section_path: Government and politics/Human rights
section_name: Human rights
paragraph_text: Human rights
  
  Human rights in Brazil include the right to life and freedom of speech; and condemnation of slavery and torture. The nation ratified the American Convention on Human Rights. The 2017 Freedom in the World report by Freedom House gives Brazil a score of "2" for both political rights and civil liberties; "1" represents the most free, and "7", the least.
  
  Same-sex couples in Brazil have held nationwide marriage rights since May 2013.