{"id":3385,"date":"2014-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.conectas.org.inf.br\/wp\/noticias\/conectas-supports-attorney-generals-decision-to-request-intervention-in-pedrinhas\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T18:24:18","slug":"conectas-supports-attorney-generals-decision-to-request-intervention-in-pedrinhas","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/conectas-supports-attorney-generals-decision-to-request-intervention-in-pedrinhas\/","title":"Conectas supports attorney general’s decision to request intervention in Pedrinhas","content":"

Three days after requesting \u2013 together with the Maranh\u00e3o State Society of Human Rights and Justi\u00e7a Global \u2013 federal intervention at the Pedrinhas prison and the federalization of the human rights violations that have already occurred there, Conectas sent another letter<\/a> to the Brazilian Attorney General, Rodrigo Janot. This time, the organization expressed its support for the decision of the Attorney General\u2019s Office to finally forward the request for intervention to the Supreme Court. Conectas also requested a hearing with Janot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the news is confirmed, we feel sure that this distinguished body will not only be exercising a valuable prerogative, provided for in the Brazilian Constitution, but also be acting effectively to achieve one of the fundamental objectives of the Republic: the dignity of the human person (article 1, III of the Constitution),\u201d reads an excerpt from the letter<\/a> sent today.<\/p>\n

The request for intervention is based on article 34 of the Brazilian Constitution, which establishes the right of the federal government to intervene in the states in cases of serious breakdowns of public order and to ensure the observance of the rights of the human person. The request for federalization, meanwhile, is based on article 109 of the Constitution, which was added by Constitutional Amendment No. 45 of 2004.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Omission by the authorities<\/strong><\/p>\n

The assertive attitude of the Attorney General\u2019s Office contrasts, in the opinion of Conectas, with the reserved attitude of the Governor of Maranh\u00e3o, Roseana Sarney, and the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe governor is omissive and flirting with frivolity. The inhuman conditions at the Pedrinhas prison were known more than a year ago, when the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office called for action. Why did the highest authority of the state not take action then? Why did it let this happen?\u201d asked Lucia Nader, executive director of Conectas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had hoped for a much more decisive declaration from President Rousseff. \u2018Following carefully\u2019, as she said on Twitter, is hardly an attitude that discourages violations or implies that those responsible will be held to account. Unfortunately, we are accustomed to these reserved declarations from the head of the Executive in cases of serious human rights violations in Brazil,\u201d said Nader.<\/p>\n

Visit to Maranh\u00e3o<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conectas will send a lawyer on a mission next week to the Maranh\u00e3o state capital of S\u00e3o Lu\u00eds, where 62 inmates have been killed in the Pedrinhas prison since the start of 2013 \u2013 some of them dissected while still alive and decapitated. The decision was taken by the organization today, after close contact with its partner organizations and in response to a request by the Maranh\u00e3o State Society of Human Rights. <\/p>\n

 
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Listen to the full news conference given on January 9 by the Minister of Justice, Eduardo Cardozo<\/u><\/a>, and by the Governor of Maranh\u00e3o, Roseana Sarney<\/u><\/a>. See also the news release<\/u><\/a> published on January 9 by the Council for the Defense of the Rights of the Human Person, of the Federal Office of Human Rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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