Human rights in Brazil
are legally protected by the Brazilian Constitution
and laws. However, there are serious issues in regard to human rights
abuses. Brazil had a remarkably poor record during the dictatorship
of the 1960s, and still has many problems today. These include the use of police brutality
and summary executions
by civil and military police and prison authorities. Slavery
persists against the excluded persons.
The federal government
generally respected the human rights of its citizens
, however, there continued to be numerous, serious abuses, and the records of several state governments were poor. The following human rights problems were reported: unlawful killings, excessive force, beatings, abuse, and torture of detainees and inmates by police and prison security forces; inability to protect witnesses involved in criminal cases; harsh prison conditions; prolonged pretrial detention and inordinate delays of trials; reluctance to prosecute as well as inefficiency in prosecuting government officials for corruption; violence and discrimination against women; violence against children, including sexual abuse
; trafficking in persons; discrimination against black and indigenous
persons; failure to enforce labor laws; widespread forced labor; and child labor
in the informal sector. Human rights violators often enjoyed impunity.
Slave Labor and Labor Exploitation
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