Human Rights receives the Marielle Franco Institute to discuss combating political violence

Summary:

The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, Rita Oliveira, held a virtual meeting with representatives from the Marielle Franco Institute to discuss violence against gender and race in Brazil, particularly in the context of the 2024 municipal elections. Oliveira emphasized the importance of mapping strategic actions that consider gender and race as practices of exclusion in power and decision-making spaces, and unifying efforts among stakeholders. The Ministry is reformatting its Program for Protecting Defenders of Human Rights, Comunicators, and Environmentalists (PPDHD) to improve its effectiveness, and is working to enhance protection for individual and collective rights. The Marielle Franco Institute is conducting a survey to identify the number of human rights defenders expected to run in the 2024 elections and the number of parliamentarians already under protection.