ABSTRACT
Since I wrote the above, I have been privileged to witness, at the Memorial of
Latin America in São Paulo, a solemn ceremony held to mark the closing of this
Staging Human Rights project which had run over the course of a year, in thirty-
seven prisons in that state. In recognition of the humanistic character of its subject
matter and the excellence of its outcomes – the opening up of dialogue between
four thousand prisoners, hundreds of support staff and innumerable neighbouring
populations – the project was awarded the Premio Betinho de Direitos Humanos
(Betinho Prize for Human Rights) for 2001 by the municipality of São Paulo.
