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This article aimed to discuss the approval of the 'National Framework on Human Rights and Business' law in Brazil, which takes a binding approach to establish the foundations for effective corporate responsibility regarding activities that violate human rights. The research employed the historical-dialectical method and the theoretical framework of Gonzalo Berrón's architecture of impunity studies. The article was structured into three sections corresponding to the pillars of shifting from a voluntary to a binding approach: subjective, objective, and substantive. The conclusions pointed out that the approval of Bill No. 572/2022 represents a milestone in ending the architecture of corporate impunity, positioning Brazil and Latin America in a leadership role, without waiting for wealthy countries to capitalize on and monopolize the discourse on human rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article aims to reflect on education, in its relationship with human rights, taking as a reference the experience of the Sex Workers Movement in Brazil. In methodological and epistemological terms, this is a study with a qualitative approach, which has as its starting point the reflections and textures built from studies on prostitution, sex work and the movement of sex workers. This way, searches were carried out, surveys of studies and reviews of works on the theme addressed in order to contribute to the theoretical foundation of this study. Furthermore, it was part of the methodology to consider the narratives and voices of the interlocutors of the present study as a fundamental part of the data analysis. The discussion presented here intends to problematize the discussions, questions and reflections about education, human right, and the Sex Workers Movement, pointing out, that this Movement is also configured as a Social Movement building other ways of doing education, a historical task that proposes a political-educational praxis since the battle. In this way, it is legitimized that the knowledge built within the Sex Workers Movement shed light and point to unprecedented-viable ways to build a more diverse world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to reflect on education, in its relationship with human rights, taking as a reference the experience of the Sex Workers Movement in Brazil. In methodological and epistemological terms, this is a study with a qualitative approach, which has as its starting point the reflections and textures built from studies on prostitution, sex work and the movement of sex workers. This way, searches were carried out, surveys of studies and reviews of works on the theme addressed in order to contribute to the theoretical foundation of this study. Furthermore, it was part of the methodology to consider the narratives and voices of the interlocutors of the present study as a fundamental part of the data analysis. The discussion presented here intends to problematize the discussions, questions and reflections about education, human right, and the Sex Workers Movement, pointing out, that this Movement is also configured as a Social Movement building other ways of doing education, a historical task that proposes a political-educational praxis since the battle. In this way, it is legitimized that the knowledge built within the Sex Workers Movement shed light and point to unprecedented-viable ways to build a more diverse world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The period from 1964 to 1985, in Brazil, is characterized by the rupture of the country's Institutions, with the installation of a civilmilitary dictatorship that perpetrated serious violations of human rights, with the suppression of civil and political rights and the use of state violence. The academic community, in this context, was affected by these repressive actions. This article, therefore, aims to analyze theses and dissertations that discuss the violation of human rights of university professors during the civil-military dictatorship in the period 2017-2022. To this end, works available at the Bank of Theses and Dissertations of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) that discuss the interface between (violation of) human rights, civil-military dictatorship and education were selected. The state-of-the-art research allowed raising and discussing the latest academic productions in the area, as well as identifying gaps to be explored. Thirteen works were selected, from which their particularities were discussed, including the different nomenclatures used by the studies to refer to the period from 1964 to 1985, the meanings attributed to the violation of human rights and its relationship with education. The results showed the presence of discussion in different areas of knowledge but, at the same time, low academic production in the field of education on the subject studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Brazil, the challenge to guarantee the exercise of rights is impaired by deep social inequalities, which weaken not only the guarantee of rights, but also the implementation of public policies that can address the demands of the population. In the case of the rural population, the profound contrasts in the distribution of land, resources, and access to services make residents of rural settlements face precarious conditions for survival. This article is a review of the strengths and weaknesses that members of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) present for the exercise of human rights, especially the right to health, based on references located in LILACS, SciELO, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL, PubMed, Web of Science and ProQuest. Eight articles were analyzed and three main categories were identified: i) Struggle for rights and party interests; ii) Right to education and education in rights, iii) Where to exercise social control in health? The results showed that the defense of their rights sometimes collides with political party interests; however, the focus on education indicates strong potential in the defense and expansion of these rights. With regard to the right to health, members of the movement still present contradictory positions in relation to formal spaces of social control in health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article asks why Brazil persists in not complying with the reparation measures of the Inter-American Court sentences in the cases in which it was convicted? Through a literature review and a case study, domestic weaknesses and compliance mechanisms of the Inter-American System were identified, and it was concluded that non-compliance touches on historical and contemporary challenges of the country, such as police violence and violations during the military regime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

