English  |  Français  |  Español
 
OMCT LogoOMCT logo
Make a donationRSSOMCT on FacebookOMCT on TwitterOMCT BlogHomeAbout OMCTActivitiesCATOMCT NetworkOMCT EuropeContactsMake a donation
  • Urgent campaigns
  • Assistance to victims
  • Human rights defenders
  • ESCR
  • Rights of the child
  • Violence against women
  • Monitoring protection mechanisms
 Save as PDF Print version
ESCR / Statements / Brazil / 2009 / May

Brazil: Brazil: Statement to the CESCR by OMCT, Justiça Global, and the National Movement of Street Boys and Girls

Download full article
7 pages / 292 KB

Statement by Justiça Global, the World Organisation Against Torture and the National Movement of Street Boys and Girls to the Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights: Examination of State Party Report on Brazil 42nd Session, Geneva, 4 May 2009 

Based on the conviction that torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and other forms of violence are related in many ways to – and are often directly caused by - disrespect for economic, social and cultural rights, Justiça Global, the National Movement of Street Boys and Girls (Movimento Nacional de Meninos e Meninas de Rua - MNMMR) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) came together to prepare an alternative report to support the Committee’s consideration of the Brazilian State party report. 


In our report, the economic, social and cultural root causes of violence and, indeed, the impact of violence upon the possibility of enjoying economic, social and cultural rights, are examined from the specific perspective of “the criminalization of poverty”, with a particular emphasis on Brazil’s urban areas. The term “criminalization of poverty” refers to a clear and observable phenomenon that sees the poorest members of Brazilian society identified by state and quasi-state actors as criminal, or potentially criminal elements simply because of their socio-economic status and on that basis being targeted for extortion, arbitrary arrest and detention, physical violence or, indeed, summary execution. 


Properties

Date: May 22, 2009
Activity: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Type: Statements
Country: Brazil
Subjects: Criminalisation of the poor, Land and Housing, Non-state actors, Police, Military and Paramilitary, Poverty, Torture and violence, Urban poor

Share this

Tweet

Related articles

  • Brazil:  The Criminalisation Of Poverty - A Report on the Economic, Social and Cultural Root Causes of Torture and Other Forms of Violence in Brazil
    Reports and Publications / April 12, 2009

Languages

This page is available in:

English


You can also translate it on the fly:

Recently Viewed Articles

OMCT International Secretariat
PO Box 21, 8, rue du Vieux-Billard, CH-1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland
Tel: + 41 22 809 4939
Fax: + 41 22 809 4929
E-mail:
OMCT Europe
Rue Franklin 111
1000 Brussels
Tel. / Fax: +32 2 218 37 19
E-mail:
OMCT TUNIS
3, Rue Hassen Ibn Nooman
Cité Jardins | Tunis 1002
Tel: +216 71 791 114
Fax: +216 71 791 115
E-mail:
  • Blog
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Rss
  • Privacy Policy