Transitional justice in Brazil and the jurisprudence of the inter-American court of human rights: a difficult dialogue with the Brazilian judiciary

Bruno Galindo

doi:10.5007/2177-7055.2018v39n79p27

Abstract

O artigo aborda a justiça de transição no Brasil, considerando os objetivos defendidos pela sua teoria geral. A principal proposta é fazer uma análise jurídica do processo de transição noBrasil com base na relação entre o direito constitucional brasileiro e o Sistema Interamericano deDireitos Humanos. É sugerida uma reflexão sobre os caminhhos de diálogo entre os dois sistemas de proteção dos direitos humanos (interamericano e constitucional) propostos por algumasteorias contemporâneas. Como conclusão, algumas reflexões sobre como essa situação contribuipara a atual crise política brasileira, especialmente para certa popularização do autoritarismocomo solução política.

Highlights

This article was written from the Talk given in the Weekly Seminar Series of Oxford Transitional Justice Research of the University of Oxford/UK on October 16, 2017, with some adaptations for publication
The paper is divided into three main parts: First, some considerations about the Inter-American System of Human Rights, its general features and the most important leading cases of the IACHR about transitional justice; the main legal aspects of the last dictatorship and transitional justice in Brazil; And the judicial decisions in opposite senses of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the possibilities of dialogues between the courts in the context of Brazilian transitional justice, including some theoretical output
Some reflections on how this situation contributes to the current Brazilian political crisis, especially for a certain popularization of authoritarianism as a solution

Summary

Introduction

This article was written from the Talk given in the Weekly Seminar Series of Oxford Transitional Justice Research of the University of Oxford/UK on October 16, 2017, with some adaptations for publication.

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Conclusion