A Report by the Social Network for Justice and Human Rights
I. Human Rights in the Countryside
Violence and Social Movement Activism in the Countryside
Antonio Canuto
10 years since the Eldorado dos Carajás massacre - rural movements fight against impunity
Evanize Sydow
Prophecies do not change the future
Aton Fon Filho
Agrarian Policy in the Lula Government: the Hollowing of Agrarian Reform
Jose Juliano de Carvalho Filho
Peasant Agriculture and Agrarian Reform in Brazil: an Evaluation of the Lula Government
Via Campesina Brazil, The Movement of Small Farmers, The Landless Workers Movement, The Movement of Dam Affected Peoples, The Movement of Peasant Women, The Pastoral Land Commission, The Brazilian Association for Land Reform
Labor rights violations and death of sugarcane workers
Maria Aparecida de Moraes Silva
Slavery in Brazil: New and Persistent Issues
Ricardo Rezende Figueira
Violence Against Indigenous Peoples
Paulo Maldos
The United Nations confirms the denunciations of the Movement of Dam-Affected People
Leandro Gaspar Scalabrin
Diversion of the São Francisco River: A contradiction to the human right to water
Roberto Malvezzi
The state of Bahia suffers from the impacts of uranium production for nuclear plants
Zoraide Villasboas
Peasant Resistance in Brazil
Mônica Dias Martins
II. Human Rights in Urban Areas
They did not see the Brazilian soccer team get defeated
Aton Fon Filho
Violence in São Paulo – a frightening balance
Evanize Sydow
Structural Unemployment in Brazil
Marcio Pochmann
Migration and Slave Work
Luiz Bassegio e Luciane Udovic
Human trafficking in Brazil
Marcia Anita Sprandel
Labor Policies and Human Rights
Paulo César Pedrini
III. Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Towards a Country for All People
Lúcia Xavier
Limits to Access to Education
Sérgio Haddad e Mariângela Graciano
Amazon dilemmas and the Lula administration
Lindomar Silva
The Right to Culture: Progress and dilemmas facing Lula’s Government in regards to cultural policies
Antonio Eleilson Leite
The Human Right to Communication: its recognition grows, but violations remain the rule
Diogo Moyses e Cristina Charão
IV. International Policy and Human Rights
The Peoples’ Victory at the WTO
Maria Luisa Mendonça
Evaluation of the World Bank’s Rural Programs in Brazil
Maria Luisa Mendonça
With the help of the United States, the Paraguayan government represses social movements
Igor Ojeda
Foreign Debt and Human Rights Violations in Brazil
Maria Lucia Fattorelli Carneiro