Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro

Secretary of State for Human Rights in Brazil; University of São Paulo

Bio

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro is secretary of state for human rights in Brazil.

He is also professor of political science at the University of São Paulo. Through the university, he and Sérgio Adorno founded the Center for the Study of Violence, in 1987.

Featured Work

DEC 31, 2002 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 8 (Fall 2002): Public Security and Human Rights: Articles: Bridging Activism and Policymaking

Pinheiro, founder and director of the Center for the Study of Violence at the University of São Paulo, discusses the center’s successes ...