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Oct/28/2011 - Criminal Justice Newsletter: issue no. 2
Conectas, in partnership with the Sou da Paz Institute and the Catholic Church’s Pastoral Carcerária prison care service, publishes newsletter on the project to monitor legislative and executive branches
Oct/17/2011 - Civil society calls for more transparent procedure for appointing Supreme Court justices
Human rights organizations stage hearing with Ministry of Justice on Supreme Court appointments, hold seminar on the Democratization of Justice and launch the JUSDH - Justice and Human Rights Articulation.
Sep/30/2011 - UN visits Brazil to investigate torture and mistreatment in the country
UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture requests information from Conectas on the conditions of torture in the Brazilian prison system
Sep/28/2011 - Public statement 3/2011: National Justice Council
Conectas stresses the importance of a transparent judiciary that is free from corporate interests, rejecting any attempt to weaken the role of the National Justice Council
Sep/27/2011 - Brazilian Supreme Court: appointing the next minister
Organizations submit letter on the appointment to the Brazilian Supreme Court and request a hearing with the Minister of Justice
Sep/23/2011 - Public Defender’s Office discusses institutional policy on treatment of pretrial detainees
Conectas and other civil society organizations present proposals and emphasize the importance of the Office to uphold the rights of the prison population
Sep/16/2011 - UN visits Brazil to investigate torture and mistreatment in the country
Subcommittee on Torture to visit prison facilities and inspect detention conditions
Sep/15/2011 - Civil society and government debate education in prisons
Conectas and other organizations defend the right to education for prisoners in public hearing at São Paulo State Legislative Assembly
Aug/19/2011 - Public Consultation: “Institutional policy on treatment of pretrial detainees in the state of São Paulo”
Conectas and partners submit contributions on the topic to the Higher Council of the Public Defender’s Office
Aug/19/2011 - Conectas participates in São Paulo Public Defender’s Office State Conference
Proposals presented with partners were approved to comprise the Office’s Biennial Plan of Action
Aug/12/2011 - Public statement: Events for the Judiciary over the autonomy and independence of the Judicial Branch
Civil society criticizes the lack of regulation on sponsorship of events for the Judicial Branch
Aug/03/2011 - Conectas and ICJ publish report on Brazilian corporations and human rights
Report presents recommendations to improve Brazil’s legal framework on human rights abuses involving corporations
Aug/01/2011 - Conectas discusses pretrial detention in Latin America
Civil society organizations mobilize against the abusive use of this measure and for the right to defense at a meeting in Ecuador
Jul/27/2011 - Conectas participates in pre-conference of São Paulo State Public Defender’s Office
Pre-conference in São Paulo addresses proposals on issues such as the prison system and education in human rights
Jul/20/2011 - Latin American civil society speaks out against the restriction of access to medicines
Conectas signs the open letter against the agreement of the 'MPP' with pharmaceutical company Gilead
Jul/20/2011 - Open letter criticizes first “Medicines Patent Pool” license
Conectas and other organizations criticize agreement that excludes Brazil and other developing countries from access to generic drugs
Jul/15/2011 - National Council on Criminal and Prison Policy discusses São Paulo prison system
Conectas and another five civil society organizations present their priorities to guide the work of the Council, at a meeting held in Brasília
Jul/01/2011 - Law that creates alternatives to detention of suspects comes into effect in Brazil
Conectas, Instituto Sou da Paz and Pastoral Carcerária supported the approval of the law that establishes alternative precautionary measures
Jul/01/2011 - New law guarantees remission for prisoners who study
Conectas believes the law is an incentive to promote access to education for people in detention in Brazil
Jun/16/2011 - Manifest for the Right to Public Information
Conectas and Article 19 position themselves for maintaining the regime of urgency in dealing PLC 41/2010 and against eternal secrecy of documents
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