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the São Paulo government on the handling of shooting victims is an important step to safeguard against unlawful killings by state police, Human Rights Watch said today.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130112030440/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/12/brazil-rousseff-should-condemn-russian-crackdown">Brazil: Rousseff Should Condemn Russian Crackdown</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 12, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil should express concern about the crackdown on civil society in Russia when she meets with President Vladimir V. Putin.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130112030440/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/29/brazil-states-should-act-killings-police">Brazil: States Should Act on Killings by Police</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">A resolution by Brazil’s Human Rights Defense Council outlines crucial steps needed to reduce unlawful killings by police, Human Rights Watch said today. The resolution calls on law enforcement officials at the state level to ensure that all killings by their police forces are properly investigated.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130112030440/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/20/un-human-rights-council-adoption-outcome-brazils-upr">UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the Outcome of Brazil's UPR</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch welcomes the Universal Periodic Review report on Brazil. We urge Brazil to take concrete steps to address the serious concerns raised during the UPR, including impunity for police officers who break the law and chronic torture and overcrowding in detention centers across the country.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130112030440/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/03/argentina-letter-president-cristina-fernandez-venezuela-inclusion-mercosur">Argentina: Letter to President Cristina Fernandez on Venezuela inclusion into MERCOSUR</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 3, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130112030440/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/03/brazil-letter-president-dilma-rousseff-venezuela-inclusion-mercosur">Brazil: Letter to President Dilma Rousseff on Venezuela inclusion into MERCOSUR</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 3, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130112030440/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/27/rio-20-missed-opportunity-bolster-human-rights">Rio + 20 missed an opportunity to bolster human rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 27, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Development initiatives without a clear commitment to non-discrimination and addressing the needs of marginalised and vulnerable communities are wrong in that they violate human rights. But they can also drive injustice, poverty and conflict, and are ultimately unsustainable.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130112030440/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/22/rio-20-outcome-document-undermined-rights-opponents">Rio + 20: Outcome Document Undermined by Rights Opponents</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 22, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Global economic troubles are being matched by a recession in human rights with worryingly minimal commitments coming out of the United Nations Rio+20 conference on Sustainable Development, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Center for International Environment Law (CIEL) said at the close of the conference.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130112030440/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/19/future-women-want">The Future Women Want</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 19, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Beatriz understands perfectly that her access to reproductive health care is intimately tied to the economic well-being of her household. Unfortunately, this simple truth is something that some world leaders gathering in Rio this week seem to have trouble grasping.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130112030440/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/06/14/brazil-letter-governor-cabral-police-violence">Brazil: Letter to Governor Cabral on Police Violence</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 14, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Since we last met in December 2009 to discuss the findings of our report “Lethal Force,” Human Rights Watch has followed your administration’s efforts to improve policing in Rio de Janeiro with great interest. On several recent visits to Rio state, we have conducted in-depth interviews with state officials, prosecutors, police officers, public security experts, civil society organizations, and favela residents. 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