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115rapporteurs to develop civil society consultations on the situation ofhuman rights in Brazil, f) promoting professional training in humanrights, g) selecting exemplary cases to be filed in domestic andinternational (UN and OAS) legal fora, h) promoting specializedpublications on human rights.About the AuthorsBenvenuto Lima Jr., Jayme: Attorney, Coordinator for the InternationalHuman Rights Program of GAJOP and MNDH Northeast RegionalOffice; Masters in Law, Federal University of Pernambuco (UniversidadeFederal de Pernambuco); thesis: Os Direitos Economicos, Socias e CulturaisComo Direitos Humanos; author of numerous articles on human rightsissues, including "A Eficácia dos Direitos Econômicos, Sociais e Culturaisno Constitução Federal de 1988;" Editor of this publication.Brito, Valdênia: Staff atrtorney, GAJOP; specialist in urban development,Catholic University of Pernambuco; Masters in Law from the FederalUniversity of Pernambuco; Author of several articles on human rightsincluding "Tolerância e Direitos Humanos," "Vítimas da Violência: Porque entram no Programa de Proteção" and "Efetivação dos DireitosHumanos: Desafios à Democracia."Cavallaro, James Louis: Director, Global Justice Center; A.B. inGovernment, Harvard University,1984; J.D., University of CaliforniaBerkeley, 1992; Ph.D. candidate, Human Rights and Development,Universidade Pablo de Olavide (Spain); researcher and Brazil OfficeDirector, Human Rights Watch, 1992 1999; author of numerouspublications on human rights in Brazil, including Police Brutality in UrbanBrazil (New York: Human Rights Watch, 1997); petitioning attorney innearly two dozen cases filed before the Inter-American Human RightsSystem.Oliveira, Luciano: Professor of political Science professor, FederalUniversity of Pernambuco (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco);Director, Masters program in Political Science; author of A Vergonha doCarrasco Uma reflexão sobre a pena de morte (Recife: 1999); Do Nunca Maisao Eterno Retorno Uma reflexão sobre a tortura (São Paulo: Brasileinse,1994); and A dupla face da violência (Coleção Oxente Regional Nordeste