The fifth largest country in the world, Brazil covers nearly half of the landmass of South America. The country is one of the world’s largest democracies, and is among the foremost rising economic powers. Notably, the discovery of major...
Summary: The 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review took place from 21 May to 4 June this year. Read the summary reports for each of the fourteen State reviews, as well as CRIN's children's rights extract reports.The 2nd cycle of the UPR...
Summary: The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international mechanism. This is done with the intention of identifying children's rights which have been repeatedly violated, as well as gaps in the issues...
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Durante su participación en la segunda jornada de la III Conferencia mundial sobre el Trabajo Infantil que se desarrolla en Brasilia, la delegación de Brasil propuso el...
This report summarises individual observations and direct requests issued by the ILO Committee of Experts related to child labour conventions. To view the full reports, go to the ILOLEX database (http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/) and click...
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of all UN Treaty Bodies and their follow-up procedures. This does not include the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which are...
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child...
Summary: Au Brésil, la montée de la criminalité chez les mineurs lance un débat national sur l'abaissement de l'âge de la majorité pénale. [Le 14 mai 2013] - Mardi 9 avril, Victor Hugo Deppman, jeune étudiant de 19 ans, est mortellement...
ANCED/DCI Brazil is organising a Seminar on Mental health and juvenile justice in Latin America. It will take place in São Paulo on 27 -28 May 2013.
The Seminar will bring together human rights activists, public...
A writing competition to tackle urban violence
For Tdh’s delegation in Brazil ,peace in schools comes, amongst other things, through developing the reading and writing skills of the youngsters. The teams on the ground are convinced that...
