Article: Military Justice and the unlawful way of expanding its jurisdiction

Read the opinion article on Military Justice in Brazil

Superior Tribunal Militar (STM), em Brasília. Foto: Flickr CNJ

Read the op-ed by Gabriel Sampaio, a coordinator at Conectas on Combating Institutional Violence program, Roberta Marina, an advisor to Conectas on Combating Institutional Violence program, among other collaborators from various organizations.

The text published in JOTA, addresses the incompatibility of the Democratic Rule of Law in Brazil, after the transition between the dictatorial period and democracy.

“Brazilian society is getting closer and closer to a state of exception, that is if it isn’t already in one.”