These proposals will be taken to the Rio Doce Task Force of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF), to the National Justice Council (CNJ), to the State Legislature of Minas Gerais (ALMG), to the State Legislature of Espirito Santo (ALES), to the states of MG and ES, to the Chamber of Deputies and to the Senate […]
Vol. 5, No. 1 is joined by the dossier “Corporate Responsibility in light of the Inter-American System of Human Rights” organized by Prof. Berónica Narvaez Mercado. The new issue of Homa Publica has eight articles on the subject of Corporate Responsibility in light of the Inter-American System of Human Rights, in addition to one article […]
Thiago de Mello’s poem “Para os que Virão” (For those to come), recited by Fernanda Lage, a member of the Brazilian National Network of People’s Lawyers (RENAP), started the conversation on ” The creation of the External Ombudsman of Minas Gerais Public Defender’s Office and the role of civil society in strengthening access to justice”, […]
With the support of ANAB, CASEC, PSOL and PT, the lawsuit claims for hearing and full reparation of damages in the Rio Paraopeba river basin On Wednesday (10), communities affected by Vale’s socio-environmental crime in Brumadinho filed a lawsuit in the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF), asking for the suspension of the ratification of the reparation […]
The collapse of the dam owned by Vale in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, completes two years today, January 25. The disaster, which dumped almost thirteen million cubic meters of ore into Córrego do Feijão, affected thousands of lives in different areas – economy, education, health, among others. In addition to the 27 million square meters of […]
November 5th marked the 5th year since the failure of a dam owned by a transnational corporation, in Mariana, Minas Gerais. Even after so many years, there has still been no full remediation of the damage cause to the environment and to the people affected. In addition to this case, there are countless others registered […]
