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Several organizations associated with the defense of human rights submitted a representation<\/a>\u00a0this Wednesday, February 3, questioning the omission by the MPSP (S\u00e3o Paulo Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office) with respect to the violent and disproportionate action of the Military Police in recent protests against the increase in public transport fares.<\/p>\n

Conectas<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0Artigo 19<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0IBCCRIM<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(Brazilian Criminal Sciences Institute), the Human Rights Commission of the S\u00e3o Paulo Union of Lawyers<\/a>\u00a0and the Human Rights Center<\/a>\u00a0and Ombuds Office of the S\u00e3o Paulo Public Defender\u2019s Office<\/a>\u00a0concluded that the MPSP is failing in its duty to oversee and investigate the state public security forces – a responsibility assigned to it by the Brazilian Constitution and state laws. The Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office has 30 days to publicly respond to the organizations.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read the representation in full.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSociety needs to know that the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office has a constitutional obligation to investigate abuses committed by the police, whatever they may be. There is a consensus that the S\u00e3o Paulo Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office has been remiss when it comes to police violence at protests,\u201d said Rafael Cust\u00f3dio, coordinator of the Justice program at Conectas.<\/p>\n

According to article 129 of the Constitution<\/a>, the office is responsible for the \u201cexternal oversight of police activity\u201d.<\/p>\n

The document submitted by the organizations is also based on the national and state laws 8625\/93<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0734\/93<\/a><\/u>, respectively, that regulate, among other duties of the office, the opening and monitoring of investigative procedures for holding government agents accountable.<\/p>\n

The law regulating the MPSP also grants the office the authority to request that the S\u00e3o Paulo State Public Security Department open inquiries into omissions or unlawful acts committed by the police and to require measures to redress illegalities or abuse of power, which has not been observed.<\/p>\n

Police officer points gun loaded with live ammunition at demonstrator<\/p>\n

Rules on the use of force<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Since 2013, the S\u00e3o Paulo state government, via the Military Police, has been staging frequent episodes of repression, violence and illegality at public demonstrations.<\/p>\n

Although there is no legislation governing police action at protests, there are national\u00a0rules<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0manuals<\/a>, as well as\u00a0recommendations<\/a>\u00a0drafted by experts from the UN and the OAS that provide guidance on how the police should behave in these situations.<\/p>\n

During the mass demonstrations of June 2013, Conectas and the Human Rights Center of the Public Defender\u2019s Office sent the S\u00e3o Paulo Public Security Department a\u00a0document<\/a>\u00a0containing these recommendations and consolidating them into six key rules. See\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Given the lack of action by this department, in April 2014 the organizations took the request to court, in a Civil Public Action<\/a> filed by the Human Rights Center of the Public Defender\u2019s Office and an amicus curiae<\/a> submitted by the organizations Conectas and Article 19. The cases sought to fill the legislative vacuum concerning the regulation of police activity and also to ban the use of rubber bullets at demonstrations. A trial court judge accepted the request in a preliminary ruling<\/a>, but the decision was overturned a week later<\/a> by the State Court, where it remains stalled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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