This is the second in a new series of IDS seminars spotlighting Brazil’s development challenges and global role in the context of the country’s Presidency of the G20 in 2024 and its hosting of COP30 in 2025. Tackling the intersections of climate justice, crime and freedom of expression, guest speakers will also discuss efforts to secure accountability for the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian expert on indigenous peoples Bruno Pereira in the Amazon in 2022.
In preparing to host COP30 next year, Brazil is attracting global recognition for its success in reducing deforestation in the Amazon. However, organised crime groups continue to strengthen their presence in many parts of the region, and the Brazilian Amazon remains one of the most dangerous places in the world for activists and civil society organizations working on climate justice.
A tragic example of these challenges was the murder of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips in the Amazon in June 2022. In this seminar, guest speakers from the NGO Artigo 19 will describe how they have been working for the implementation of the Organization of American States (OAS) precautionary measures around the killing of Bruno and Dom, and for the protection of 11 members of the Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (UNIVAJA) who have faced death threats after calling for justice.
Laura Trajber Waisbich, Director of the Oxford Brazilian Studies Programme, will discuss the intersections between the issues of human rights and freedom of expression highlighted by the struggle to secure justice for Bruno and Dom and the wider patterns of criminality that have been driving environmental crime across the Amazon, drawing on research conducted with the Igarapé Institute.
Speakers
- Paulo Lara, Co-Director of Artigo 19 for Brazil and South America
- Raísa Cetra, Co-Director of Artigo 19 for Brazil and South America
- Laura Trajber Waisbich, Director of the Brazilian Studies Programme, Oxford University.
Chair
- Alex Shankland, IDS Brazil Initiative convenor.
How to attend
This event will be in-person only.
It is in the IDS Convening Space which is on the 1st floor of the IDS Building. If you need to use the lift, then press 1A. If you have any accessibility needs for this event, then please email: [email protected]
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