The following interview, conducted by journalist Valéria França, was originally published in Portuguese in Veja magazine on March 1, 2024. With the largest prison population in its history, more than 830 thousand prisoners, the Brazilian prison system has major problems, such as overcrowding, lack of operational infrastructure and organized crime. Despite the complex problems, Brazilian...
Tag: Human Rights
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Article: “Without proposals for public security, senators exchange the Law for penal populism”
By Patrícia Villela Marino For those who dedicate themselves to thinking about society’s problems and working towards its improvement, a maxim needs to be followed: there is no easy solution to complex problems. Faced with the crisis in Brazilian public security, the National Congress ignores this elementary idea and embraces penal populism. The most recent...
05/10/202305/10/2023
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Article: José Gregori, An Icon of Justice and Human Rights
By Patrícia Villela Marino Born on October 13, 1930, José Gregori lived 92 years in favor of justice, democracy and human rights. Although his birthday is a reason to celebrate the life of an extraordinary man, this year marks a change, the passing of a giant. Gregori left us last month, but his legacy remains...
02/10/202302/10/2023
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H360 works to guarantee the rights of indigenous woman who is a cooperative member in Maranhão
On September 26, an indigenous woman from the Guajajara people who is part of the Cuxá Social Cooperative, installed by the Humanitas360 Institute in the Women’s Prison Unit in São Luís, Maranhão, won the right to provisional freedom. She was in preventive detention in the Pedrinhas Complex without having been convicted, in a process that...
04/09/202304/09/2023
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Note from the president of H360 on the passing of José Gregori
On behalf of the Humanitas360 Institute, I express my deep condolences at the passing of José Gregori, one of the most inspiring men I have ever had the opportunity to know, and I offer sincere solidarity to his family and friends in this time of mourning. Former Minister of Justice, José Gregori was a tireless defender...