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3. General comments made by other relevant stakeholders452. Conectas Human Rights noted its involvement in the review process of Brazil. Although it appreciated the corrections made to the report to be adopted by the Council, Conectas Human Rights noted that some important observations had not been included and that it did not reflect the answers provided by Brazil on the measures to improve the situation of human rights defenders and on challenges and commitments for 2010. Conectas Human Rights asked how Brazil would implement the 15 recommendations made during the universal periodic review and some 3,000 recommendations made by the treaty bodies. It also asked how the Government would translate these recommendations into public policies and how civil society would participate in their implementation. Conectas Human Rights also noted that the success of the universal periodic review would depend on five conditions: the review should not replace or weaken the special procedures and treaty bodies mechanisms; delegations should be more concrete in their questions and recommendations and States under review should address all of them; the final report should be an adequate reflection of the review; the recommendations should be turned into concrete actions; and each State under review should engage with civil society in all phases of the review. 453. Amnesty International noted that the presentation made by Brazil during the session of the Working Group focused on a description of existing government programmes and policies rather than on an analysis of the effectiveness of measures to address human rights violations. It noted that a number of States raised key human rights issues including on impunity for crimes during the dictatorship, violence and extrajudicial killings by the police, torture and other ill-treatment, violence against women and harsh prison conditions. Amnesty International noted that the recent report presented by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions following his visit to the country further highlights the extent of the problem. Amnesty International noted that States recommended to Brazil to evaluate its initiatives and activities designed to address serious human rights violations, including violence and killings by the police, torture, violence against women and prison conditions, and to intensify efforts to protect human rights defenders. Amnesty International welcomed these recommendations and the statement made by Brazil that it supports all the recommendations made during the review and called on Brazil to give them early and full effect. 454. The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions noted that while it welcomes the view expressed by Brazil that States and municipalities must abide by the mechanisms to implement human rights in the country, it also noted that the Federal Government is the main duty-bearer and urged it to establish mechanisms to monitor the implementation of recommendations made by the United Nations and regional monitoring bodies at the federal level. The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions also urged the establishment of a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles. Particular concern was expressed at racial discrimination against Afro-descendants, especially the quilombo communities, and noted that conflicts over ancestral lands are increasing in number and in violence, mainly as a result of the Plan for Accelerating Growth. It noted with concern that the lack of security of tenure faced by Afro descendants and women was not pointed out as a concern during the universal periodic review. While discrimination against women was addressed, it noted that there was no reference to the relation between life in slums and violence against women, including domestic violence and rape. The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions praised the creation of three new ministries to deal with human rights issues but noted their lack of jurisdiction and resources to prevent and solve conflicts. It noted the Agrarian Ombudsman as the only mechanism in place to prevent and mediate land conflicts, and urged for the immediate implementation of the National Policy for Prevention and Mediation of Urban Land and Conflicts. 4. Views expressed by the State under review on
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