Brazil records almost 52 thousand complaints of rights violations against people with disabilities in the first nine months of 2023

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O Ministério dos Direitos Humanos e da Cidadania (MDHC), por meio da Ouvidoria Nacional de Direitos Humanos, registrou até o terceiro trimestre deste ano 51.734 denúncias contra os direitos humanos de pessoas com deficiência. Os dados indicam aumento de 150% na comparação com o período anterior. No total, o terceiro ciclo de 2023 aponta para

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Response to dismissal of employment Tribunal claim

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Response to dismissal of employment Tribunal claim, A case made against the EHRC at Tribunal has been dismissed. We strongly denied any wrongdoing and several damaging and baseless claims were made against the Commission, individual members of staff and the Board. The Commission had a strong and evidenced case to defend all allegations. Following cross

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Neuquén: the trial of two former judicial officials of the dictatorship begins

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El Tribunal Oral Federal de Neuquén comenzará este viernes a juzgar a los ex funcionarios judiciales Pedro Duarte y Víctor Ortiz por crímenes de lesa humanidad cometidos contra 22 personas cuando se desempeñaron como juez federal y fiscal federal de Neuquén durante la última dictadura cívico-militar. La audiencia, que estará a cargo de los jueces

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The Human Rights Secretariat disseminates the first database of trials against humanity abroad

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La base está disponible en la web Juicios de lesa humanidad en tiempo real, que recopila la información de los juicios por los crímenes de la última dictadura argentina (1976-1983). Hasta el día de hoy, catorce países han realizado o realizan juicios, en su mayoría de extradición, contra 47 acusados. En siete juicios, el Estado

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MDHC signs agreement with BNDES to improve the bank’s human rights governance policies

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O ministro dos Direitos Humanos e da Cidadania, Silvio Almeida, classificou a assinatura de um Acordo de Cooperação Técnica (ACT) entre o Ministério dos Direitos Humanos e da Cidadania (MDHC) e o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) como “um dos momentos mais altos do MDHC até o momento”. A declaração ocorreu na

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