{"id":30817,"date":"2021-04-20T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=30817"},"modified":"2021-04-23T15:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T15:34:28","slug":"congress-reinstates-mandatory-in-person-custody-hearings","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/congress-reinstates-mandatory-in-person-custody-hearings\/","title":"Congress reinstates mandatory in-person custody hearings","content":"

In a session of the National Congress held on the evening of Monday, April 19, the Federal Senate overturned the vetoes by President Jair Bolsonaro to the so-called \u201canti-crime\u201d package, a 2019 bill that made a series of changes to public security legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Lower House of Congress, the vetoes to the \u201canti-crime\u201d package were voted in March. The decision of the Senate, therefore, was pending.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the passages that senators reinserted into the text of the bill approved by Congress concerns the requirement for detainees to be presented before a judge within 24 hours of their arrest. The president\u2019s veto would have enabled these custody hearings to be held by video conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

The overturning of the vetoes comes in response to demands from civil society organizations that work to combat torture. Since last year, several organizations have promoted the campaign <\/span>#TorturaN\u00e3oSeV\u00eapelaTV<\/span><\/i> (#YouCantSeeTortureOnTV) against remote hearings.<\/span><\/p>\n

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