the research has an exploratory qualitative approach to identify health students' perception of obstetric violence and its relationship with a bioethical perspective based on the postulates of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. For this purpose, an electronic questionnaire was applied to 102 health students, the majority female, up to 25 years of age, and inhabitants of the Federal District, Brazil, without children. From the answers, it is possible to perceive that knowledge about obstetric violence does not necessarily occur in the formal academic context, Having considerable importance in the debate among students and other sources of information, such as the internet and media. Concerning knowledge of Bioethics, although most of the participants claimed to have, it is perceived that it was limited in terms of the meaning of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights and its application in the specific case. It is concluded that there is a significant gap in the ethical training of health professionals and that the academic community should stimulate the development of critical thinking in their students instead of inhibiting it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Policy for LGBT Adolescents in Minas Gerais' Socioeducational System? Notes on an Ongoing Dispute analyzes the construction of the state policy for care and treatment of LGBT people in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and its application in the socio-educational units in the state. The research was based on documental analysis and semi-structured interviews. We found that the state's socio-educational system seeks to implement institutional standards produced by the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA) and the National System for Socio-Educational Care (Sinase). Nonetheless, the values that it intends to follow seem disconnected from the practices historically established in the internment units, prevailing punitive perspectives. Formally, the socio-educational system in Minas Gerais follows gender policies, but these are far from the routines developed in the units. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture has approved eight thematic reports on the use of force; migration; prohibition of torture; corruption; domestic violence; psychological torture; biopsychosocial factors; and state cooperation. In 2021, the rapporteur requested input on the impact of the reports and their relevance in the national context. This article is the response to the rapporteur's request regarding Brazil, based on an interview with a specialist in torture prevention, in addition to theoretical research of specialized literature, legislation, jurisprudence, press releases and reports from international organizations. It may be of interest to academics, lawyers and agents committed to human rights issues and studies on Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Food insecurity (FI) is characterized by the lack of access to food in adequate quantity and quality. In recent years, there has been an upward trend in FI, and sociodemographic factors seem to influence it. Objective: To verify the prevalence of FI and its associated factors in households in a municipality in southern Santa Catarina. Methods: Population-based cross-sectional study, conducted in Criciúma-SC in 2019, with individuals aged ≥18 years. The analysis included all families in which the head of the household (individual who contributed most of the household income) participated in the research. The Brazilian food insecurity scale assessed the household FI, and sociodemographic and food characteristics were evaluated as independent variables. The study performed adjusted analyses using Poisson regression, considering a significance level of 5% to evaluate the associations between FI and the independent variables. Results: Four hundred and thirty-nine households and five hundred and sixty-two individuals participated in the study. The prevalence of FI was 25.8%, being higher in households with residents between 18 and 29 years of age (PR=1.72; 95% CI 1.08-2.76) and between 30 and 39 years of age (PR=2.02; 95% CI 1.35-3.03), mixed race (PR=1.47; 95% CI 1.01-2.13), under 18 years of age (PR=1.70; 95% CI 1.16;2.47), and who ate 1-2 meals daily (PR=2.29; 95% CI 1.15-4.60), all compared with their peers. In addition, income showed an inverse linear trend with FI, which means that as income decreases, the prevalence of home FI increases (<0.001). Conclusion: One in four households is FI, and demographic, socioeconomic, and nutritional factors influence this outcome. Given these findings, it will be possible to direct public actions and policies to ensure adequate food for the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the access to justice, civil rights, human rights, and democracy, based on the intervention of lawyers and the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (OAB) with a literature review on the theme. It sought to identify the actions of these social actors for the benefit of civil rights, based on their constitutional history; and determine the meanings created, within the framework of