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  Subject:   Human Rights in Brazil and the Inter-American System

  Sponsor:   Brazil Working Group and the Brazilian Students Association

  Speaker:   Hélio Bicudo - Vice-President, OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

  Date:   Monday, November 29, 1999

  Time:   12pm - 1:30pm

  Location:   Bolivar House - Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University [look for it in a campus map]

  Contact:   Andre de Mello e Souza - andrems@leland.stanford.edu - RSVP

Hélio Bicudo is an expert on human rights in Brazil and Latin America. 
   As a public attorney during Brazil's military regime, he was the first 
   lawyer to investigate and denounce the military death squads. He served
   as a Federal Deputy from his election in 1991 until January of 1999.  
   While in Congress, Bicudo was instrumental in presenting legislation to
   reform Brazil's judicial branch, public law enforcement, and the 
   penitentiary system. He established and served as president of the 
   Committee on Human Rights in the Chamber of Deputies. Most recently, he 
   was elected by the Organization of American States (OAS) to become a 
   member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, of which he was  
   elected vice-president in 1999. He is the author of numerous books on human 
   rights, including Cem anos de direito e justiça no Brasil (One Hundred Years
   of Human Rights and Justice in Brazil).

Lunch will be served.  

PLEASE R.S.V.P. NO LATER THAN 12:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 IF YOU
ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND.

 Event history: Submitted on 22-Nov-1999;