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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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13 Aug 2020
The Arns Commission demands the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro investigate a crime of racism
The Arns Commission sent, on August 11, 2020, an official letter to the assistant prosecutor for criminal affairs and human rights of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Ribeiro Martins. In the document, the Commission requests “that the episode of racism aggravated by assault against the delivery man Matheus Fernandes, which occurred on August 6th, 2020, at the Ilha Plaza shopping mall, in Governador Island, in the northern zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, be duly followed up and investigated.”
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28 Jul 2020
Arns Commission demands investigation and measures to be taken on police violence in the state of São Paulo
In an official letter sent to the São Paulo State Secretariat of Public Security, on July 23rd, the Arns Commission requested measures to investigate and deal with several cases of police violence that occurred in the last two months in the state, as reported in the press.
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24 Jul 2020
Arns Commission demands an explanation from the Minister of Justice regarding “classified” dossier
We demand that the Minister of Justice goes public to explain himself about the news, denying it if false, being forbidden to use the argument of “secrecy”, which is a legal mechanism to protect democracy and society, and not to cover up insidious actions against the Rule of Law and those who defend it.
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23 Jul 2020
Public Note #22 – In support of app delivery workers
The “uberization” of various sectors of the economy, including the false discourse by companies that delivery workers can become individual entrepreneurs – albeit stripped of any rights! – deserves our repudiation.
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22 Jul 2020
Public Note #21 – In repudiation of the constitutional loophole and the attacks against Indigenous people
It is essential and urgent that the precautionary measure and the merits of Extraordinary Appeal (Recurso Extraordinário – RE, in Portuguese) No. 1 017 365 must be taken to the plenary, so that the aberration that is the “time frame” theory is finally overturned. We appeal to the President of the Supreme Court to address this matter with due urgency.
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14 Jul 2020
Arns Commission meets with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
The Arns Commission held an online bilateral meeting today (July 14) with the Mexican commissioner Joel Hernández García, rapporteur for Brazil and president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS), which is headquartered in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The purpose of the meeting was to address the human rights situation under Jair Bolsonaro's administration and its worsening with the COVID-19 crisis.
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3 Jul 2020
Joint note on the Brazilian government’s statement at the UN Human Rights Council
The Arns Commission and Conectas, remote participants of the 44th session of the UN Human Rights Council, express their perplexity and disagreement with the statements made by the Brazilian government in Geneva. After the statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, expressing her concern with countries that deny the seriousness of the new coronavirus by citing Brazil, Burundi, Nicaragua, Tanzania, and the United States, the Brazilian delegation took the floor twice to defend what today, in our judgment, is indefensible.
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1 Jul 2020
The Arns Commission makes denouncements at the UN
We call on the Brazilian government to respond to the pandemic, guided by the most absolute transparency, supported by the best science, and conditioned by the fundamental principles of human dignity and preservation of life. This includes strengthening the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde – SUS).
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29 Jun 2020
Capaign Brazil for Democracy
More than 70 organizations, including national entities, trade unions, social movements, pro-democracy groups, and non-governmental organizations launched, today, the campaign #BrasilpelaDemocracia (#BrazilforDemocracy).
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18 Jun 2020
Public Note #20 – In support of the Federal Supreme Court
The Arns Comission express its widest solidarity to all the members of this distinguished Court, as well as our full support to the Court so that it can, with complete independence and without any constraints, continue to exercise its function of safeguarding our Constitution.
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5 Jun 2020
United, in solidarity, and mobilized
We, signatory entities of the Pact for Life and for Brazil, embraced by women and men of goodwill throughout Brazil, with international repercussion, reiterate our solidarity with the Brazilian nation and particularly with the families of the victims of COVID-19 – the pandemic that has already caused the death of tens of thousands of Brazilians and has well over half a million people infected.
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28 May 2020
Public Note #19 – In support of the Federal Supreme Court and the Judiciary branch through law enforcement and ensuring social peace
The Arns Commission declares its support and solidarity to the Federal Supreme Court and the Judiciary branch in general, due to its indispensability as the one responsible for law enforcement, in order to eliminate conflicts of interest, maintain social order and peace, in accordance with the Constitution and the nation’s laws.
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22 May 2020
Public Note #18 – In support of land demarcation by the Federal Supreme Court
The Arns Commission urges the Justices of the Federal Supreme Court – through memorials for the trial – to declare the “time frame” thesis unconstitutional in view of the provisions of Article 231 of the Federal Constitution.
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