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Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms. Hina Jilani - Mission to Brazil (A/HRC/4/37/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak - Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur: Visits to Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Mexico, Romania, the Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Venezuela (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diène - Mission to Brazil (E/CN.4/2006/16/Add.3)

Report of Leandro Despouy, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers - Mission to Brazil (E/CN.4/2005/60/Add.3)

Report of Miloon Kothari, Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living - Mission to Brazil (E/CN.4/2005/48/Add.3)

Report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography: Mission to Brazil (E/CN.4/2004/9/Add.2)

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Concluding observations (2003)

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Concluding Observations (2001)

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