Brazil: Pará. Law 10.286/2023 Creating the State Program for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Brazil

The Government of Pará decrees that the Programme for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the State of Pará (PPDDH/PA) is hereby created within the scope of the State Secretariat for Racial Equality and Human Rights (SEIRDH), with the aim of adopting measures for the protection and assistance of Human Rights Defenders threatened with death as a result of their work in the State of Pará.

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[Governo do Estado do Pará]

Brazil

2023

Law, Decree or Similar (incl. proposals)

Sub-National Authorities & Institutions

Enacted

Brazil: Decree No. 9.937 creating a Protection Programme for Human Rights Defenders, Communicators and Environmentalists

June 2, 2021

Brazil: Draft Law 4575/2009 creating the Protection Programme for Human Rights Defenders

May 24, 2021

Brazil: Study on the Public Policy for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders by Ulisses Neto

May 10, 2021

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