Federative Republic of Brazil

• State Department - Country Documents
• Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (LLOC)
  • Family Reunification Laws in Selected Jurisdictions - July 2014

• Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
  • ZZZ201785.E - Brazil and Haiti: History of immigration legislation concerning permanent residence for Haitian nationals in Brazil (2010–January 2024) - Feb. 2024
  • ZZZ200291.FE - Situation of Haitians in Brazil, including rights and obligations; permanent resident status; documents issued to Haitians, including Foreigner Identity Cards; treatment of Haitians in Brazil, including access to employment and education, state protection and support services. - Aug 2020
  • ZZZ200658.E - Brazil and Haiti: Temporary visas, including for family reunification; whether foreign national parents of a child with Brazilian citizenships can obtain a temporary visa for family reunification; rights and responsibilities of holders of a temporary visa; requirements and procedures to apply; treatment of children with Brazilian citizenship, born of Haitian parents, who return alone to Brazil; services offered by the state for these minor children, such as foster homes, including conditions where they will be placed (2017–April 2021) - July 2021
  • ZZZ200391.FE - Brazil and Haiti: Whether it is possible for Haitian nationals living in Canada with a Brazilian minor child living in Brazil to apply for a temporary visa for family reunification in Brazil, including requirements and application procedure; whether it is possible for Haitian nationals living in Canada with a Brazilian minor child living with them in Canada to apply for a temporary visa for family reunification in Brazil, including requirements and application procedure; whether the same applies when the child is of age (2017–December 2020) - Dec. 2020
  • ZZZ200336.FE - Brazil and Haiti: Resident status of Haitian citizens in Brazil, including their rights and responsibilities (2010-September 2017) - Aug 28, 2020
  • ZZZ200262.E Brazil and Haiti: Rights and responsibilities of permanent residents in Brazil; requirements and procedures to obtain permanent residence in Brazil through family reunification (2017-July 2020) Aug, 7 2020
  • BRA105515.FE - Brazil: The rights and duties of permanent residents, including the rights and duties of individuals who have a permanent visa, such as professors, researchers,highly-skilled technicians and foreign scientists; procedure to obtain or renew a residency permit; grounds for losing permanent residence (2014-May 2016) - May 2016

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• Department of Labor - Finding on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
   

• Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
  • ZZZ200494.E - Treatment of Children with Brazilian Citizenship - Apr. 2021

• Coalition to stop the use of Child Soldiers - Child Soldiers Global Report - 2008
• Human Rights Watch
  • Neglected and Unprotected: The Impact of the Zika Outbreak on Women and Girls in Northeastern Brazil - July 2017
  • IN THE DARK: Hidden Abuses Against Detained Youths in Rio de Janeiro - June 2005
  • BRAZIL "REAL DUNGEONS": Juvenile Detention in the State of Rio de Janeiro - December 2004
  • Cruel Confinement: Abuses Against Detained Children in Northern Brazil - April 2003

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Non-Government Organization Reports

• Human Rights Watch

  • “They Stay until They Die” A Lifetime of Isolation and Neglect in Institutions for People with Disabilities in Brazil - May 2018

• Minority Rights Group International
  • The Situation of Black People with Disabilities in Brazil - April 2023

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US Government Reports

• Congressional Research Service
  • Brazil’s October 2022 Presidential Election - Oct. 2022 (update), Sept. 2022 

Non-Government Organization Reports

• Election Guide - Recent Elections

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• Minority Rights Group International
  • State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous People - 2016, 2015
• World Directory of Minorities - Overview

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Foreign Government Reports

• Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
  • BRA201550.E: Situation of people of African descent in Brazil, including women, immigrants, and Haitian and African asylum seekers, and treatment by society and authorities; access to housing, employment, education, and healthcare; state protection (2017-November 2023) - March 2024

Non-Government Organization Reports

• Minority Rights Group International
  • The Situation of Black People with Disabilities in Brazil  - April 2023
• World Directory of Minorities - Afro-Brazilians

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• World Directory of Minorities - Ararà

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• World Directory of Minorities - Kayapó

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• World Directory of Minorities - Makuxi and Wapixana

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• World Directory of Minorities - Nambiquara

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• World Directory of Minorities - Tikuna

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• World Directory of Minorities - Tukano

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• World Directory of Minorities - Urueu-Wau-Wau

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• World Directory of Minorities - Yanomami

