Brazil
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- October 5, 1988
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Roman law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, National Congress and House of Deputies
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Federal Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
73.6% Catholics, 15.4% Protestants, other minorities
From the country
- JANUARY 27, 2004BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Police in Rio de Janeiro, already facing criticism...
Police in Rio de Janeiro, already facing criticism from human rights groups for their tough tactics, had shot dead 34 people in sweeping crackdowns on drug gangs in the city's infamous shantytowns since November 2003, officials said
- OCTOBER 26, 2003BrazilDEATH PENALTY
A government study concluded that death squads operated...
A government study concluded that death squads operated in 15 of Brazil's 26 states
- OCTOBER 9, 2003BrazilDEATH PENALTY
A Brazilian man shot dead after testifying before a...
A Brazilian man shot dead after testifying before a UN envoy on police-sanctioned death squads in Brazil, became the second such witness killed in two weeks, police said
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003BrazilDEATH PENALTY
A report entitled "Summary Executions in Brazil 1997-2003"...
A report entitled "Summary Executions in Brazil 1997-2003" compiled by the Center for Global Justice and the Center for Afro-Brazilian Studies (NEN) names Brazil as one of the world's most brutal countries with a system of "extermination and oppression" p
- MAY 29, 2003BrazilDEATH PENALTY
An Amnesty International report that accused Brazilian...
An Amnesty International report that accused Brazilian police of torturing and killing thousands of people in 2002 "reflects the truth," the country's top human rights official said
- APRIL 24, 2003BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Brazil was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Brazil was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil...
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil said at Art
- JULY 26, 2002BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Silvia Ferreira Giordano's only son was just a normal,...
Silvia Ferreira Giordano's only son was just a normal, soccer-loving Brazilian teenager when he was picked up by police after a fight on a summer night
- APRIL 25, 2002BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Brazil was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution...
Brazil was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 11, 2002BrazilDEATH PENALTY
According to research conducted on 2,048 people in...
According to research conducted on 2,048 people in 131 of the country's cities by the 'Brasmarket SBT/HOJE EM DIA' institute between the 20th and the 28th of March 2002, 50
- JANUARY 1, 2002BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil...
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil said at Art
- APRIL 25, 2001BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Brazil was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Brazil was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001