International summit gathers mothers of victims of State-perpetrated violence
With activists and specialists from Brazil and Latin America, this online event discusses paths for memory, justice and reparation: enroll now
Débora Maria da Silva, co-fundadora do Mães de Maio. Foto: Gabriel Guerra/Conectas
This Tuesday (30th), from 02:00 to 05:00 p.m. (Brasília time), the International Summit “Strengthening the reach and impact of human rights movements in Brazil” will take place. The event, with simultaneous translation in Portuguese and Spanish, is free admission and open to the public with a prior enrollment. Click here to register.
The agenda will be divided into three discussion panels. The opening, at 02:00 p.m., will include Débora Maria da Silva (Independent Movement “Mães de Maio”) Nivia do Carmo Raposo (Movement of Mothers and Relatives of Victims of Lethal State Violence and Forced Disappearances), Rute Silva Santos (“Mães da Periferia” Movement), Edna Carla Souza Cavalcante (“Mães do Curió” Movement), in addition to Javier Amadeo (CAAF/Unifesp) and Angela Torresan (Manchester University).
At 03:00 .m., the panel “Democracy for whom – on reparation and non-repetition” will gather Yanilda González (Harvard Kennedy School), Alí Bantú Ashanti (Colombian Racial Justice and Historical Pact Collective) and federal congressman Orlando Silva (author of Bill no. 2999/2022).
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Subsequently, at 04:00 p.m., the panel “The fight for Justice, Memory and Reparation in Latin America” will give voice to regional experiences, with Emilse Rueda Marín (Justicia por Natalia Collective, Colombia), Cristina Bautista Salvador (43 victims of Ayotzinapa, Mexico), Lorenza Aillapan (Fentxen Mañum, Chile) and, once again, Débora Maria da Silva (Mães de Maio). The proceedings will be concluded by Gabriel Sampaio, from Conectas Direitos Humanos.
The event is organized by the Independent Movement “Mães de Maio”, Conectas Direitos Humanos, the Center for Forensic Archeology and Anthropology at Unifesp (CAAF) and Manchester University/Granada Center for Visual Anthropology, with funding from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF).
