The groups also exploited activities related to the real estate market and the sale of drugs and arms. On March 25, the national daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported that the Sao Paulo Penitentiary Administration Secretary’s Ombudsman’s Office received 73 reports of torture in correctional facilities in the state of Sao Paulo in the first two months of the year, 66 of which were related to the Provisional Detention Center of Osasco, in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo. The commission faced new limitations, including two-hour meeting durations that may be extended only in case representatives need to vote. The Brazilian Public Security Forum reported police killed 6,160 civilians in 2018, compared with 5,225 in 2017. In a case that lasted more than 30 years, in 2018 a court ordered the return of 20,000 acres of land to the Pankararu indigenous community in the municipalities of Tacaratu, Petrolandia, and Jatoba in the state of Pernambuco. There were no reports of disappearances by or on behalf of government authorities. These include housing affordability crises exacerbated by excessive financialisation and speculation, corruption, lack of clean water and sanitation, and unequal access to green space. As of October, police had not disclosed suspects or a motive, but press reports speculated that dos Santos’ killing was related to his work. Companies will likely face many more challenges of this kind as the divide between ‘workplace’ and ‘home’ continues to blur. A study by the Brazilian Public Security Forum showed that between 2009 and 2016, 76 percent of those killed in police actions were black. In many prisons, including those in the Federal District, officials attempted to separate violent offenders from other inmates and keep convicted drug traffickers in a wing apart from the rest of the prison population. This is not only a matter that should concern human rights defenders, civil liberties lawyers, politicians, and journalists. As part of the operation, federal police agents arrested the mayor of Florianopolis, Gean Loureiro, for allegedly ordering Paraguayan spy equipment to be smuggled in and placed in the city hall. Tweet. According to the Observatory on Workplace Equality, black women earned 55 percent of the wages earned by white men. Responding to the climate crisis requires fundamental changes to the global economy that will have far reaching impacts, including for the future of work and efforts to progressively realise a range of economic, social, and cultural rights. The law provides for freedom of association for all workers (except members of the military, military police, and firefighters), the right to bargain collectively with some restrictions, and the right to strike. One police officer is seen striking the woman’s back at least two times while the other officer watches. The law prohibits “slave labor,” defined as “reducing someone to a condition analogous to slavery,” including subjecting someone to forced labor, debt bondage, exhausting work hours, and labor performed in degrading working conditions. Violence was rampant in prison facilities. Small neo-Nazi groups existed in the southern states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Parana. The National Council for Human Rights, established by law, was not affected by the presidential decree. The law limits organizing at the enterprise level. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor, c. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment, d. Discrimination with Respect to Employment and Occupation, https://www.state.gov/religiousfreedomreport/, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/International-Parental-Child-Abduction/for-providers/legal-reports-and-data/reported-cases.html, https://www.state.gov/trafficking-in-persons-report/. The practice of early marriage was common. Haaland led a letter signed by 18 of her fellow progressive members of the U.S. House to Brazil’s Congressional President Rodrigo Maia in an effort to protect sacred lands from corporate land grabs. According to the NGO Grupo Gay da Bahia, the risk of a transgender person being killed was 17 times greater than a gay person. Convictions related to the investigations included that of former president Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva. The council, which is composed of 22 members–11 from various government agencies and 11 from civil society–met regularly, most recently in February. Dealing with this dilemma is not a simple matter, and tech companies and venture capitalists that support them will need to consider the wider social and human rights impacts of their decisions in the years ahead. In one operation in Minas Gerais, inspectors found a 16-year-old boy who weighed less than 90 pounds and was carrying five bags of fresh coffee a day from coffee plantations on a sloping terrain high in a mountainous region. Citizens may submit lawsuits before the courts for human rights violations. According to FRAB, at least six Afro-Brazilian temples closed in the municipality of Guarus. The Ministry of Economy implemented rules to integrate promotion of racial equality in its programs, including requiring race be included in data for programs financed by the