Brazilian Post-Transitional Justice and the Inter-American Human Rights System

Latin American Centre Seminar Series St Antony’s College, Oxford, 14 February 2014

17 Pages Posted: 19 Feb 2014

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Par Engstrom

Institute of the Americas, University College London; Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po

Date Written: February 14, 2014

Abstract

The focus of this paper is on the role of the Inter-American Human Rights System and the types of transitional justice policies that may be required from Brazil in light of the Gomes Lund ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights from November 2010. I discuss some key implications of what the ruling, and the Brazilian government’s responses to it, tell us about the prospects for and limitations on Brazilian post-transitional justice, and arguably, Brazilian democracy more broadly.

Keywords: Brazil, transitional justice, Inter-American Human Rights System, amnesty, accountability, Latin Americas

Suggested Citation

Engstrom, Par, Brazilian Post-Transitional Justice and the Inter-American Human Rights System (February 14, 2014). Latin American Centre Seminar Series St Antony’s College, Oxford, 14 February 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2397829 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2397829

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