Mega-sporting events shine a spotlight on host countries…The massive infrastructure projects necessary to host mega-sporting events such as the World Cup and Olympics raise a number of human rights concerns.  With the preparations for the Rio Games underway, the forced displacements, forced labour, discrimination and violent repression of protestors that accompanied the World Cup are still a vivid memory in much of Brazil…And like the World Cup, the Games highlight the huge impact businesses can have on human rights.  Brazil’s recent popularity as a host of major sporting events is just one reason why Business & Human Rights Resource Centre decided to conduct a legal research mission there in March…We wanted to learn what is being done in Brazil to hold companies legally accountable for human rights abuses…We invited human rights advocates from different parts of the country to discuss avenues and successful strategies to hold companies legally accountable for human rights abuses, and challenges they face…Empowering communities to protect their rights effectively and holding companies accountable for their human rights abuses will help ensure that development in Brazil is not at the expense of the vulnerable, but actually benefits poor and marginalised groups.