Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Brazil on Measures to Protect Migrants, Ask Questions on Police Violence against Racial Minorities

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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Brazil on Measures to Protect Migrants, Ask Questions on Police Violence against Racial Minorities and the Impact of Illegal Mining and Logging on Indigenous Communities

17 November 2022

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twentieth periodic report of Brazil, with Committee Experts commending the State on measures to protect migrants, and asking questions on police violence against racial minorities and the impact of illegal mining and logging on indigenous communities.

Eduardo Ernesto Vega Luna, Committee Expert and Country Co-Rapporteur, congratulated Brazil on its adoption of a new migration law in 2017, simplified migrant processing procedures in 2019, new humanitarian visas, and measures to accommodate unaccompanied minors. What was the status of policies related to migrants?

Mehrdad Payandeh, Committee Expert and Country Co-Rapporteur, raised concerns that the number of black men killed by police had increased in recent years. The main victims of police violence were black boys and men aged between 12 and 21. The Committee was concerned by an increase in extrajudicial killings and excessive use of force by the police in favellas, particularly against members of the Afro-Brazilian and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities. What measures were in place to prevent police brutality and reduce the use of lethal weapons?

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