The criminalisation of poverty
Subtitle: a report on the economic, social and cultural root causes of torture and other forms of violence in Brazil : an alternative report submitted to the 42nd session of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, May 2009
Contributors: Justiça Global (Organization); World Organisation Against Torture; Movimento Nacional de Meninos e Meninas de Rua (Brazil)
Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9782888940357
Subjects: Poverty; Government policy; Poor; Violence; Social justice; Human rights; Social conditions; Social history
Other titles: Criminalization of poverty; Report on the economic, social and cultural root causes of torture and other forms of violence in Brazil; Alternative report submitted to the 42nd session of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, May 2009; Criminalisation of poverty in Brazil
Notes: "... prepared by Justiça Global, the National Movement of Street Boys and Girls (MNMMR) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) in the context of the project 'Preventing Torture and Other Forms of Violence by Acting on their Economic, Social and Cultural Root Causes'."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Addressing poverty, inequality and violence: "the very heart of human rights protection"; title: The criminalisation of poverty : an overview; title: Inequality and violence in Brazil; title: Police violence against the poor; title: Militia control of poor urban areas; title: Economic, social and cultural rights and the prison system; title: Violence against women; title: Violence against human rights defenders and social movements; title: Conclusions; title: Recommendations; title: Concluding observations adopted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; title: Appendix 1: Preparatory mission, Brazil, 10-17 February 2009; title: Appendix 2: Media headlines relating to excessive use of force by the police in Rio de Janeiro, 2007; title: Appendix 3: Full list of victims of the police mega-operation in Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro, 27 June 2007; title: Appendix 4: Two cases of torture and murder in Brazil's penal system; title: Appendix 5: A letter from the Tupinambá teachers and students of Serra do Padeiro, Bahia, 24 October 2008.