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29 Apr 2021
Letter to the members of the COVID-19 Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI)
The scandal of thousands of daily deaths by COVID-19 cannot continue, nor can it remain in silence. The delay in the purchase of vaccines, combined with negationist speeches that never cease to cause the increase in contamination, points inexorably to the accumulation of deaths. On behalf of those we have lost and those we can preserve, we hope that the senators spare no effort and courage.
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20 Apr 2021
Open letter to the participants of the Leaders’ Summit on Climate
The Arns Commission believes that the environment must be defended by all, as a human right. In this sense, its manifestation presents a more realistic picture of what is happening in Brazil, with respect to the preservation of natural resources and traditional communities, and demands from the country's representatives in this conference clear commitments, defined deadlines, precise goals, and metrics to measure results.
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2 Apr 2021
Public Note #32 – On the coup attempts by Mr. President of the Republic
It is clear to everyone that the President of the Republic, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, is plotting a coup, whose latest label is “state of siege”, perpetuating chaos in Brazil and leaving the people at the mercy of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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25 Mar 2021
In defense of democracy
The Constitution cannot be seen as a “suicide pact,” as Justice Robert Jackson of the U.S. Supreme Court warned in 1949. Its institutions not only can but must protect it from those who would seek its erosion.
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19 Mar 2021
Public Note #31 – In support of influencer Felipe Neto
The Arns Commission express its support for the influencer Felipe Neto, who was subpoenaed by an incompetent police authority due to his use of the term "genocidal" in reference to the conduct Bolsonaro.
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15 Mar 2021
Civil society organizations support governors and mayors in the fight against the pandemic
José Carlos Dias, president of the Arns Commission, called on the governors, the mayors, the Congress, and the Supreme Federal Court to “guide our steps.” For him, Brazil is seriously ill; old and young people alike have to be sensitized. “Inaction and negationism kill!” he warned.
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15 Mar 2021
The Arns Commission and Conectas denounce Bolsonaro at the UN
The Arns Commission and Conectas Human Rights brought today, at the 46th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a complaint against President Jair Bolsonaro regarding the federal government's disregard for the serious pandemic crisis in Brazil.
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11 Mar 2021
The people must not pay with their own lives!
There is no time to lose, negationism kills. The virus is spreading from north to south of Brazil, replicating variants, affecting different age groups, a punishing the most vulnerable. Patients die in agony due to the lack of hospital resources. The Unified Health System – SUS continues to save lives. However, health professionals, after a year on the front lines, are on the verge of burnout. To them, we offer our gratitude and appreciation.
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28 Feb 2021
Public Note #30 – In defense of the Committee for the Prevention and Combat of Torture
The president who celebrates torturers insists on imposing his negationist ideology on the legal-institutional system of human rights protection in Brazil.
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24 Jan 2021
ENOUGH!
The Arns Commission calls on all those truly committed to democracy and the right to life – citizens, civil society organizations, political parties, business and religious organizations, and, above all, the fundamental institutions of the Republic, such as the National Congress, the Federal Supreme Court, and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic – to assume their share of responsibility in the defense of the democratic regime and the Constitution, against the attacks that have been directed against them by the President of the Republic. It is necessary to put a stop to this misgovernment that has caused so much harm to the lives of Brazilians and to our democracy.
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20 Nov 2020
Public Note #29 – For the lost life of João Alberto
We demand that the lost life of João Alberto must not become a mere statistic. His death must be investigated with the diligence that the case’s seriousness imposes.
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19 Nov 2020
Manifesto in defense of civil society organizations
As is the case with any fundamental right, the right to freedom of association is not absolute. However, eventual restrictions must have constitutional justification. And, as established by the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Brazil has followed since 1992, they must be compatible with a democratic society. Controlling 100% of the NGOs in the Amazon region definitely exceeds these limits. It is worth remembering: in a democracy, it is the society that controls the government, not the other way around.
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5 Nov 2020
Public Note #28 – In support of the National Truth Commission
When delivering the final report to President Dilma, on December 10, 2014, the National Truth Commission transferred to the country its legacy in the investigation of serious human rights violations, which occurred during the historic period between two Brazilian democratic constitutions – the 1946 and the 1988 ones.
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3 Nov 2020
The Arns Commission signs the Global Compact on Education
The initiative encourages the creation of an alliance involving all countries in favor of an education focused on values such as dignity and human rights, peace and citizenship, integral ecology, fraternity, and development.
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9 Oct 2020
Public Note #27 – In repudiation of Mourão’s statement praising Ustra
Hamilton Mourão violates the decorum of the office in which he was invested under oath to respect the Constitution.
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1 Oct 2020
Public Note #26 – In support of affirmative policies
The Arn Commission considers that such policies are essential for the realization of the fundamental right to equality, one of the pillars of democracy.
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18 Sep 2020
Public Note #25 – In solidarity and support to Fr. Júlio Lancellotti
The Arns Commission asks the security authorities of the state and municipality of São Paulo to ensure the protection of Fr. Júlio, whose personal efforts are being redoubled at this moment, in an attempt to minimize the effects of the pandemic on those who cannot protect themselves against it.
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17 Aug 2020
Public Note #24 – On the eviction of Quilombo Campo Grande
The Arns Commission recommends that public, judicial, and executive authorities suspend any action, whether the result of a private or public initiative, or supported by a judicial or administrative decision, which has the purpose of evicting families and communities during the pandemic period, in order to respect the social distancing, hygiene, and social assistance measures that are essential to contain the advance of COVID-19.
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14 Aug 2020
Public Note #23 – On the confidential dossiers made by the government
It is necessary to clarify, once and for all, the inspiration and raison d'être of such dossiers within the framework of Justice and the Democratic Rule of Law, in the light of the Constitution.
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13 Aug 2020
The Arns Commission requests an investigation on the death of a young man by the Military Police of the State of São Paulo
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