Sistema interamericano de proteção dos Direitos Humanos e a ditadura militar no Brasil

Abstract

This article aims to address the action of the organs of the interamerican system human rights in the face of atrocities committed during the military authoritarian regime in Brazil (19641985). Using literature review and document analysis, the research highlights the crimes perpetrated on behalf of the dictatorial regime deployed and the role of international organs in the restraint of these crimes, well as the recommendations made by the Interamerican Commission to the country, at the regional plan, and the decision of the Court of Human Rights in the Case of the Araguaia Guerrilla, aiming at accountability of the State. It is worth noting in the discussion, the importance of the 1988 Federal Constitution for incorporation of the international instruments of human rights protection by Brazil.