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23 Jun 2016

Brazil: UN Working Group on business & human rights reports on Dec 2015 visit - its concerns include deaths of human rights defenders

The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights visited Brazil from 7-16 December 2015. The final report of the group was presented to the UN Human Rights Council on June 16. Several complaints of human rigts violations were made, as well as criticism and recommendations to the Brazilian government and companies. See below for more information, including analysis of Conectas Human Rights on the presentation of the report by the UNWG and the Brazilian government's response.

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