{"id":31373,"date":"2012-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=31373"},"modified":"2021-05-05T13:04:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T13:04:31","slug":"since-brazil-has-agreed-to-play-by-international-rules-it-must-observe-them-in-good-faith-says-flavia-piovesan-2","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/since-brazil-has-agreed-to-play-by-international-rules-it-must-observe-them-in-good-faith-says-flavia-piovesan-2\/","title":"\u201cSince Brazil has agreed to play by international rules, it must observe them in good faith,\u201d says Fl\u00e1via Piovesan","content":"

August 8, 2012<\/p>\n

\"\"Following in the footsteps of Deisy Ventura, a professor at the International Relations Institute of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP), who challenged the Brazilian government over the attacks on the Inter-American Human Rights System of the Organization of American States (OAS) in a video<\/a> published on the internet this week, similar criticisms have now been leveled by Fl\u00e1via Piovesan, a professor of Human Rights and Constitutional Law at the Catholic University of S\u00e3o Paulo (PUC-SP) and also a member of the OAS Working Group whose mandate is to monitor the Protocol of San Salvador<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two academics \u2013 together with Juana Kweitel, program director at Conectas \u2013 penned an op-ed<\/a> in the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper on August 7, warning of the risks of weakening the Inter-American Human Rights System.<\/p>\n

In this video, Piovesan says she is \u201cconcerned about the movement that is seeking to undermine and weaken\u201d the system. She claims that Brazil is one of the \u201cprotagonists in this process\u201d threatening an essential body that defends the rights of citizens of the American continent against aggression by their states.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat exactly is Brazil hoping to achieve with this project to reform the system? Is Brazil perhaps calculating the real commitment of the system?\u201d asked Piovesan. In her opinion, the Brazilian position has created the conditions for other countries \u2013 \u201cthat do not have clean records of respect for human rights\u201d \u2013 to seize this window of opportunity to \u201crestrict the potential and the capacity of the system\u201d.<\/p>\n

Piovesan also said that \u201cif Brazil defends the Inter-American System, it should do so by supporting an independent and autonomous system, and respecting its decisions\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter Belo Monte, the government adopted an extremely aggressive attitude, attacking the system. Obviously, Brazil can be critical. However, since it has agreed to play by international rules, it must observe them in good faith,\u201d said the professor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot let [Brazil\u2019s] dissatisfaction with a case turn into a malicious and perverse attempt to destroy or erode an entire system that is extremely valuable \u2013 the most important international human rights protection system for Brazil and for our region,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Piovesan also recalled that the region has an \u201cenormous debt of gratitude to the Inter-American System, which has saved countless lives in the fulfillment of its extraordinary function of democratizing our region and consolidating the rule of law and the regime of human rights\u201d.<\/p>\n

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