Brazil

CETIM’s actions, with its partners in the field, in favour of the Brazilian people

Training Brazilian farmers’ organisations on the UNDROP

Since the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), the CETIM – in collaboration with La Via Campesina in particular – has been running training courses for peasant organisation executives. The goal of this training is not only to familiarise rights-holders with the UNDROP, but […]

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Brazil: Environmental crimes and corporate impunity

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 45th session 14 September – 7 October 2020 In a previous statement during this session of the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on toxic waste, Mr. Tuncak, made clear recommendations, based on the manifest deficiency of national regulation on transnational corporates in Brazil, calling for independent investigations into abuses of power […]

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