ministry. The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in Iran. The Para State Civil Police arrested landowner Fernando Ferreira Rosa Filho as the alleged mastermind behind the assassination. Indeed, even the world’s largest companies in key sectors are still far from achieving the levels of performance expected by the UN Guiding Principles, as demonstrated, for example, in the findings of the latest Corporate Human Rights Benchmark. Afro-Brazilians were underrepresented in the government, professional positions, and middle and upper socioeconomic classes. According to the National Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals in Brazil, in partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Trans Education, there were 163 killings of transgender persons in 2018. They experienced a higher rate of unemployment and earned average wages below those of whites in similar positions. Algorithms can take guesswork out of decision-making. And facial recognition technology poses significant human rights challenges. The world has learned it is only the tip of the iceberg. Proposals to redefine the purpose of a corporation have been widely praised, but increasingly experts are asking if the ‘purpose paradigm’ has anything to offer other than ‘empty slogans.’ Indeed, there has been significant criticism of companies that embrace the global development agenda through philanthropy, as ‘the elite charade’ of changing the world. Although the law prohibits gender discrimination in pay, professional training, and career advancement, the law was not enforced, and discrimination existed. In future, companies like Facebook will have to reckon with the fact that they are publishers, not merely carriers. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, censuring the grave and systematic violation of human rights in Iran.The 67 th resolution by the highest UN body was adopted by 82 affirmative votes. According to the Press Emblem Campaign, from January to June, the National Federation of Journalists reported violence against journalists increased by 36 percent in 2018, compared with 2017, with 135 incidents reported, mostly by protesters. Despite such recommendations, “the multiple human rights violations perpetrated in April 2018 remain in impunity.” The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) had repeatedly advocated for government investigation of these abuses. In July drug traffickers attacked a candomble (an Afro-Brazilian religious tradition) temple in Duque de Caxias, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. In March Congress passed a law prohibiting the marriage of minors younger than 16. Police personnel often were responsible for investigating charges of torture and excessive force carried out by fellow officers, although independent investigations increased. Residents reported cases of warrantless searches and inspections, home invasions, violence during police operations, and persecution of community leaders. Despite these protections, allegations of domestic violence were not always treated as credible by police; a study in the state of Rio Grande do Sul found 40 percent of femicide victims had previously sought police protection. The northern region of the country experienced the worst overcrowding, with three times more prisoners than designed capacity. Human rights violations are a tool of survival for the Kim family. While no specific laws address child sex tourism, it is punishable under other criminal offenses. The riot was allegedly the result of a factional fight between rival criminal organizations that began when detainees of one criminal faction broke into a prison annex that held members of a rival group and set fire to the building. In 2018 the Supreme Court granted a collective habeas corpus to all mothers, pregnant women, and those with custody of persons with disabilities if they had been convicted of a nonviolent crime and did not pose a serious threat to themselves or their dependents. It is also in our interest: more human rights means more freedom, prosperity and peace, for us all. In September Human Rights Watch released a report specifically detailing illegal deforestation in the Amazon. The law permits provisional detention for up to five days under specified conditions during an investigation, but a judge may extend this period. But the current reality is that many workers who will lose fossil fuel jobs as a result of required responses to climate change will not have the skills or access needed to seize new “green” employment opportunities. Prisoners convicted of petty crimes frequently were held with murderers and other violent criminals. Its mandate is to promote the observance and defense of human rights in the region, acting as an OAS advisory body on the subject. Images from surveillance cameras showed two men approaching the vehicle in which the journalist was sitting and shooting him several times. Brazil is ranked 107th out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2020 … The law stipulates a strike may be ruled “disruptive” by the labor court, and the union may be subjected to legal penalties if the strike violates certain conditions, such as if the union fails to maintain essential services during a strike, notify employers at least 48 hours before the beginning of a walkout, or end a strike after a labor court decision. Together with the climate crisis and technology-induced redundancies, the year ahead will likely see growing demands for a reset in the role of the corporation in modern society, including who companies should be answerable to, and what stakeholders can expect from them. Due diligence may not successfully prevent every human rights abuse, but there is growing recognition that it is the best line of active defense. Global AIDS Coordinator and Global Health Diplomacy, Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Special Representative for Syria Engagement, U.S. Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Office of the U.S. NGO and public security representatives claimed that culturally, domestic violence was often viewed as a private matter. According to the 13th Public Safety Yearbook released annually by the Brazilian Public Security Forum, there were 66,000 cases of rape in 2018. In April Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered two news organizations to remove content from their websites he deemed to be “fake news” about Chief Justice Dias Toffoli that associated him with corrupt dealings. The federal government maintained a toll-free nationwide hotline for women to report instances of intimate partner violence. The law permits the government to reject clauses of collective bargaining agreements that conflict with government policy. Transitioning to a low-carbon, climate-resilient society at a time in which the nature of work itself is undergoing profound transformations will require new forms of collaboration between governments, companies and workers, and on a timescale that is unprecedented. Of the 377 named by the Brazilian Truth Commission for human rights violations, 190 are still alive. The IBGE also reported 11.5 million persons were working in the informal economy and 23.8 million were self-employed. During these operations, police stopped and questioned persons and searched cars and residences without warrants. In a report published on Thursday, Amnesty International said Brazil had not done enough to end rights violations. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until This often resulted in de facto impunity for those responsible. In July the Labor Prosecutor’s Office announced it would start publishing a dirty list of individuals and corporate entities convicted of trafficking in persons and slave labor. On July 23, three federal highway police officers interrupted a civil society meeting being held to organize protests against President Bolsonaro during his visit to the state of Amazonas. During the operation, inspectors issued 78 infractions to the companies, which were required to pay fines of R$15,860 ($3,970) in back wages and R$14,600 ($3,650) for individual moral damages to minors removed from the situation. Military police officers ordered the music to stop and cleared out the venue. While the justice system provides for an independent civil judiciary, courts were burdened with backlogs and sometimes subject to corruption, political influence, and indirect intimidation. By Yader Luna (Confidencial) HAVANA TIMES – Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo’s government jailed at least 1,614 people between April 18, 2018 and May 30, 2020. Unions that represent workers in the same geographical area and professional category may contest registration. Women remained underrepresented in elected positions, representing only 15 percent of federal deputies and 13 percent of federal senators. Countries that have seen significant losses in jobs are turning isolationist and those that have not benefited from free trade and open markets are looking for new approaches to ensure greater social protection. Human rights discourse is evolving, and competing groups and perspectives are at times mutually contradictory. Rio military police officers reported drug traffickers opened fire on officers who retaliated with gunfire, but residents denied there was a mass confrontation in the favela (informal housing development) at the time of the shooting. Reports of abuse by prison guards continued. For 18 years, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) guerrillas of northern Uganda has been kidnapping boys to train them as soldiers and girls to turn them into sexual slaves of the commanders. Violations of forced labor laws are punishable by up to eight years in prison, but this was often not sufficient to deter violations. The killing of 38-year-old Marielle Franco, a popular Rio politician, human rights advocate, and vocal critic of police brutality, sent shockwaves around the world.The 2016 Brazilian election cycle saw 28 political candidates assassinated. In February Rio de Janeiro’s Regional Electoral Court suspended Pezao’s ability to run for office until 2022. In addition, there were reports of forced labor in the construction industry. As of October, there were no additional developments in this case. Nine of the accused were released on bail on May 23. Technology is not only omnipresent, but proponents have championed its potential to transform lives and help promote and protect human rights with little or no downside risks. That argument is wearing thin, partly because the companies have