State Violence, Torture, and Political Prisoners: On the Role Played by Amnesty International in Brazil During the Dictatorship (1964-1985)

ISBN-13: 9780815353713 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 136 str.

Renata Meirelles

Opis

This book examines one of Amnesty International’s first major campaigns against torture, and the impact this had on the organization’s development of a new agenda. It makes a strong contribution to research on state crime, human rights, and torture.

O autorze

Renata Meirelles is an historian and researcher from Brazil. Since March 2018, she has taught Theory of History at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). She has a PhD in history (2016) and a master’s degree in history (2008). During her PhD, she developed part of her research abroad at King’s College London and L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Her research focusses on human rights, international relations, and civil society resistance to state violence.