INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR – Setbacks in Democracy and Human Rights in Brazil: Settings and Perspectives
31/08/2022 de
18h00 para
21h00
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Maison Internationale des Associations (Rue des Savoises 15, 1205 Geneva)
The Coletivo RPU Brasil (Brazil UPR Collective) is a coalition of 31 entities, networks, and collectives
from Brazilian civil society. Since its creation in 2017, the coalition has been monitoring human rights
in the country through the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism. In 2019, it
prepared its first Mid-Term Report. In 2020, due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the Coletivo RPU
Brasil chose to formulate a new report, entitled “Civil society report: Universal Periodic Review of
Human Rights in the Context of Covid-19”. The goal of the report was to denounce an escalation in
human rights violations that have already been evidenced by the group, as well as record new
violations that occurred at this time of institutional, health and economic crises due to – but not
only – the Covid-19 pandemic.
Following the effort to participate in the UPR as a Collective, from 2021 to 2022 we prepared 11
reports between the 3rd and 4th cycles, in which we evaluated the 242 recommendations accepted
by the Brazilian State in 2017.
From August 29th to September 2nd, our group will be in Geneva with a delegation of Brazilian
organizations. The goal is to participate in the Pre-Session organized by UPR -Info and conduct a
series of visibility and advocacy activities with the countries’ diplomatic delegations, based on the
reports prepared by the Coletivo RPU Brasil. It will also be a time to show the international
community the violence and human rights violations we have been experiencing in Brazil in recent
years.
