Our activities
*Pre-2020 reports do not cover all activities.
Main activities
2020
An on-site visit was conducted in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (I/A COURT H.R) set in Costa Rica, from January to April.
The researcher Andressa Soares participated in the Court’s volunteer program lasting four months, actuating with both the background team and the supervision of judgments compliance team. She was doing a research study on decisional law and comparative law besides monitoring public hearings.
Elaboration of the Resolution No. 5 of the Conselho Nacional de Direitos Humanos (CNDH) regarding the National Guidelines for a Public Policy on Human Rights and Business.
March 12. The HOMA elaborated the draft of the resolution invited by the CNDH, with the participation of the members Manoela Roland, Felipe Fayer, Aline Sena and Enya Barros, as well as the discussion in the Grupo de Trabalho do Conselho (Council Working Group).
Organization of the Webinar "Mineração e violações de Direitos Humanos em tempos de COVID-19".
May 21. The event was organized by Homa as a member of the Rede de Pesquisa Rio Doce and had the participation of GEPSA/UFOP, PoEMAS/UFJF and MAB – Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens.
Homa participated in the first session of an informal consultation at the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding the Agreement on Human Rights and Business, which was held online.
May 29. The consultation was accompanied by the Professor Manoela Roland and the research coordinator Andressa Soares.
A Webinar was held on "Direitos Humanos e Empresas: responsabilidade e jurisdição".
June 9. The event was organized by Homa and had the participation of the professors: Pedro Andrade (Dom Helder), Adoración Guamán (Universitat de València) and André de Carvalho Ramos (USP).
The Homa participated in the second session of an informal consultation at the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding the Agreement on Human Rights and Business, which was held online.
June 25. The consultation was accompanied by the supervisor, Professor Manoela Roland and the Research Coordinator Andressa Soares.
2019
The Homa got associated, on the figure of its coordinator Manoela Roland, to the Latin American arm Council of Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association.
January 24.
Participation in a meeting at UFMG to discuss measures after the collapse of the dam in Brumadinho.
January 28.
The Homa took part in the 40th session of the Human Rights Council of UN, Geneva, making the presentation of the report of the 4th Session of Treaty Negotiation.
From March 5 to 7.
Participation in the presentation on Human Rights and Business, at the Regional Seminar "Contra el neoliberalismo, la arquitectura de lá impunidad y en favor de la Democracia”, in the Uruguayan Parliament.
May 7.
Participation in informal consultation, chaired by Ecuador, as preparation for the presentation of Draft 1 in a meeting with experts regarding the International Treaty on Business and Human Rights in Geneva.
June 6. By invitation of FIAN.
Participation in the Seminário Interativo de Formação Direitos Humanos e Empresas, promoted by CNDH (Conselho Nacional de Direitos Humanos), in Brasília.
August 13.
Lecture in the event of the Mercosul Parliament "Mercosur e el futuro de la integración regional: agenda externa regional e inversiones" in Uruguai.
August 27. The event had the participation of our coordinator Manoela Roland in a roundtable regarding the Treaty that was under negotiation at the UN.
Participation at the Fifth session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN), Geneva.
From October 14 to 18. The researchers Manoela Roland, Andressa Oliveira and Renata Paschoalim provided assistance of counsel in the participation of the civil society during the session.
Organization and participation in the "Balance Seminar on the 4-year since Fundão dam collapsed".
October 31 and November 1. The event occurred in Governador Valadares – MG, and was organized in partnership with CRDH/UFJF-GV, the Núcleo de Agroecologia – NAGÔ/UFJF–GV, the GEPSA/UFOP, the Organon/UFES and the Homa/UFJF.
Assignment of action at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (OAS) in relation to the case of the Dam Collapse at Rio Doce.
The objective is to obtain the judgment of conviction to the Brazilian State for the violation of the Human Rights inflicted along the Rio Doce basin. The initiative was a joint between Homa, FIAN Brasil, Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas Socioambientais (GEPSA), Justiça Global, Movimento dos Atingidos e Atingidas por Barragens (MAB), e Núcleo de Direitos Humanos da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP).
Organization and participation at the "VI International Seminar on Human Rights and Business” in Rio de Janeiro.
November 11 and 12. The event was organized by Homa in partnership with FES and the CNDH, which performed a discussion session of the Working Group on the elaboration of the resolution about Human Rights and Business entities. 20 speakers attended, 3 of whom were international, as well as members of the Brazilian Parliament and from the Mercosul Parliament.
2018
The Homa took part in the 37th session of the Human Rights Council of UN, Geneva, making the presentation of the report of the 3th Session of Treaty Negotiation.
From March 5 to 7.
Organization and lecture at the panel "Globalización, Derechos Humanos y Empresas Transnacionales" at LASA 2018, (Latin American Studies Association) in Barcelona, Spain.
