Your Excellency President Mrs Dilma Rousseff: Congratulations for being re-elected President of Brazil. It is a remarkable achievement that bestows upon you both enormous rights and responsibilities. As stated in our previous report…2014 has been a particularly important year for Brazil, with the presidential elections and the FIFA World Cup. The aim of this new report is to introduce to you the subject of business and human rights, and make some recommendations…Your next presidency from 2015 to 2019 presents an opportunity to address these concerns by adopting some important measures in the Government. Main concerns about essential business and human rights issues that should be a priority on the agenda of the President of Brazil: The right to land and housing rights, Impact on indigenous peoples and Quilombolas; free, prior and informed consent/consultation, Abuses of labour rights, including slave-like labour, Environmental contamination with impacts on people’s health and access to water, Information technology and the right to privacy, Public procurement and monitoring of supply chains, Impacts of public works related to the 2016 Rio Olympics International framework on business and human rights: Still not well known in Brazil, the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights…were adopted by consensus by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011…Recommendations to the President of Brazil: I. Comply with and implement laws that contribute to sustainable growth while at the same time respect and promote human rights. II. Ensure the rights of communities affected by business activities; promote dialogue and transparency. III. Ensure international human rights standards are met in project finance, procurement and taxation policy…[It refers to: Anglo American, Brookfield, Consórcio Norte Energia, Emccamp, FIFA, LLX, MRV, OAS, Petrobrás, Philip Morris, Racional, Santa Rita Indústria de Auto Peças, Souza Cruz, Vale and Zara]

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