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Monthly Archives: March 2012
In the News…
In the wake of the state of São Paulo’s move to install its own, state-level truth commission earlier this month, other Brazilian states are taking steps to create similar bodies, Najla Passos reports (scroll down to the middle of her article). … Continue reading
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OAS Officially Opens Inquiry into Brazil’s Lack of Action in the Herzog Case
Posted by Rebecca Atencio The Inter-American Human Rights Commission of the Organization of American States has opened an official inquiry into why Brazil has not investigated or punished those responsible for the murder of journalist Vladimir Herzog. In October 1975, … Continue reading
Interview with Anthony Pereira
Dr. Anthony Pereira is a professor of Political Science and director of Brazilian Studies at King’s College in London. He is the author of Political (In)justice: Authoritarianism and the Rule of Law in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina (2005). His research … Continue reading
Rio de Janeiro’s Memorial to Edson Luiz Lima Souto
Guest post and all photos by Adam C. Smith, JD/MS Candidate at Tulane University’s School of Law. The memorial to Edson Luiz Lima Souto is located in the small, triangular Plaza Ana Amélia just east of the busy Avenida … Continue reading
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Tagged Memorial to Edson Luiz Lima Souto, Memory, Protest, Rio de Janeiro
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Brazilian Youth “Out” Perpetrators
Posted by Rebecca Atencio Following the tradition of Argentine escraches and Chilean funas, Brazilian youths are “outing” accused torturers, spray-painting phrases such as “A torturer lives here” on the sidewalks in front of where said accused torturers live and work. The first outings began … Continue reading
Brazilian Supreme Court Will Consider Continuous Crimes
Posted by Allison Fisher The Brazilian Supreme Court will decide next Wednesday whether continuous crimes are an exception to the Amnesty Law. The controversy arose when federal prosecutors tried to file criminal charges against Colonel Sebastião Curió Rodrigues de Moura, … Continue reading
A Warm Welcome to Nina Schneider, New Blogger on TJB
We are delighted to announce that Professor Nina Schneider has kindly accepted our invitation to join the Transitional Justice in Brazil blog. Professor Schneider will post on breaking developments in the Brazilian transitional justice process and related topics. She brings the … Continue reading
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Federal Prosecutors Will Appeal Judge’s Dismissal of Criminal Charges
On the heels of a judge’s decision to halt their criminal case against Colonel Curió, federal prosecutors have announced their intent to appeal. (Cheers, Idelber!)
Posted in New Developments
Tagged Sebastião Curió Rodrigues de Moura, transitional justice, trials
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Judge Halts Criminal Case, Invoking Amnesty Law
In a disappointing–but not entirely surprising–development today, a Brazilian judge barred federal prosecutors from moving forward with criminal charges against Colonel Sebastião Curió de Moura. Judge João Matos justified his ruling by invoking the 1979 Amnesty Law, which pardons those … Continue reading
In the News…
Supreme Court Minister Gilmar Mendes has scoffed at federal prosecutors’ attempts to bring charges against perpetrators in dictatorship crimes considered to be ongoing (kidnapping, hiding of bodies):”Let’s wait until this question makes its way up to the Supreme Court. [But … Continue reading
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Tagged Amnesty Commission, literature, reparations, theatre, trials
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