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Weekly Report - 03 November 2011 (WR-11-44)
BRAZIL: Brazil moves to reconcile with its history
In a largely symbolic vote, the federal senate unanimously approved the creation of a Truth and Justice Commission last week to investigate human rights violations committed in Brazil between 1946 and 1988. After the former radical left-wing activist President Dilma Rousseff sanctions the law, she will appoint a seven-member committee to sit for two years. It is not aimed at criminal prosecutions, which are prohibited under Brazil’s 1979 amnesty law, but if the experience of neighbouring countries is any guide, criminal procedures are likely to follow.
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