Table of contents
Preface Ricardo Rezende Figueirauma
I. Human Rights in the Countryside
Agrarian Policies and Rural Violence José Juliano de Carvalho Filho
False Promises of Agrarian Reform João Pedro Stedile
Workers linked to Sister Dorothy are still frightened by the violence of the ranchers in Anapu Evanize Sydow
Repression against the Movement of People Affected by Dams Eduardo Luis Zen
Peasant Agriculture Frei Sérgio Antônio Görgen
Violence Against Indigenous People in Brazil Paulo Maldos
The National Plan for the Eradication of Slave Labor is three years old and will be reevaluated Evanize Sydow II. Human Rights in Urban Areas
Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro: from Beatings to the Use of Lethal Force Silvia Ramos
“No one is illegal no matter where they live” Luis Bassegio e Roberval Freire
Migrant Workers in the Ribeirão Preto Region Maria Aparecida de Moraes Silva
The Denial of the Right to Work Marcio Pochmann
Employment in Brazil in 2005: Challenges and perspectives Paulo César Pedrini
For a National Plan to Combat Displacements and Forced Removals and to Protect the Right to Adequate Housing Nelson Saule Júnior, Leticia Osorio, Patricia de Menezes Cardoso
Life on the Streets Marcio Seidenberg
III. Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Brazilian women in the beginning of the 21st Century Gustavo Venturi e Marisol Recamán
The Persistence of Racial Discrimination in Brazil Raquel Souzas
Fome Zero, National Policy for Nutrition and Food Security, and the promotion of the Human Right to Adequate Food Flávio Luiz Schieck Valente
The Economic Restrictions for Public Education Sergio Haddad e Mariângela Graciano
The Lula Administration’s Environmental Policy for the Amazon Jean-Pierre Leroy
At Fifteen: The Statute of Children and Adolescents in the Neo-liberal Era Maria Helena Zamora
The Access of State-held Information as a Human Right Ana Luisa Gomes Lima e Camila Colares Bezerra
Identifying Flávio Molina Suzana Keniger Lisboa
IV. International Policy and Human Rights
Public Debt and the Loss of Human Rights Maria Lúcia Fattorelli Carneiro
The WTO and the Destructive Effects of the Sugarcane Industry in Brazil Maria Luisa Mendonça
The Military Strategy of the United States Maria Luisa Mendonça
