On January 16, 2014, the Brazilian Studies Association and the Human Rights Program welcomed Valdênia Paulino, a well-known Brazilian Human Rights activist, for a talk at Harvard Law School. Valdênia is one of the co-founders of Sapopemba Human Rights Center, which became a reference in the fight against police violence in the city of São Paulo. She also held the position of ombudsman in the police department of the of Paraíba. In view of several death threats, Valdênia has had to leave Brazil in different periods, always returning back to give continuity to her work.
Author: Fabio Almeida (Page 3 of 8)
Fabio Portela L. Almeida is a 2003 graduate at Universidade de Brasília Law School in Brazil. After graduating, he worked as a lawyer and, since 2006, he has been working as a Clerk in the Brazilian Superior Court of Labour Law. He also earned a Master of Laws Degree in 2007 at the same university and, In 2011, he earned a M.Phil Degree at the Universidade de Brasília Department of Philosophy. His dissertation, entitled "The evolution of a normative mind: origins of human cooperation", awarded the National Prize of best philosophical dissertation in the biennium 2010/2011. Currently, he is a SJD Candidate at the Universidade de Brasília Law School and a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School. His research interests are related to the interdisciplinary relationship between legal theory, biology, psychology, moral philosophy, economics, sociology and anthropology.
