{"id":18052,"date":"2019-08-19T18:39:10","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T18:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&#038;p=18052"},"modified":"2021-04-05T14:21:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T14:21:39","slug":"un-and-oas-question-witzels-shoot-to-kill-tactic","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/un-and-oas-question-witzels-shoot-to-kill-tactic\/","title":"UN and OAS question Witzel\u2019s \u2018shoot-to-kill\u2019 tactic","content":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_1\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An official communication to the governor of Rio, Wilson Witzel from the UN (United Nations Organisation) Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions, Agnes Callamard and the OAS (Organisation of American States) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, questions the abusive use of force against poor communities in underprivileged areas of Rio de Janeiro. The document, sent on 20 June, was made public on Monday 19 August. Until now there has been no response from the governor of Rio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the cases mentioned in the communication are the time when the governor appeared in a live broadcast from a helicopter during an operation in which it was reported shots were fired on tents being used by religious groups as well as the death of eight people in an operation in the Mar\u00e9 favela, both in May. Also mentioned is the death of the musician Evaldo dos Santos Rosa, in April. He was the target of over 80 shots into the car he was in with his family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spcommreports.ohchr.org\/TMResultsBase\/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=24657\"><b>Read the letter from the UN and the OAS in full<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0(in English).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The communication cites information from the Rio de Janeiro Public Security Institute according to which 434 people were killed by the police forces from January to March 2019, an increase of 18% compared to the same period last year. The document also stresses that the majority of the victims are young black men from favelas and that, if allegations are confirmed, the Rio government may be violating articles of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the American Convention of Human Rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cOfficial encouragement of what appears to be a deliberate shoot-to-kill policy in the context of anti-drug and anti-crime efforts was reportedly expressed in recent declarations by the Governor of Rio de Janeiro Wilson Witzel.\u201d The document says. \u201cWe call upon the Government to bring its domestic law in line with international standards in this regard, especially concerning public security or security policies or practices that negatively impact suspected criminals, including Afro-descendant persons.\u201d The document goes on to say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe official UN and OAS communication serves as a strong warning against Governor Wilson Witzel\u2019s violent practices and speeches against the poor black inhabitants of the Rio favelas.\u201d Said Juana Kweitel, Executive Director at Conectas. \u201cSupposedly in the name of the \u2018war on drugs\u2019, the Rio Governor is running roughshod over domestic and international laws concerning human rights and is turning citizens into targets through a declared policy of summary execution. We hope that the Rio Government and governments of other Brazilian states are aware of their obligations and will refrain from encouraging violence in underprivileged areas.\u201d She added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"tts__custom-position_bottom_fixed\" ><\/div>","excerpt":"<p>According to document, if allegations are confirmed, the Governor of Rio may be violating international human rights treaties<\/p>\n","author":2,"featured_media":18051,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[6364,380,108,12715],"tema":[12270],"class_list":["post-18052","noticia","type-noticia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-extrajudicial-executions","tag-un","tag-united-nations","tag-witzel-en","tema-confronting-institutional-violence"],"acf":{"author":false,"subtitle-pt":"According to document, if allegations are confirmed, the Governor of Rio may be violating international human 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