Independent experts with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday publicly called on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to veto parts of a new law that would carve giant loopholes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazil's Minister of Human Rights Silvio Almeida gestures during the launch of the Living Without Limits Program, a set of actions ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned Brazil’s Congress for advancing the General Environmental Licensing Bill, calling on lawmakers to support negotiations at COP30 and ratify the Escazú ...

We write in advance of the 99th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Brazil. This is an update to our March 2024 submission and focuses on our recent research on ...

Some Brazilian legislators, along with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International, are challenging Brazil's censorship attempts this year before an international governing body, asking them to ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has fired Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida following reports he engaged in sexual misconduct. “The president considers keeping the minister in his ...

A Brazilian man who gave evidence to a United Nations human rights commission visiting Brazil has been shot dead. Gerson Jesus Bispo was the second person to be killed after speaking to UN envoy Asma ...

The government of Brazil has announced an agreement to acknowledge its responsibility in the murder of Vladimir Herzog, a journalist and dissident who was killed during the country’s dictatorship ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mention the risks of leather production in Brazil, and thoughts naturally turn to issues involving illegal deforestation for ...

Brazil faces a decisive test of its willingness to confront impunity for attacks against human rights defenders in the coming weeks, said Amnesty International amid the beginning of the trials over ...

The fundamental challenge Brazil’s human rights lawyers face today is the inability of mechanisms for monitoring compliance with treaties, as well as for ensuring international bodies’ decisions are ...