Brazil - MOTHERS OF POLICE VICTIMS DENOUNCE BRAZILIAN STATE AT CIDH/OEA.

 

 

 

 

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR/OAS) will hold a closed
hearing on the "Impacts of State Violence on Afro-descendant Families in Brazil. The hearing will take place on October 26, at 3pm. On this occasion, mothers representing movements of family members of victims from all over the country will address the structural and institutional racism in Brazil, the daily violations of the police forces in favelas and urban peripheries, the delays and racism of the institutions of the justice system, the sickness and threats they suffer after reporting the cases. 

Finally, the mothers and family members will ask that the Centers for Assistance to Family Members of victims of state violence be implemented, in addition to other forms of material and symbolic reparation.

Collectives of mothers and family members from Brazil requested the hearing:
Mothers of Manguinhos (RJ),
Independent Movement Mothers of May (SP)
Mothers/family members of victims (RJ),
Mothers of Jacarezinho (RJ),
Mothers of Maré (RJ)
Network of Mothers and Families of the Baixada Fluminense (RJ),
Mothers of May of the Northeast (BA),
Moleque Movement (RJ),
Mothers of the Periphery victims of police violence (CE),
Mothers in Mourning of the East Zone (SP),
Mothers of May of the East Zone (SP),
Mothers of Osasco and Barueri (SP),
Mothers of May of Minas Gerais (MG).

Organizations that supported the request:
Conectas Human Rights,
Marielle Franco Institute,
NAPAVE/ISER,
Association of Judges for Democracy/AJD,
Brazilian Association of Anthropology (ABA),
Torture Never Again -RJ,
CEBRASPO,
LAPSUS/UFPB.