A historical precedent: IACtHR recognizes breach of the right to equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of a socioeconomic right on intersectional grounds of gender, poverty and race in Fireworks Factory case
In July 2019, I wrote a blog post introducing the main arguments presented to the Inter-American Court of Human ...
BHP to be Dammed?
On 5 November 2015, a devastating mudslide following the collapse of the Fundao Dam tore through Mariana, Brazil, ...
Climate Fund Case: Climate Litigation reaches the Brazilian Supreme Court
Hailed as a milestone in Brazilian climate change litigation, a landmark decision by the Supreme Court has ...
Brazil’s ‘fake news’ bill threatens to harm internet freedom and individual rights
The Brazilian Senate approved a bill to fight fake news on 30 June 2020. The bill now goes to the lower house and ...
COVID-19, Emergency Basic Income and the Right to Life in Brazil
The coronavirus outbreak hit Brazil at a particularly difficult moment. Since 2016, Constitutional Amendment (EC) ...
Reverse racism is coming: the backlash against race conscious politics in contemporary Brazil
In February 2020, Brazil witnessed two judicial decisions that indicate backlash efforts against race informed ...
Gentrifying intersectionality in contemporary Brazil
On 17 October 2019, for the first time in the history of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Silvia Souza, a black woman, ...
Brazilian Superior Court of Justice Decides that Victims of Domestic Violence are Entitled to Paid Work Leave – While New Legislation Could Hinder Their Right to an Adequate Standard of Living
The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) established a new precedent asserting that women who suffer domestic ...
Brazil’s top court uses anti-racism legislation to make discrimination against LGBT people a criminal offence
On 13th June 2019, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF), by a majority of 8 to 3, recognized discrimination on the ...
Brazilian Supreme Court Inquiry into ‘Fake News’ Violates Freedom of Speech
The Brazilian Supreme Court has begun a confidential inquiry, ex officio, to investigate alleged crimes against ...
Challenges to women’s rights and the legalization of abortion in Brazil: can we move forward?
2018 was a challenging year for women’s rights in Brazil, and perhaps a taste of trials in the years to come. In ...
Mind the Gap: the Privacy Void in Brazilian’s Public Transport
In April 2018, the agreement entered into between ADMobilize and ViaQuatro, the administrator of the yellow line ...