been complying with requests to take down content, shut down access to the Internet, and make data available to regulators. Jewish leaders reported experiences of anti-Semitism but noted it was more political in nature and stemmed from anti-Zionist sentiment. In 2018, according to the National Council of the Public Ministry, 495 prisoners were killed while in custody. As of June 28, the officers were awaiting trial. The National Mechanism for the Prevention and Combat of Torture investigated reports of abuse and reported in October that prison guards systematically broke prisoners’ fingers as a way to immobilize them. The year ahead should see greater attention to inspirational examples – from disability access to social housing and hospital design - of what can be done to make cities welcome and livable for all. The Roundtable’s membership includes some of the world’s largest companies, including Apple, Pepsi, Walmart, and JP Morgan Chase. Penalties alone were not sufficient to deter violations. Much more needs to be done, even as a growing number of countries have begun to decriminalise same-sex relationships, and recognise marriage between two people of the same sex. by visiting our privacy page: www.ihrb.org/privacy. In August 2019, the US based Business Roundtable surprised shareholders and stakeholders alike by publishing a statement which argued that companies should no longer advance only the interests of shareholders. The letter comes at a moment in time when the As of January, Zani and Vieira were being held in pretrial detention. In addition to poor administration of the prison system, overcrowding, the presence of gangs, and corruption contributed to violence. The 2010 Racial Equality Statute continued to be controversial, due to its provision for quota affirmative action policies in education and employment. In 2018 the Superior Electoral Court ruled parties must provide a minimum of 30 percent of campaign funds to support the election of female candidates. It is harder to do so with the Internet, where purveyors of false information or "fake news" find newer ways to reach their targets for a growing range of purposes. Policies based on misinformation and poor analysis can affect businesses, adversely impacting their viability. On August 21, Minister of Citizenship Osmar Terra suspended federal funding for a television series that would have featured gender and sexual diversity, including LGBTI plotlines. Nevertheless, there were many children who did not have birth certificates. In December 2018 labor inspectors identified 54 persons, including four minors, working in slavery-like conditions on a soybean farm in Baixa Grande do Ribeiro, Piaui State. More than 300 organizations call for international mechanism. Employment: The interiorization program also aims to provide economic opportunities for resettled Venezuelans by placing them in economic hubs in larger cities. Companies have resented individuals and organisations who challenge their business operations, and have sought the help of governments, and often their security forces, to protect their assets and people. Government officials were cooperative and responsive to their views. The law provides criminal penalties for conviction of corruption by officials and stipulates civil penalties for corruption committed by Brazilian citizens or entities overseas. One case has gone to an employment tribunal. Sign up for regular updates on IHRB news, events, blogs and publications. The subject of gender fluidity is a highly complicated matter, and companies will struggle to find the right path. Clearly, societal expectations about the roles of business are changing. 'Persistent' or analytical cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information such as on its In some cases, workers have acted on their own, as was seen when Google employees succeeded in lobbying their management to stop working with the US Department of Defense over a controversial project. As of June 28, the officers were awaiting trial. Victims included environmental enforcement officials, members of indigenous communities, or others who denounced illegal logging to authorities. Oftentimes bystanders either did not report cases of violence or waited until it was too late. Defendants generally had adequate time and facilities to prepare a defense but do not have the right to free assistance of an interpreter. Also see the Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Report at https://www.state.gov/trafficking-in-persons-report/. 10 Worst Human Rights Countries in 2020 Published on January 29, 2020 at 5:42 pm by Sieni Kimalainen in Lists Share Tweet Email The implicit promise of three decades ago – when the Berlin Wall fell and market-led economic globalisation spread widely, with companies investing in far-flung corners of the world – was that a ‘rising tide’ would lift all boats. