In March 2022, the UPR Project at BCU submitted a joint submission to Brazil鈥檚 UPR with our partners at the Universidade Federal Fluminense and Universidade Est谩cio De S谩 in Brazil. Our report聽is concerned with the rights of pregnant women and mothers deprived of liberty.
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Led by Natalia Brigag茫o, this joint submission to Brazil鈥檚 UPR, alongside our Centre for American Legal Studies, furthered CALS鈥� partnership with the Universidade Federal Fluminense and Universidade Est谩cio De S谩 in Brazil. Our report聽is concerned with the rights of pregnant women and mothers deprived of liberty. Itdiscusses and proposes recommendations across four main topics: (1) Female overincarceration, (2) Implementation of detention alternatives, (3) Prison conditions and healthcare, and (4) Violence, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and accountability.聽
On 31st August 2022, the UN鈥檚 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published its Stakeholder Summary Report for Brazil, which cited the Stakeholder Report submitted by UPR Project at BCU:
鈥淎 strong emphasis was placed on the reduction the civic space and the reduction of civil society participation in public affairs.鈥� (Para 12)
鈥淎I added that some recently approved laws may have a negative impact on the already high rates of incarceration and violence. JS12 and JS45 reported the degradation of the prisons conditions, including overcrowding, food insecurity and poor health.鈥� (Para 19)
鈥淚ACHR, AI and JS39 expressed concern regarding the situation of persons deprived of liberty in face of the Covid-19 pandemic...鈥� (Para 21)
鈥淛S29 and JS39 noted that the incarceration of women continued to grow exponentially, in particular of Afro-Brazilian women. They recommended to privilege house arrest or early release for pregnant women and mothers with care responsibilities and the termination of the handcuffing of some women when giving birth.鈥� (Para 22)
(Outcome of the review yet to be published)
Researchers
- Natalia Brigag茫o
- Dr. Anne Richardson-Oakes
- Professor Fernanda Duarte (Partner)
- Professor Rafael Mario Iorio (Partner)
- Professor Ricardo Perlingeiro (Partner)
About the UPR Project at BCU
The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) has been engaging with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) since 2016. Under the auspice of the Human Rights Council, the UPR is an intergovernmental process providing a review of the human rights record of all Member States.
Through the UPR Project at BCU, the CHR we engage with the UPR through聽taking part in the聽UPR Pre-sessions, providing capacity building for UPR stakeholders and National Human Rights Institutions, and the filing of聽stakeholder reports in selected sessions. The UPR Project聽is designed to help meet the challenges facing the safeguarding of human rights around the world, and to help聽ensure that UPR recommendations are translated into domestic legal change in member state parliaments.
We fully support the UPR ethos of encouraging the sharing of best practice globally to protect everyone's human rights.The UPR Project at BCU engages聽with the UPR聽regularly as a stakeholder,聽having submitted numerous reports and been聽cited by the OHCHR.