the work of law and the OAB, about access to justice, human rights and democracy. Consecrated by the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988, in Article 133, as indispensable to the justice system, lawyership finds its space-time of organization and institutional protection in the OAB. Over 92 years, the OAB has acted in key moments throughout Brazilian history, especially fighting for the right of defense. The main argument of this article is that lawyership and the OAB, through their actions, produce new meanings about access to justice, civil rights, and democracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article discusses the reconfiguration of power in the face of the challenges posed by the far-right in relation to human rights and democracy. It emphasizes the importance of understanding and confronting the power that circulates at the grassroots level, diversifying strategies and actors. It also mentions Moisés Naím's book "The End of Power," which identifies three revolutionary transformations of power. Additionally, it highlights the importance of wisdom and social technology in marginalized areas such as favelas, in order to confront marginalization and violence. The dynamics of favelas and their relationship with these territories are addressed, highlighting the role of collectives, local organizations, and Pentecostal evangelical churches. The article discusses mobility and reactionary and far-right movements worldwide, as well as the close relationship between political candidates and the evangelical segment in Brazil. It emphasizes the distance between ruling elites and the working classes, as well as the lack of connection between progressive forces and disorganized society. Democratic stability and the construction of a more just society depend on the debate and engagement of different sectors of society around human rights and democracy. [Extracted from the article]

This research analyses the results on damage recomposing in Permanent Preservation Areas located in cities that integrate the Meia Ponte River basin, in Goiás, by verifying the Alternative Dispute Resolution Agreements (ADRs) in which public prosecutors take part in order to evaluate if their work produces sensible results when the ecological role of these areas is considered. The research maps the judiciary districts and links them to environmental crimes committed between 2017 and 2019. By following the established criteria, it analyzes seven ADRs that were found during the research. The goal, during this step, is to examine if the agreements comply with the minimum technical quality required by Brazilian Law. Also, it identifies five rural properties belonging to the ADRs participants in order to verify them by satellite images. These images permit temporal comparison of the areas and make it possible to see if there are Permanent Preservation Areas and Legal Reserved Areas that still have to be recomposed and the proposition on doing so according to the Rural-Environmental Registration. By qualitative analyses, the research concludes that the criteria established by Brazilian Law are not sufficiently complied by the ADRs in which state public prosecutors take part. The results indicate a low utility level of ADRs in Brazil when ecological roles are considered. Important data on the parts, on the areas, and on the obligations are not mentioned or were forgotten. The restoration of the damaged areas was not verified in any of the rural properties analyzed. Public prosecutors value documents over the reality of the areas and the possibility of complying with the ecological role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In Brazil, the presence of psychology in prisons was established by the Criminal Sentence Execution Act, in 1984, and it was intensified in the past three decades. In the paper, the results of a study are discussed to understand the activity of psychologists in the prisons in Minas Gerais, based on clinical approaches to the work. We performed a qualitative research, with content analysis of documents, observations in five prisons, and interviews with 14 psychologists who work at these prisons. We verified that the role of psychology in prisons has been controversial, with different institutional intersections resulting from the security and punishment logic, which seems to frequently oppose professional ethical principles. The institutional demand for classifying prisoners overlaps with the monitoring of rehabilitation programs, set forth by law. This scenario, worsened by the lack of professionals, results in obstructions in the activity, the distress of the worker, trivialization of the violation of rights, and uncritical adhesion to the repressive mechanism of the institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Police and military officers have been migrating to institutional party politics since the democratization period in Brazil. Analyzes former officer's discourses at São Paulo's state parliament in different contexts. Drawing from document analysis, the so-called "bullet caucus" of the 18th legislature (2015-2019) was compared to the "security caucus" elected for the first time in the 11th legislature (1987-1991). Although these groups have shown similarities concerning public security, new negotiation strategies, and a dispute over human rights policy have been observed. The paper argues that the "bullet caucus" reorganizes conservatism in the political field by opening spaces of connection with diverse groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the worsening of the migratory crisis today, due to the inability of different countries to comply with their obligations, the fragility of international agreements ends up being evidenced. Thus, the objective of this study is to understand the limits of legal norms based on the critical theory of human rights and the ethics of otherness, considering the basic assumptions of refugee rights, as established by the Refugee Statute and applied in Brazil with the law 9.474/1997. As far as it was possible to perceive, from the critical perspective of Douzinas e Flores, human rights were consolidated as a legal abstraction that compromised their effectiveness. Based on Lévinas’ ethics of otherness, it was understood that abstract universalism does not imply the recognition of the other refugee, and it is necessary to consider human rights as a priority in its intersubjective dimension, so that laws and public policies are constructed with the participation of refugees themselves, subject to rights. