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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, E/CN.4/2004/9, Add.2, 3 February 2004: Brazil

Feb 3, 2004

41. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adolescents are more exposed to violence, especially psychological violence. Hostile reactions by society to their gender and sexuality may leave them alone in a marginalized situation that exposes them to exploitation. 48....

ICJ deplores the assassination of Judge Antônio José Machado Dias

Mar 17, 2003 | News

The ICJ today expressed its shock at the gang-land style assassination of Judge Antônio José Machado Dias (48, photo) who was shot in the chest and head by two gunmen as he drove home on 15 March.

Judge Machado Dias had been responsible for overseeing the operations of the high security prisons where Brazil’s top organized crime bosses are being detained.

Concluding Observations: Brazil, A/56/44, May 16, 2001

May 16, 2001

C. Subjects of concern 119. The Committee expresses its concern about the following: […] (b) The overcrowding, lack of amenities and poor hygiene in prisons, the lack of basic services and of appropriate medical attention in particular, violence between prisoners and...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2, March 30, 2001, Visit to Brazil

Mar 30, 2001

199. Marli Barbosa and Rosana Lage Lígero, a same-sex couple, were allegedly arrested on 19 June 1996 in Jabotão dos Guararapes on suspicion of murder and were reportedly beaten with pieces of rubber at the 14th district police station in Piedade. According to the...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, E/CN.4/2001/9/Add.1, January 17, 2001: Brazil

Jan 17, 2001

31. On 19 June the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government of Brazil concerning the safety of Eduardo Bernardes da Silva, an Amnesty International member who had received several death threats allegedly because of his work as a defender of the...

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, E/CN.4/2004/9, Add.2, 3 February 2004: Brazil

ICJ deplores the assassination of Judge Antônio José Machado Dias

Concluding Observations: Brazil, A/56/44, May 16, 2001

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2, March 30, 2001, Visit to Brazil

Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, E/CN.4/2001/9/Add.1, January 17, 2001: Brazil

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