18/05/2009

Access to Justice: Lessons From Civil Rights Experiences in Brazil and the USA


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As part of the U.S.-Brazil memorandum of understanding signed in
2008 to discuss issues of racial and ethnic discrimination, this
event is part of a two-day bi-national steering committee meeting
to deepen the dialogue on the civil rights agenda of both
nations.

http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_events/task,view/id,2018/

Research Focus:  Americas
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Program: Americas Program
<http://www.csis.org/index.php?option=com_csis_progj&task=view&id=1>

Related Materials

<http://www.csis.org/media/csis/events/090429_brazil_invitation.pdf>
Multimedia

Audio(02:11:33)
<http://media.csis.org/americas/090429_americas_english.mp3>

Event Information

Time
April 29, 2009
2:00-4:00pm

Location
B1 Conference Center
1800 K St NW
Washington DC

Contact Jessica Horwitz<mailto:americas@csis.org> 202-775-3180

"Access to Justice: Lessons From Civil Rights Experiences in
Brazil and the United States"

Opening Remarks by

His Excellency Antonio de Aguilar Patriota
Ambassador of Brazil to the United States

Panelists included

Wade Henderson
President, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

Elaine Jones
Former President, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

His Excellency Edson Santos
Minister of the Special Secretariat for
Policies to Promote Racial Equality, Brazil

Floor Audio
<http://media.csis.org/americas/090429_americas_floor.mp3>
(both
Portugese and English)

http://media.csis.org/americas/090429_americas_english.mp3 
Audio clip