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

ISBN-13: 9781032088570 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 152 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.

Spis treści

List of figures

List of tables

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1 Amnesty International in the 1960s: the origins and history of the Cold War Organisation

2 The Brazilian dictatorship and state violence

3 Amnesty’s work regarding the Brazilian dictatorship

Conclusion

Index

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.