May 23. The event was attended by the coordinator Manoela Roland and initiated the works of the Academic Consortium on Human Rights and Companies (Consórcio Acadêmico sobre Direitos Humanos e Empresas).
Participation at the Global Solutions Summit 2018 in Berlim.
May 28 and 29. The event brought together experts from all over the world, global policy makers, business leaders and NGOs all with the objective of finding solutions to global challenges. According to the scheme, the participation of the professor Manoela Roland was set as: “Manoela Roland (Homa Coordinator) intends to focus on some civil society strategies, especially in Latin America and in relation to the Treaty on Business and Human Rights which is being negotiated at the UNHRC”.
Organization and participation of the first face-to-face meeting of the Academic Consortium on Human Rights and Companies (Consórcio Acadêmico sobre Direitos Humanos e Empresas) in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná.
August 23. The meeting was attended by the professors: André Carvalho Ramos from USP, Cristina Figueiredo Terezo Ribeiro from UFPA, Daniel Maurício Cavalcanti de Aragão from UFBA, Manoela Carneiro Roland from UFJF and from Homa, Maria Luiza Pereira de Alencar Mayer Feitosa from UFPB.
Organization and participation in the "V International Seminar on Human Rights and Business" at Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais.
September 13 and 14. The event was organized by Homa in partnership with FES. 31 speakers attended, 14 of whom were international, as well as the presence of the Ecuadorian Ambassador to the UN, the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Service and Members of the European, Brazilian and Uruguayan Parliaments. The event was attended by 311 listeners.
Participation at the Fourth Session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN), Geneva.
From 15 to 19 October. The Professor Manoela Roland provided assistance of counsel in the participation of the civil society during the session.
Lecture in the side-event "Upholding the OEIGWG mandate for the legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of TNCS" in Geneva.
October 16. The event was organized by the Global Campaign Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity and by the CETIM, during the 4th Negotiation Session of an International Treaty on Human Rights and Business.
Participation in the Balance Seminar on the 3-year since Fundão dam collapsed
November 6. The event was held at Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais.
2017
Participation in the "Segunda Consulta Regional América Latina-Caribe acerca de los Principios Rectores en Empresas y Derechos Humanos de Las Naciones Unidas (ONU)” in Sepal, Santiago.
January 17.
The workshop "Oficina de Direitos Humanos e Mineração" was held at Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais.
February 13. The event was a collaboration between PoEMAS and Organon/UFES.
Participation in a workshop by the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Service in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. And the formation of the Working Group created by the Federal Prosecution Service for the TAP renegotiations within the framework of the socioeconomic axis on the dam collapse in Mariana, Minas Gerais.
March 10.
Participation in a GT (Working Group) meeting of the Federal Prosecution Service to discuss the Termo de Ajustamento Preliminar (TAP) on the case of Mariana, Minas Gerais.
March 27.
Launch of the book "Direitos Humanos e Empresas: o Estado da Arte do Direito Brasileiro" and launch of the journal Homa Publica - International Journal on Human Rights and Business at USP, São Paulo.
March 30. The event was held at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo and had the support of the FES.
Participation in the GT (Working Group) meeting of the Federal Prosecution Service for the presentation of the final version of the TAP on the case of Mariana, Minas Gerais.
March 31.
Participation in open court "Os impactos sociais da implantação do Complexo Industrial e Portuário do Açu", at the State Legislature in Rio de Janeiro.
June 8. Homa attended and followed the open court.
Organization and participation in the “IV International Seminar on Human Rights and Business” at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo, in São Paulo, SP.
From August 23 to 25. The event was organized by Homa in partnership with Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo and the Ford Foundation. 35 speakers attended, 12 of whom were international, as well as the presence of the Ecuadorian Ambassador to the UN, the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Service and the lawyer of the case Chevron Equador. The event was attended by 127 listeners.
Participation and launch of the journal Homa Publica - International Human Rights and Business in the side-event " Proposal of Binding Treaty of the Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity" in Geneva, Switzerland.
October 25. The campaign “Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity” shared its proposal for the Treaty, which was elaborated in collaboration to Homa. The event occurred in parallel to the 3rd Session of Treaty Negotiation at UN.
Participation as invited guest at the Third session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland.
From October 23 to 27. The coordinator Manoela Roland participated as an invited expert in the field at the Working Group of discussions at the UN, working together with the researcher Luiz Carlos Faria and providing assistance of counsel in the participation of the civil society during the session. The student Alexandre Aguiar was present and was monitoring the session.
Organization and participation in the "Balance Seminar on the 2-year since Fundão dam collapsed" at UFES in Vitória, Espírito Santo.
November 6 and 7. The event was jointly organized by several academic centers and civil society organizations. Several members of Homa participated as listeners of the event and the coordinator gave a lecture in the roundtable “Balanço da atuação de corporações e das violações de Direitos Humanos”.
