Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship

Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship
Portuguese: Ministério dos Direitos Humanos e da Cidadania
Agency overview
Formed17 April 1997; 27 years ago (1997-04-17)
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionFederal government of Brazil
HeadquartersEsplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco A
Brasília, Federal District
Annual budget$576.4 m BRL (2023)[1]
Agency executives
  • Macaé Evaristo, Minister
  • Cilair Rodrigues de Abreu, Acting Executive-Secretary
  • Bruno Teixeira, Secretary of Promotion and Defense of Human Rights
  • Anna Paula Feminella, Secretary of People with Disabilities Rights
  • Symmy Larrat, Secretary of LGBTQIA+ People Rights
  • Alexandre da Silva, Secretary of Elderly People Rights
  • Cláudio Vieira da Silva, Secretary of Children and Teenagers Rights
Websitewww.gov.br/mdh/

The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (Portuguese: Ministério dos Direitos Humanos e da Cidadania, MDHC), formerly the Ministry of Woman, Family and Human Rights (2019–2022) and Secretariat for Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic (1997–2015) is an office attached to the Presidency of Brazil. Its purpose is to implement, promote, and protect human rights, civic rights, and the rights of children, adolescents, women, families, the elderly, and the disabled.

  1. ^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.