40 years of Political Amnesty
to remember is to defend Democracy
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Human rights, Democratic transition, AccountabilityAbstract
Forty years after the enactment of Law 6.863/79, it is clear that its amnesty was partial and restricted—granting pardon only to part of the opposition—but in 2010, the STF extended its effects to torturers, constituting a self-amnesty that violates international human rights obligations. The Inter-American Court condemned the Brazilian State for failing to investigate the disappearances. Even so, the amnesty was decisive in restoring political freedoms and reorganizing the party system, although it remains a symbolic sign of the incomplete democratic transition.
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Jornal Brasil Mulher, 09 out. 1975. p. 8.
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