Participation it the "1ª Audiência Pública sobre Direitos Humanos e Empresas" in Vitória, Espírito Santo.
November 8. The event was organized by the Working Group on Human Rights and Business of the Federal Prosecution Service, of which Homa is part.
Filing of motion to proceed as Amicus Curiae in the Civil Action in the Public Interest on the Dam Collapse on the Rio Doce basin.
November 22. Homa, GEPSA, Organon and PoEMAS proceeded with the motion.
Participation in the Third UN Regional Consult on Business and Human Rights on guiding principles in Business and Human Rights, in Chile.
December 12. The event had the participation of the coordinator Manoela Roland.
2016
Publication of the report of the IV Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights.
January 27. The forum was held at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland.
Participation in the Projeto de Pesquisa do Consórcio Latino Americano de Pós-Graduação em Direitos Humanos at PUC in Peru.
April 18. The central theme of the discussion was the regulation policies of transnational businesses for violations of Human Rights in Latin America, and Homa was represented by the coordinator Manoela Roland.
Organization and participation in the "III International Seminar on Human Rights and Business” at PUC-Rio, in Rio de Janeiro.
April 27 to 29. The event was organized by Homa in partnership with PUC-Rio and FES. 45 speakers attended, 15 of whom were international, as well as the presence of the Ecuadorian Ambassador to the UN, the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and representatives of organizations and universities of countries around the world.
Homa was present in a series of European Parliament discussions on "How to Hold Transnationals Corporations Responsible for Human Rights Violations", in Belgium.
May 27.
Publication of analyzes on the report of the visit to Brazil of the UN Working Group on Human Rights and transnational corporations and other business.
June 29. Authors: Manoela Roland, Paola Angelucci, Arindo Duque, Laíssa Dau, Letícia Barbosa and Maria Fernanda Goretti.
Dissemination of the campaign "1 Minutos pelos Direitos Humanos”.
June 29. The campaign was organized by Homa and recorded during the III International Seminar on Human Rights and Business in Rio de Janeiro.
Participation at the Second session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN), Geneva.
From October 24 to 28. The coordinator Manoela Roland, and the researchers Luiz Carlos Faria, Paola Angelucci and other students attended. The team provided assistance of counsel in the participation of the civil society during the session.
Participation in the Balance Seminar on the 1-year since Fundão dam collapsed.
November 4.
Participation in the event Encontro do Consórcio Latinoamericano de Posgrado en Derechos Humanos, in Bogotá.
November 24.
Organization and participation in the "Diálogos sobre Direitos Humanos: Direitos Humanos, Direito Internacional e Integração" at Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais.
December 5 and 6. The event was organized in partnership with the Cátedra Jean Monnet of the Federal University of Minas Gerais.
2015
Meeting with the Justice Forum for the discussion of possible intersections within the Justice Forum’s proposal to debate the proposition of a Regional Convention for Access to the Court system.
January 2.
Participation in the event "Development for People? The BNDES Financing and Human Rights" in São Paulo, SP.
February 26. The event was organized by the São Paulo Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas and by Conectas.
Participation in the meeting of Conectas, co-organized by Justiça Global and The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre on "Access to legal remedies in Brazil".
March 3.
Participation in a Workshop with other academic institutions, Civil Society and affected by the case of Porto do Açu in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro.
March 21.
Organization and participation in the "II International Seminar on Human Rights and Business" at Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais.
April 13 to 17. The event was organized by Homa. 117 listeners attended to the event besides representatives of organizations and universities of many countries.
Participation in the meeting, along with representatives of the civil society and the academic world, with the Ambassador Regina Dunlop, of the Permanent Mission of Brazil in Geneva, to discuss the Brazilian positioning toward the Treaty on Human Rights and Business.
June 7.
Participation in the First session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
July 5.
Participation in the IV Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
November 16 to 18.
Organization and participation in the panel "Cooperation through Education, Research & Dialogue - The Role of Academic Institutions as Multipliers of the Global BHR Agenda" during the IV Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
November 16. The event was organized jointly with BHRIGHT Network, EBHR – Business and Human Rights Project of the University of Essex (UK), CALS – Centre for Applied Legal Studies of University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and other universities around the world.
Signature of the Letter for the UN Working Group on the issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises, along with recommendations for the visit that the group will be doing to Brazil.
November 25. The Letter was signed by many organizations of the civil society.
Participation in the visit meeting to Rio de Janeiro, by the UN Working Group on the issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises.
December 10.
Participation in the visit meeting to Mariana, Minas Gerais, by the UN Working Group on the issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises.
December 12. The researchers Maria Eduarda Santos and Marina Reis were present in the Working Group visit and sought to gather the testimony of the ones affected by the collapse of the Fundão dam.
Before 2015
Participation in the III Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
December 01 to 03, 2014.
Participation in the II Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
December 02 and 03, 2013.
