Terra de Direitos celebrated a major legal victory this past week when the Civil Court of Cascavel ruled that the agribusiness, Syngenta, is responsible for the death of a landless activist who was...
The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) today authorized the Belo Monte Dam's operating license, which allows the dam's reservoirs to be filled. The authorization was granted despite clear noncompliance with conditions necessary...
According to the Brazilian Platform of Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Human Rights (DhESCA Brazil), the National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) has...
The Plataforma DHESCA Brasil is part of the National Counsil for Human Rights, who was raised by law 12,986, on June 2, 2014. The CNDH, in April 2015, received by the Movement...
At request of Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragems (MAB), a group of the National Human Rights Council were in Altamira last week to prove the allegations of rights violations that are occurring with the...
ESCR-Net have developed a Scoping Report highlighting six cases of corporate capture in different industries and across different regions. The Scoping Report is a preliminary...
