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08/11/2025  •  Human Rights Defenders +

On the Front Line: Every 36 Hours, a Person Is a Victim of Violence for Defending Human Rights in Brazil

80.9% of cases recorded between 2023 and 2024 targeted those defending land and environmental rights


06/17/2025

Without consultation with traditional peoples and communities, Pará\'s REDD+ system advances over territories

Terra de Direitos technical note denounces the lack of adequate consultation as a threat to the autonomy and governance of territories


12/16/2024

Third edition of the “Political and Electoral Violence in Brazil” survey reports record cases in 2024

In the past two years, the country has recorded nearly half of all cases reported since 2016


04/25/2024  •  Biodiversity and Food Sovereignty +

OECD complaint filed against Bayer AG for systematic human rights violations and environmental damages

An alliance of six society organizations is holding the company accountable for the impacts of industrial agriculture in South America


04/23/2024  •  Business and Human Rights Violations +

Environmental licensing gaps and irregularities lead to a 105% increase in the number of ports in Tapajós (PA)

Of the 27 ports in operation in Tapajós, at least half have committed some irregularity in their environmental licensing process


03/14/2024  •  Land Conflicts +

Brazilian State condemned for the murder of rural worker Antonio Tavares

Inter-American Court decision rules that Military Justice can no longer investigate crimes committed by military personnel against civilians


11/16/2023  •  Land Conflicts +

Survey reveals doubling of annual average of murders of quilombolas from 2018 to 2022 compared to 2008-2017

Approximately 70 percent of the murders were recorded in territories that have not been titled.


08/18/2023  •  Human Rights Defenders +

Committee for Justice for Marielle promotes international seminar on the struggle for justice in the case

With the aim of promoting exchanges between countries on the struggle for justice, an international seminar will be held to mark 2,000 days


06/14/2023  •  Human Rights Defenders +

Survey points to 169 homicides against human rights defenders in the last four years, in Brazil

Territorial and environmental struggles are the main reasons for violence; Legal Amazon is the region with the highest number of cases


05/13/2023  •  Quilombolas +

At the current pace, Brazil will take 2,188 years to title quilombola territories with processes open at Incra

Slowness, insufficient budget and fragile land policies mark the slow progress of the Brazilian State in guaranteeing the right







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