Brazil - Human Rights Committee - Death Penalty - May 2023
Date: May 29, 2023
Country: Brazil
Partners: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Death Penalty
Mechanism: UN Human Rights Committee
Report Type: Shadow/Parallel Report
Country: Brazil
Partners: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Issues: Death Penalty
Mechanism: UN Human Rights Committee
Report Type: Shadow/Parallel Report
This report addresses Brazil's compliance with its international human rights obligations with respect to the death penalty. Brazil's Constitution limits the country's use of the death penalty, and the country is a party to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with reservations. This report examines the current state of the death penalty in Brazil.
