A coalition formed by more than ten members of Indigenous movements, together with teams from organizations that work to defend the rights of Indigenous and quilombola peoples, as well as causes related to the environment and religious tolerance, including the Washington Brazil Office (WBO), is meeting in Geneva, Switzerland from September 23 to 27 to carry out a series of activities related to the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) and Georgetown University are holding the “2024 Washington Brazil Conference,” with the panel “The Rise of the Far Right: Challenges to Democracy in Brazil and Abroad,” this Tuesday, September 24, at 3 pm (local time) in the Arrupe Multipurpose Room at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

We are pleased to announce the 2024-25 annual cycle of the WBO Research Fellows Program. This year, the WBO will open the selection process for fellows who are interested in renewing their participation in the program and to other scholars who are interested in collaborating with the WBO in three key areas: (1) U.S.-Brazilian Relations and Public Policy; (2) Democracy and the Extreme Right; (3) Environment and Climate Change. The WBO Research Fellows Program is an unpaid, non-residential fellowship. Applicants must submit their full application by September 9, 2024 (11:59PM ET) through this form, also available on the following link: https://forms.gle/8zK9GqWxEY7wDgZa8 . The work plan proposal should be no more than 1,000 words or three pages. The 2024-25 cycle begins on October 4, 2024 and will end in June 2025.

In a note published on Monday, July 15 the Washington Brazil Office (WBO) joins the group of Brazilian civil society organizations that denounces the illegal spying carried out by agents of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) during the mandate of the now former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Event takes place in parallel with the United Nations Human Rights Council Session in Geneva. The panel has the participation of six national and international partner organizations.

Does the US have any power to demand explanations from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes? Bolsonarists and Trumpists want us to believe that it does. But the truth is that the rules of the U.S. Congress themselves prevent this interference. Check it out.

On May 27 and 28, 2024, the Washington Brazil Office (WBO), Special Rappateur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (REDESCA), and the Instituto Clima e Sociedade (ICS) are promoting in Manaus, Amazonas three discussion panels on climate justice and human rights. The event has the support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation.

On Thursday, May 23, the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) announced its affiliation with the WBO (Washington Brazil Office). The organization, created in 1992, during the Lasa Congress (Latin American Studies Associations) held in Los Angeles, is dedicated to strengthening ties between those who study Brazilian reality in the United States, Brazil, and other parts of Latin America.

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) supports its affiliates and partners in a process that will verify the commitments made by the Brazilian State in relation to combating all forms of discrimination against women. These commitments derive from Brazil's adherence to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

The WBO (Washington Brazil Office) promoted on May 14th, at the Congressional Auditorium & Atrium Capitol Visitor Center (CVC 200), the event called “Brazilian Amazon: Bilateral Cooperation in Times of Crisis”.

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) is promoting an event in the US Congress on May 14 called “Brazilian Amazon: Bilateral Cooperation in Times of Crisis.”

The Democratic members of the Subcommittee on Global Health, Human Rights and International Organizations of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs have invited Washington Brazil Office (WBO) research associate Fabio Sa e Silva to speak about the situation of freedom of expression and attacks on democracy in Brazil.

A delegation of Brazilian congressional representatives led by Senator Eliziane Gama (PSD) will hold a series of meetings with their counterparts in Washington DC, from April 29 to May 2.

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) advised a delegation made up of seven Black organizations during the 3rd Session of the United Nations People's Forum of People of African Descent, held from April 16 to 19, 2024, in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) expresses concern about the fact that the Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives may be taking public positions regarding the political and legal reality of Brazil without the support of reliable information in relation to the measures that the Brazilian Supreme Court has adopted to protect the quality of Brazilian democracy.

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) expresses its solidarity with the collective demand of its partners for full reparations, as a historic and necessary measure.

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) and George Washington University will promote the event “Tightening Ties: A Reflection on 200 Years of Brazil-USA Relations” on April 22, 2024, with the participation of U.S. and Brazilian diplomats and researchers.

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) considers the request made this Thursday, April 4, by a group of 15 American congresspeople to US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to be timely and important to request the declassification of U.S. government documents relating to the 1964 coup and the 21 years of dictatorship (1964-85).

Indigenous Peoples, together with traditional peoples and communities in Brazil, carried out the campaign in Europe “Cerrado: Connection of Peoples, Cultures and Biomes.” The campaign participants traveled to Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels between March 10 and 22 in meetings with national authorities and European Institutions with the aim of making the Cerrado visible as a key biome in Brazil.

WBO and affiliated organizations participate in the 68th Session of UN Women. CEERT, Fundo Agbara, and Redes da Maré are present at the largest annual United Nations event on gender. Organizations are in New York to meet with civil society partners from around the world, governments, and funders.