Megaeventos

Rio 2016: The race is on to revamp Brazil’s party city

Published in Tuesday August 14th, 2012 In In the media

August 13, 2012 The curtain has fallen on the London Olympics, so all eyes are now turning to the next host city – Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has a huge task to get the venues ready, as the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville reports from the city. At the beach’s edge in Barra da Tijuca in Rio […]

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As Brazil receives Olympic flag, forced evictions taint the handover

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In Social movement news

August 12, 2012 Demonstrations are taking place in Brazil this week to call attention to the human rights violations happening in Rio de Janeiro as a result of the 2016 Olympics Today, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Count Jacques Rogge will present the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Eduardo Paes, with the Olympic flag in a […]

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In the Name of the Future, Rio Is Destroying Its Past

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 12, 2012 By THERESA WILLIAMSON and MAURÍCIO HORA THE London Olympics concluded Sunday, but the battle over the next games has just begun in Rio, where protests against illegal evictions of some of the city’s poorest residents are spreading. Indeed, the Rio Olympics are poised to increase inequality in a city already famous for it. Last month, […]

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Rio 2016: The race is on to revamp Brazil’s party city

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

(Português) 13 August 2012 The curtain has fallen on the London Olympics, so all eyes are now turning to the next host city – Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has a huge task to get the venues ready, as the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville reports from the city. At the beach’s edge in Barra da Tijuca in […]

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London 2012: affordable housing sidelined in Olympic regeneration

Published in Monday August 6th, 2012 In News

(Português) Since 2009, planning deals in the Olympic area in east London have shown little commitment to regeneration and local needs. As London prepares to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the government has once again announced new plans to boost infrastructure spending to kickstart our sluggish economy. The whole London 2012 project is based on […]

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Brazil World Cup: Forced Evictions Violate Residents’ Rights

Published in Thursday June 28th, 2012 In In the media

The minidocumentary “We Are The Legacy: The Story of Elisangela” (below) is the first in a series of videos being produced by the human rights organization Witness, in partnership with Brazil’s Comitê Popular Rio Copa e Olimpíadas, to tell the story of people affected by forced evictions linked directly or indirectly to preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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Rio+20 : “Qu’ils nettoient devant leur porte avant de parler de la planète !”

Published in Friday June 22nd, 2012 In In the media

(Português) (Only in French) Par Nicolas Bourcier (Rio de Janeiro, correspondant) Elle prépare le thé avec les pétales des roses qu’elle a cueillies dans le jardin de sa maison. D’un ton calme, Inalva Mendes Brito évoque les souvenirs de ce passé heureux, ces années 1980, lorsqu’elle est venue ici, à Vila Autodromo, une petite favela située au […]

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Guides and leaflets on forced evictions are reprinted for distribution. Also learn more about the Rio +20 – Newsletter # 22

Published in Monday June 18th, 2012


From June 13th to June 22nd, Rio de Janeiro will host the Rio +20, a United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. At the occasion, Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik will take part in some debates and events. Still in the same month, the Rapporteur will attend the international colloquium “Cities are us” in Coimbra University, Portugal. In addition, next month, the Rapporteur will make available leaflets and guides on forced evictions, which have been reprinted. Also in July, from 5th to 13th, the Rapporteur will go on a mission to Rwanda.

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Special Rapporteur visits Fortaleza, Brazil, to discuss impacts of the Soccer World Cup to the right to housing

Published in Sunday June 17th, 2012 In In the media

In June 2012, the Special Rapporteur, Raquel Rolnik, promoted a working visit to Fortaleza, Brazil, regarding the evictions and other violations to the right to housing related to sports megaevents. Fortaleza is one of the host cities to the 2014 Soccer World Cup.
The Rapporteur visited the communities that are going to be affected by the mobility and other construction sites, made to the 2014 Cup. She met with representatives of the State, of the City Council and of the organized civil society movements at the City Chamber.

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Life at the World Cup in South Africa: corruption, bribery, bad-decisions and white elephants

Published in Friday June 1st, 2012 In In the media

A publication written by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), investigates a string of alleged ‘wheeling and dealing’ strategies behind the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It details six case studies, written by journalists from South Africa and the UK. They provide a stark contrast between the stated goals of bringing the World Cup to Africa for the first time and the potential for corruption that accompanies such a huge event.

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