{"id":41096,"date":"2025-10-30T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=41096"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:45:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:45:01","slug":"organizations-alert-un-and-oas-to-deliberate-strategy-of-armed-confrontation-in-rio-de-janeiro","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/organizations-alert-un-and-oas-to-deliberate-strategy-of-armed-confrontation-in-rio-de-janeiro\/","title":"Organizations alert UN and OAS to \u2018deliberate strategy of armed confrontation\u2019 in Rio de Janeiro","content":"

Human Rights organizations appealed on Wednesday (29) to the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS) for immediate action in response to the grave violations committed during Operation Containment<\/em>, launched on October 28 in the Penha and Alem\u00e3o favela complexes in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). The action, which left more than 120 people dead, is considered the most lethal police operation in the state\u2019s history and was marked by summary executions, disappearances, and attacks on residents.<\/p>\n

The appeal was sent to UN and OAS mechanisms responsible for monitoring human rights violations, including the UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement (EMLER), the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, and the mandates of Special Rapporteurs on Racism, Extrajudicial Executions, and Human Rights Defenders. The document was also sent to commissioners and rapporteurs of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), including those on Defenders and Justice Operators, Memory, Truth and Justice, and the Rights of Afro-descendant People.<\/p>\n

The request was submitted by Conectas Human Rights, Instituto Pro Bono, Center for Studies on Security and Citizenship (CESeC), Justi\u00e7a Global, Rede Liberdade, Redes da Mar\u00e9, Institute for the Study of Religion (ISER), Criola, Arns Commission, and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL). The organizations call for the operation to be recognized as a grave human rights violation and urge the urgent creation of an independent international commission for verification and forensic investigation.<\/p>\n

Reports of executions and intimidation of residents<\/h2>\n

According to the complaint, the operation began in the early morning hours with gunfire, the closure of schools and shops, and the suspension of public transport. Residents reported home invasions, beatings, shots fired from helicopters and drones, and obstruction of medical assistance to the wounded.<\/p>\n

The following morning, dozens of bodies were found by families and residents in the forested area between the Penha and Alem\u00e3o complexes \u2014 many with gunshots to the back of the head, tied hands, and signs of torture. Despite this, the police failed to secure the area for forensic examination and began investigating the residents who removed the bodies, accusing them of \u201cprocedural fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pattern of violence and structural racism<\/h2>\n

The document emphasizes that the episode reveals a systematic pattern of racial and territorial violence already denounced by international bodies. Brazil has been condemned twice by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights \u2014 for the Acari (1990) and Nova Bras\u00edlia (1994 and 1995) massacres \u2014 and continues to fail in its obligation to ensure independent investigations.<\/p>\n

The organizations also cite the UN Expert Mechanism\u2019s report on Racial Justice, which described the Brazilian context as a form of \u201cethno-racial cleansing,\u201d due to the disproportionate use of force and the criminalization of Black and marginalized populations.<\/p>\n

Request for urgent measures<\/h2>\n

The appeal calls on the UN and IACHR to adopt urgent measures, including:<\/p>\n

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    Recognition of Operation Containment<\/em> as a grave human rights violation;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Creation of an independent international commission to monitor forensic work and investigations;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Protection for families, residents, and human rights defenders under threat; and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Strengthening of mechanisms for police oversight and accountability.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    For the organizations, \u201cOperation Containment represents a context of summary executions carried out by the State itself, reinforcing a deliberate policy of extermination in working-class and predominantly Black territories.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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