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/brazil When employees of companies in Hong Kong participated in protests against the Territory’s government, dozens were sacked and in some cases top management left. But the debate is highly controversial, and there is still insufficient recognition of transwomen as victims. Brasília, Brazil – A delegation of Indigenous leaders will visit twelve European countries between October 17 and November 20 to report serious violations against Brazilian Indigenous Peoples since President Jair Bolsonaro took office. Da Silva was a neighbor of the LGBTI couple and attacked the victims after trying to sexually assault Iasmyn, who rejected his advances. The Special Mobile Inspection Group removed 27 children from child labor in the first six months of the year, which approached the total removed in all of the 2018 inspections against slavery-like work in the country. Information gained through collaboration and plea bargains with suspects launched a widening net of new investigations. Dos Santos worked at FUNAI and had defended indigenous tribes from miners, loggers, farmers, and others seeking to illegally seize land in the Amazon rainforest. Coalitions of mayors and cities are driving progress in areas such as climate action, adequate housing, offering refuge to those fleeing persecution, advancing social inclusion and children’s rights. According to one media report, police failed to conduct a proper investigation. As of September, police had not made arrests in either case. In instances of violence perpetrated by protesters or provocateurs during mass demonstrations, at times security forces injured journalists during crowd-control operations. One detainee in Santa Catarina was diagnosed with tuberculosis and pneumonia after being held in crowded conditions and sleeping on the floor for 10 months due to lack of beds. Human rights violations safeguard their supreme privilege and secure their hereditary rule. In March Itamar Bernardo da Silva stabbed to death Iasmyn Souza and her transgender partner, Caio Dantas, in Angra dos Reis, in Rio de Janeiro State. Measures such as gender audits, rethinking how workplaces are organised, how incentives are provided, and how opportunities are offered for career advancement are essential. According to the National Council of the Public Ministry, in 2018 there were 384 cases of guards and other personnel inflicting bodily harm on prisoners. State and local governments also operated reference centers and temporary women’s shelters, and many states maintained domestic violence hotlines. More disturbingly, some companies have made use of strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP, to prevent civil society organisations from confronting corporate misconduct. There were about 600,000 internally displaced people in CAR; more than 222,000 people in Chad, and over half a million in Burkina Faso. In December 2018 this was reinforced by a law that establishes house arrest for pregnant women, mothers of children who are 12 or younger, or women responsible for persons with disabilities. Many applied for asylum or temporary residency. The Xi government threatens human rights globally even more than it did four years ago. Worker organizations were independent of the government and political parties. 10/12/2020 - HR/VP blog - At Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council, member states agreed to launch a new EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime to strengthen our collective action in this field. This slow progress is also a key driver of ongoing debates around the need for an international legally binding instrument on business activities and human rights. In June 2020, Public Eye published a report raising allegations of labour rights abuse, including poverty wages and concerns around workers' health and safety, on orange plantations in Brazil supplying Swiss-based Louis Dreyfus Company. Two months after the major Iran protests of November 2019, Iranian people once again poured onto the streets. For too long, companies and civil society organisations have viewed each other as polar opposites. This is a distressing trend, which undermines human rights. Reports of neo-Nazi content from local sources on the internet increased by approximately 50 percent from 2017 to 2018. The Office of the Comptroller General of Discipline of the Penitentiary System reported it was investigating the incident. In cases involving heinous crimes, torture, drug trafficking, and terrorism, pretrial detention could last 30 days with the option to extend for an additional 30 days. Discrimination against persons with HIV/AIDS is punishable by up to four years in prison and a fine. Preventive detention for an initial period of 15 days is permitted if police suspect a detainee may flee the area. Each bag can weigh as much as 175 pounds. The southern state of Parana reported a shortage of 12,500 spaces for inmates in correctional facilities and provisional centers within the metropolitan area of Curitiba as a result of a 334 percent increase in the number of arrests in the first four months of the year. The report concluded that illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon region was driven largely by criminal networks that had the logistical capacity to coordinate large-scale extraction, processing, and sale of timber, while deploying armed men to protect their interests. The National Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the National Council for the Rights of the Elderly have primary responsibility for promoting the rights of persons with disabilities.
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