Joanne Mariner

The Sixth Division is a phrase used in Colombia to refer to paramilitary groups. These groups are responsible for most human rights violations, including massacres and forced displacement. This report provides detailed evidence on how Colombian army brigades and police work with and even profit from paramilitaries treating them as a force allied with their own.

This report is the result of the most exhaustive prisons research that Human Rights Watch has ever conducted. This report describes conditions in Brazil's penal facilities and includes detailed recommendations for remedying them.