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• Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
  • BRA201550.E: Situation of people of African descent in Brazil, including women, immigrants, and Haitian and African asylum seekers, and treatment by society and authorities; access to housing, employment, education, and healthcare; state protection (2017-November 2023) - March 2024
  • BRA105714.E Brazil: Domestic violence, including legislation; recourse and support services available to victims (2014-January 2017)

• Amnesty International
  • Brazil: Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: 88th Session, 13 – 31 May 2024 - April 2024

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• State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Foreign Government Reports

Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)

• BRA201550.E: Situation of people of African descent in Brazil, including women, immigrants, and Haitian and African asylum seekers, and treatment by society and authorities; access to housing, employment, education, and healthcare; state protection (2017-November 2023) - March 2024
• ZZZ201445.E - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay: Rights of citizens of countries belonging to the Southern Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur, MERCOSUR) to residence, employment, and education in other MERCOSUR countries (2021–April 2023) - April 2023

Non-Government Organization Reports

• Amnesty International 
  • Americas: No future without courage: Human rights defenders in the Americas speaking up on the climate crisis - Nov. 2023
  • Brazil: Police Killings, Impunity, and Attacks on Defenders - Sept 2016
• Freedom House - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
• Human Rights Watch -  2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
• Human Rights Watch Profile -
  • “They Promised to Kill 30” Police Killings in Baixada Santista, São Paulo state, Brazil - Nov. 2023
  • “You Don’t Want to Breathe Poison Anymore”: The Failing Response to Pesticide Drift in Brazil’s Rural Communities - July 2018
• Minority Rights Group International
  • The Situation of Black People with Disabilities in Brazil  - April 2023
• International Crisis Group
  • Watch List  - January 2023 

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Foreign Government Reports

• Country Information Note Brazil: Background information - Nov 2020

Non-Government Organization Reports

• Amnesty International
  • BRAZIL: POLICE KILLINGS, IMPUNITY AND ATTACKS ON DEFENDERS. ​- Sept 2016
  • You Killed My Son: Homicides by military police in the city of Rio de Janeiro - 2015
• Human Rights Watch
  • “Good Cops Are Afraid” The Toll of Unchecked Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro - July 2016
  • The State Let Evil Take Over: The Prison Crisis in the Brazilian State of Pernambuco - Oct. 2015 
  • Lethal Force: Police Violence and Public Security in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo - Dec 2009
  • Behind Bars in Brazil - Dec. 2008
  • Police Brutality in Urban Brazil - April 1997
• In Sight Crime
  • Police Violence Continues to Plague Brazil: Report - Nov. 2014

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US Government Reports

• Library of Congress - Law Library of Congress (LLOC)
  • Family Reunification Laws in Selected Jurisdictions - July 2014

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• University of Texas - Map Collections - Brazil

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Foreign Government Reports

• Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
  • BRA201550.E: Situation of people of African descent in Brazil, including women, immigrants, and Haitian and African asylum seekers, and treatment by society and authorities; access to housing, employment, education, and healthcare; state protection (2017-November 2023) - March 2024

Intergovernmental Organization Reports

• World Health Organization Page

Non-Government Organization Reports

• Human Rights Watch
  • “The Air is Unbearable” - Health Impacts of Deforestation-Related Fires in the Brazilian Amazon - Aug 2020
  • Neglected and Unprotected: The Impact of the Zika Outbreak on Women and Girls in Northeastern Brazil - July 2017

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• CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments

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• State Department International Religious Freedom Report - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

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• Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
  • BRA105487.E Brazil: Situation and treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection, and support services (2012-April 2016). - April 2016
    

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Non-Government Organization Reports

• Human Rights Watch
  • Rainforest Mafias: How Violence and Impunity Fuel Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon - Oct 2019
  • Good Cops are Afraid - July 2016

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• Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)

  • BRA200961.E - Brazil: Security situation and criminal groups, including the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital, PCC); areas of influence of the PCC and their ability to track individuals throughout Brazil; state protection (2018-July 2023) - July 2023

  • BRA105474.E  - Brazil: First Command of the Capital (Primeiro Comando da Capital, PCC),including activities, targets, group structure and areas of operation; state protection for victims and witnesses of PCC crimes (2012-March 2016)

• InSight Crime
  • The Red Command  May 2018
  • Brazil's Red Command and the Police Who Fight Them - Sept. 2014
  • Brazil Red Command 'Members' Arrested in Paraguay - April 2011

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