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Articles by Octavio Ferraz
Can Science and Law Save the Amazon and its Peoples?
After giving a lecture at Stanford University on the struggle to overcome political and economic resistance by those who profit from the destruction of the Amazon forest, Professor Octavio Ferraz took part in a screening of the documentary film Orphaned Mothers on police violence in Rio de Janeiro Professor Octavio Ferraz, Co-Director of the Transnational Law Institute, gave last week (Friday) a lecture at Stanford University in California, USA, and talked about the struggle to overcome...
Banzeiro Okoto - the Amazon as the Centre of the World
On Tuesday 12 September, Eliane Brum joined Professor Octavio Ferraz, co-director of the Transnational Law Institute, to discuss her newest book: "Banzeiro Òkòtó - the Amazon as the Centre of the World". The sold-out event took place in the London Review of Books Shop in central London and was attended by more than 80 people.
The Transnational Law Institute Presented a Report to the UN Human Rights Committee
This month, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) is holding its 138th session in Geneva, reviewing state periodical reports about the human rights situation in several countries including Cyprus, Lesotho, Burundi, Palestine, Uganda, Colombia and Brazil. As part of the review process, civil society organisations are allowed to submit “shadow reports” to highlight human rights issues not fully covered in official state reports, informing and aiding the committee in its review work.
The Future of the Amazon: Hope and Challenges for Brazil
Six months after the elections in Brazil, we held a discussion about the hope that president Lula will fulfil his promise of protecting the Amazon rain forest, and the challenges he and local communities in the Amazon face home and abroad Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, with almost half of Brazil’s carbon emissions coming from deforestation. Brazil is central to the success of the Paris Agreement and post-2020 global biodiversity targets.
Book Launch: the Disappeared of the South American Dictatorships and the Struggle to Find Them
Journalist Jan Rocha, former BBC and The Guardian correspondent in São Paulo, Brazil, launched her new book about CLAMOR, a small human rights organisation focused on finding people who were kidnapped by the military juntas in South America in the 1970s and 1980s: "I felt I must tell our story to the young people of today who don’t know much about those sombre times" On Wednesday (14), journalist Jan Rocha, former BBC and The Guardian correspondent in São Paulo, Brazil, launched her new book...
"The Struggle for Demarcation of Indigenous Lands is for all Humanity"
Dr. Eloy Terena, a lawyer, researcher, and Indigenous land rights activist from Brazil, spoke to Transnational Law Institute Co-director Octavio Ferraz about the struggle for indigenous rights in Brazil, the destruction of their ancestral lands in the Amazon region, the notification of the International Criminal Court against President Bolsonaro for genocide and ecocide and the renewed hopes brought about by his loss in the recent elections of October 2022.
Transnational Law Institute launches Global Project on Authoritarianism
Experts from around the world gathered at The Dickson Poon School of Law last week to launch a new project looking at the recent tendency towards autocratisation in a number of countries, and different forms of resistance to this phenomenon. On 10 and 11 November, the Transnational Law Institute (TLI) welcomed distinguished academics from all over the world to launch a new project, The Consortium on Global Resistance to Authoritarian Diffusion (GRAD).
Amazon community steps in to protect a reserve the government won’t
Established in 2018, the Lower Rio Branco-Jauaperi Extractive Reserve still lacks a management plan and the creation of a council with representatives of local communities. While the reserve exists on paper, large-scale fish poaching in the Jauaperi River has depleted a key source of food for the area’s traditional communities.
What are the Laws for our Sustainable Future?
What laws are in place across the world for the protection of our fragile planet? How effective are they? How can they be strengthened?
TLI and the Campaign to Defend Democracy in Brazil
Over a million Brazilians have already signed the "Letter to Brazilians in Defence of Democratic Rule of Law". Yesterday, the 11th of August, the letter was read publicly in Sao Paulo in a mass rally against the attempts by President Jair Bolsonaro to undermine the legitimacy of the upcoming elections and the suggestion that he might not respect the results (see The Guardian, 9 August 2022, Brazilians fear return to dictatorship as ‘deranged’ Bolsonaro trails in polls).
Brazilian Democracy at Risk
As it is now reasonably well-known around the world, Brazil, the fifth largest Democracy, has experienced a significant deterioration in its democratic and rule of law standing in the past four years. In the Freedom House ranking, Brazil’s freedom score has been on decline for 5 years in a row.
Orphan Mothers: a Memorable Documentary Film Premiere at TLI
The UK premiere of a documentary film about the fight against police brutality in Rio's communities takes place at TLI Around 70 participants joined us at the Transnational Law Institute last month to watch the documentary film "Orphan Mothers" for the first time in the UK.
TLI Clinic submission plays part in historic abortion decision in Colombia
The very-first project from the Transnational Legal Clinic has helped bring about a judgment in Colombia with far-reaching consequences for women’s rights across Latin America. A submission based on research by 19 postgraduate students from The Dickson Poon School of Law, supervised by Professor Octávio Ferraz, co-Director of the Transnational Legal Institute (TLI), has helped bring about a significant change in the law on abortion in Colombia.
Researchers contend that mandatory vaccinations do not violate human rights
Researchers from The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, and UCL, argue that vaccination mandates should not be seen as necessarily unethical or in conflict with human rights, in a new article published in The Lancet.
Judgment due in Colombian abortion rights case
In March 2020, the Colombian Constitutional Court decided not to extend abortion rights. While the Court’s decision disappointed those campaigning for an extension, the apparent divisions between the judges - with those in favour of an extension publishing dissenting positions - served to re-ignite a fierce debate. Prior to 2006, abortion was banned in Colombia.
Founding Director of Transnational Law Institute Moves to McGill University
Professor Peer Zumbansen will remain a member of the TLI and The Dickson Poon School of Law as the inaugural Honorary Professor of Transnational Law. Professor Peer Zumbansen, the inaugural Professor of Transnational Law and Founding Director of the Transnational Law Institute (TLI) at The Dickson Poon School of Law, has been named the inaugural Professor of Business Law at McGill University, Faculty of Law, Montreal.
Mapping the global legal response to Covid-19
National responses to the pandemic have varied significantly in terms of the use of emergency powers, public health measures, institutional disruption, social policies, and welfare. The project, ‘Lex-Atlas: Covid-19: A Comparative Study of National Legal Responses to Covid-19’, will give insight and analysis of legal responses to Covid-19 from countries with differing income and inequality levels and legal and political systems.
Visualising environmental and health emergencies
An artist has worked with King’s academics to create a visual representation of the challenges around the environment and what the current pandemic reveals about behavioural changes. Artist Jenny Leonard was invited to live sketch a Q&A online at the beginning of April with King’s academics through The Exchange in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy as part of the Re-imagining our Environment series.
Universal health coverage, priority setting, and the human right to health
To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. Following endorsement by WHO,1,2 the World Bank,3 and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals,4 the drive towards universal health coverage (UHC) is now one of the most prominent global health policies.
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