it owned in Brazil between 1974-1986, according to minutes of an administrative hearing on the ...
Both Franco and Almeida have been in the cabinet since the beginning of Lula's current term in 2023 and are seen in Brazil as important human rights activists.
Given the prevalence of military police in state-level law enforcement, human rights agencies have expressed concern that police impunity is in part responsible for the large numbers of police homicides. Brazilian police killed more than 6,400 people in 2022, according to Human Rights Watch. [1]
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has fired Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida following reports he engaged in sexual misconduct.