{"id":5792,"date":"2016-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.conectas.org.inf.br\/wp\/noticias\/wrong-path\/"},"modified":"2021-03-30T14:46:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T14:46:52","slug":"wrong-path","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/wrong-path\/","title":"Wrong path","content":"

The UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, today criticized<\/a> the decision of the TJ-SP (S\u00e3o Paulo State Court of Appeals) to suspend a trial court ruling that limited the use of less-lethal weapons at protests and that required the military police to develop a plan of action for policing demonstrations.<\/p>\n

In a letter addressed to Judge Paulo Dimas de Bellis Mascaretti, president of the court, the expert said he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d to learn of the suspension. \u201cI had drafted a letter welcoming the approach taken by the court to ask the responsible authorities to develop a police plan for action at demonstrations. Unfortunately, the decision was suspended before the letter could be dispatched,\u201d reads the document. He also said the initial decision was important for guaranteeing the right to protest in Brazil.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I have general reservations on the role to play by military police instead of civil authorities in the management of assemblies in Brazil, I believe that a plan of action would indeed substantially improve the management of assemblies and in that way better protect public interests, security and facilitate police activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n