The WBO and the Lavoro Institute have begun a joint effort to internationalize the debate on labor and social rights. Over the course of 12 months, joint actions will be undertaken to expand the international reach of issues such as the growing informality and precariousness of the labor market, work on digital platforms, working hours, wage equality, union organization, and respect for human rights standards in the world of work.

The Brazil Office participated in a meeting with the COP30 Special Envoys: Denise Dora (Human Rights and Just Transition), Janja Lula da Silva (Women), Jurema Werneck (Racial Equality and Peripheries), and Joaquim Belo.

WBO Executive Director Paulo Abrão participated in a major official event in defense of democracy this Wednesday, September 24 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The Brazil Office has become a founding member of the new International Network for Democratic Thought, founded this Monday, September 22 in New York. This network will bring together people and organizations from around the world to promote democratic values ​​through academic research, symposia and conferences, cultural events, debates, and other activities that help integrate the network and contribute to the rigorous production, dissemination, appropriation, and public defense of democratic ideas.

Brazilian Civil Society Organizations Go on Mission to the US. A Group of 15 Brazilian Organizations Will Be in Washington and New York. Agenda Includes Defense of Democracy, Human Rights, the Environment, and Indigenous Peoples

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) published this Monday, March 31, its 2025 Policy Paper – a document that, each year, provides an x-ray of the situation in Brazil in the areas of democracy, sustainable development, immigration, Brazil-US economic relations, and global governance.

The course promoted by the Washington Brazil Office and the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University on the functioning of the Inter-American Human Rights System begins this Friday, April 4.

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) is supporting a coordination created to defend Brazilian immigrants in the United States. The initiative is coordinated by the United States Network for Democracy in Brazil (USNDB), a network formed by Brazilian and U.S. academics and activists in the US.

In April and May, the Brazil Office is promoting a course on the functioning of the Inter-American Human Rights System in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) and the United States Network for Democracy in Brazil (USNDB) launched a petition on Wednesday, January 29, addressed to the Brazilian and U.S. governments in which they ask that the authorities put an end to the human rights violations that have been committed against deported immigrants.

The deportation of 88 Brazilian citizens sent back from the United State to Brazil on the evening of Saturday, January 25, was marked by several violations of International Human Rights Law and other international documents on immigration, which requires a strong reaction not only from the Brazilian government, but also from civil society in both countries, as well as from regional agencies responsible for monitoring the situation, in the view of the Washington Brazil Office (WBO).

The year 2024 marked an institutional milestone with the creation of the Aliança Brazil Office /Brazil Office Alliance and the launch of the Europa Brazil Office (Brussels and Geneva) and the Associação Brasil Office (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasília), which will now work in an integrated and coordinated manner with the Washington Brazil Office (United States).

The CIPÓ Platform, in partnership with the Washington Brazil Office (WBO) and the Secretariat of Institutional Relations of the Presidency of the Republic, is leading a congressional diplomacy delegation to Washington from December 4 to 6, 2024. The initiative, which has the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Instituto Clima e Sociedade (ICS), aims to strengthen the commitment and cooperation between Brazilian and US congressional representatives in promoting climate action, sustainable development, and the defense of democracy on the international stage.

A group of Brazilian civil society organizations, including the Washington Brazil Office (WBO), achieved an important achievement by getting the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to recommend the effective implementation by the Brazilian State of precautionary measures to protect Indigenous defenders of the Javari Valle, in the state of Amazonas with a focus on territorial security, accountability for crimes, and the promotion the memory of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, who were murdered in the region in 2022.

On November 15, 2024, the Brazil Office adhered to a document originally proposed by the Instituto Novos Paradigmas (INP), called “20 Proposals for the G20 – For Democracy and Equity and for Confronting Authoritarianism.”

On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the Washington Brazil Office (WBO) participated in the launch of the report, “Artistic Freedom from the Perspective of International Human Rights Law”, with which the organization collaborated in the survey of parameters for the protection of the right to freedom of artistic expression, highlighting the importance of its defense, risks, and recommendations.

The Brazil Office is hosting a debate at the G20 Social Summit in Rio de Janeiro this Thursday, November 14, at 9 am, entitled “Post-US Election Scenario: Perspectives on Climate and Gender in the Global South”. To participate, you must register via the link: https://g20.cadastro9.com.br/

On November 11 and 13, the Brazil Office will hold a series of virtual meetings with Brazilian civil society organizations to exchange information and start conversations on gender and climate issues within the scope of the G20 Social Summit. Registration is available through this link: https://bit.ly/rumoaog20

The Brazil Unfiltered podcast, produced by the Washington Brazil Office (WBO), will air on November 6, from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), with a live broadcast made in partnership with CartaCapital magazine about the 2024 American elections.

The Washington Brazil Office (WBO) and Georgetown University held the “2024 Washington Brazil Conference” on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 with the panel “The Rise of the Far Right: Challenges to Democracy in Brazil and Abroad” in the Arrupe Multipurpose Room at Georgetown, Washington.