Brazil: Ensure Independent Criminal Investigations in Rio State

Click to expand Image Rio de Janeiro Forensic Medical Institute building, February 2025, Rio de Janeiro © 2025 Cesar Munoz/Human Rights Watch The acting governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro should seek passage of a bill for independent forensic services in the state and take additional measures to strengthen forensic analysis, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the acting governor, Ricardo Couto.Rio de Janeiro remains one of six Brazilian states, together with the federal district, that still have official forensic units fully subordinate to civil police,…

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