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Representatives from over 25 faith expressions and from more than 30 civil society organizations gathered for a public event in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the opening week of the 2016 Olympic games to affirm the dignity of human beings and the planet Earth and the defense of human rights.

Les représentants de plus de 25 courants religieux et 30 organisations de la société civile se sont réunis lors d’une manifestation publique au centre de Rio de Janeiro (Brésil), pendant la semaine d’ouverture des Jeux olympiques 2016, pour montrer leur engagement en faveur de la dignité des êtres humains, de la planète Terre et de la défense des droits des personnes.

Substantial information on torture and other human rights abuses was entrusted to the Brazilian attorney general at a ceremony in São Paulo on 14 June 2011. There was also a call for a national truth commission in Brazil to shed more light on past atrocities during the ceremony.

During a two-decade period of brutal dictatorship, in 1979, Brazilian church workers and dissenting lawyers found a loophole in the legal system allowing them to gather evidence of atrocities and other abuses committed by the military regime.