| Title | The Criminalization of Poverty: A Report on the Economic, Social and Cultural Root Causes of Torture and Other Forms of Violence in Brazil |
| Publisher | World Organisation Against Torture |
| Author | World Organisation Against Torture, Justiça Global, National Movement of Street Boys & Girls |
| Publication Date | 12 April 2009 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Topics | Economic, social and cultural rights | Extreme poverty | Human rights activists | Police | Prison or detention conditions | Security situation | Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) |
| Cite as | World Organisation Against Torture, The Criminalization of Poverty: A Report on the Economic, Social and Cultural Root Causes of Torture and Other Forms of Violence in Brazil, 12 April 2009, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/49e884302.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
| Comments | An Alternative Report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights prepared by Justiça Global, the National Movement of Street Boys and Girls (MNMMR) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) in the context of the project "Preventing Torture and Other Forms of Violence by Acting on their Economic, Social and Cultural Root Causes" |
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