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Seeking asylum presents itself as a surviving strategy to a part of the population in the 21st century globalization period due to political, social and economic crisis. In this regard, this paper aims to analyze if the Brazilian economic crisis discourse stimulates xenophobia towards refugees sheltered in Brazil. Therefore, this article is divided into two stages. Initially, the migratory context in the 21st century is exposed, followed by and explanation of the international and national legal support regarding the refugee issue. Then, the possibility of the economic discourse as a xenophobia stimulator was pointed out. The research is based on a bibliographic methodology, pure, qualitative, descriptive and exploratory, using a legislative and data analysis of the National Refugee Committee. Thus, it is concluded that the economic crisis discourse does promote xenophobic practices, and those behaviors must be efficiently combated to there by guarantee human rights to refugees in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the goals of the University extension project "How to use the Law", realized in Porto Seguro, State of Bahia, Brazil, was to identify methodologies of other projects about education about rights in schools to be used in posterior activities. In order to do so, we analyzed papers published at the Human rights and Justice session of the Brazilian Congress on University Extension Annals since 2012. We found thirteen papers, mostly from North, South and Southeast regions about: human rights education, bullying, Statute of Children and Adolescents, violence, racism, social inequality, sexuality, family relationships, restorative justice, illicit psychotropic substances, peace culture, and others. In general, the projects related in the papers are interdisciplinary. Some of them exhibit movies and a few others engage with other institutions and professionals. They face the challenges of improper material conditions of execution, the need to adapt the legal language to the specific public and the ambivalence of rights that can provide either emancipation or discipline. Although some papers describe how successful the projects were, it would be useful to describe in detail the methods, techniques and materials used in the activities, as well as the underlying concepts of teaching and extension. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Portuguese as a Welcoming Language is a discipline which finds its place both in the scope of Applied Linguistics and also in the field of Human Rights since education is a human right according to the Brazilian Constitution of 1988. The globalization and the advent of international migration in general motivated the development of the field of Portuguese as a Welcoming Language (GROSSO, 2010; AMADO, 2013). In this chapter, we are interested in analyzing from an emic perspective the linguistic ideologies and beliefs that emerge in the speech of a Haitian student during an informal conversation about his approval in the Brazilian exam of access to the Brazilian higher education, Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM), and the consequent admission to a free public University in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Current paper deals with the effectiveness of the decisions of the Interamerican Human Rights Court in Brazil through the paradigm of the case of the employees of the fireworks factory in Santo Antônio de Jesus and expectations towards the compliance of the Court´s decision. The Interamerican System of Human Rights was described from the historical point of view, coupled to the role of the organs involved and the insertion of Brazil in the Organization of American States. Further, the relativization of national sovereignty is discussed within the legal force of decisions by the Interamerican Human Rights Court. The case of employees of the fireworks factory in Santo Antônio de Jesus is forwarded as from the sentence given by the Court and other developments. Results show that attendance to the Court´s decisions is slow, mainly when one analyzes previous condemnations. On the other hand, recent initiatives have shown that, if properly implemented, it may bring new stances with regard to the effectiveness of the decisions. The descriptive method, bibliographic review and analysis of decisions were employed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the wake of the rapid aging of the population, one should urgently reflect on its implications, among which may be mentioned the existence of aging and the numberless situations of violation of rights of the elderly who need protection from the state, family and society, without discarding existential autonomy. Assuming the autonomy of the elderly as one of the general principles, the Interamerican Convention on the protection of rights of the elderly may contribute for a greater agency of this group through new rights and the reinforcements of already existing ones. The hypothetical and deductive method will demonstrate the importance of its ratification in Brazil with an approach on situations with regard to the violation to self-determination. Due to its great capacity in forwarding rights and cultural changes on the autonomy of aging, the Interamerican Convention is a normative landmark for Human Rights on the continent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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