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Maria Laura Canineu
Maria Laura Canineu is the deputy director of the Environment and Human Rights division. Between 2013 and 2023, she served as the Brazil Director in the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch.
Before joining Human Rights Watch, she directed a team of public lawyers, handling human rights issues. This included children’s, women’s, labor, LGBT and indigenous people's rights, as well as health and education issues.
Prior to this post, Canineu spent several years building the capacity of human rights NGOs in São Paulo, focusing on issues ranging from poverty reduction to corporate social responsibility. In her position at Human Rights Watch, she works towards engaging with the media, public officials, and local organizations to promote foreign policy in the defense of human rights.
Canineu is a graduate of the University of Warwick and Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, where she studied international development law, human rights, and international relations.
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Articles Authored
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July 13, 2018
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June 15, 2018
Discrimination Has No Role in the World Cup
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March 23, 2018
A Kick in the Stomach in Brazil
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March 8, 2018
Working for Less in Brazil
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January 31, 2018
For Brazil’s Women, Violence Begins at Home
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October 4, 2017
A Smart Way to Deter Crime
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August 9, 2017
Why Brazil Should Ban Cluster Munitions
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July 11, 2017
No, We Don’t Like to Be Beaten Up