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January 30, 2025 Commentary

The Major Problems with Mining Industry's New Certification Standard

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January 16, 2025 News Release

Brazil: Lead COP30 by Example

Phaseout of Fossil Fuels, Robust Forest Protection Needed

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December 20, 2024 Dispatches

Brazil Bans X from Using Children to Power Its AI

All Governments Should Protect Children’s Privacy by Regulating Artificial Intelligence

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December 3, 2024 Dispatches

Brazil Fails to Launch Long-Awaited Pesticide Reduction Plan

Policymakers Should Press for Robust and Timely Implementation

A worker applies fungicide after harvesting soybeans in Campo Mourão, in the Central-West Region of Paraná, Brazil, October 14, 2021.
November 21, 2024 Letter

Letter to Brazil Attorney-General Paulo Gonet

November 18, 2024 Report

Brazil: Pesticide Bill Threatens Health, Livelihoods

Smaller Buffer Zones Would Further Reduce Protection from Exposure

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November 17, 2024 Commentary

After Trump Win, Brazil Needs to Step Up Rights Diplomacy

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October 10, 2024 Impact

UN Experts Spotlight Devastating Police Brutality in Brazil

Black Brazilians are Three Times more Likely to Be Killed by Police than White Brazilians

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October 9, 2024 Commentary

The Right Lessons from the Flap Over X in Brazil

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September 26, 2024 Dispatches

Brazil’s Turn to Ratify Landmark Environmental Treaty

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September 11, 2024 Statement

Brazil: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

99th Pre-Sessional Working Group

September 11, 2024 News Release

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Limited Access to Asylum, Integration Pushes People to the Darién Gap

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September 3, 2024 Dispatches

720 Australian and Brazilian Children Better Protected from AI Misuse

Child Data Protection Laws Urgently Needed to Protect All Children

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August 28, 2024 Dispatches

Private Door to Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry

Mandatory Lobbying Disclosures and Publicly Searchable Registries Are Basic Minimum

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August 27, 2024 Letter

Human Rights Watch letter to the presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico on the crisis in Venezuela

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