Da (im)possibilidade de conciliação entre anistias e crimes contra a humanidade

Abstract

The paper analyses three different topics: crimes against humanity, transitional justice and amnesty; concentrating harder and culminating in the study of amnesty in the Brazilian context. The first major issue studied is related to crimes against humanity by addressing the emergence and development of this concept from the Nuremberg Tribunal to the establishment of the International Criminal Court. Focuses on the idea of the individual as subject of international law, the obligation of the criminal prosecution of crimes against humanity, crimes of imprescriptibility, also casting a look at the broader significance of this concept. It also undertakes a study of the development of the theme of transitional justice, with a brief genealogy and an analysis of the main components and dimensions of transitional justice: regulation of justice and restoring equality before the law; exposing the truth and building memory; reparations; and institutional reforms. The unifying element of the dissertation revolves around amnesty. It is a study of the development and application of this legal institution, and the specifics of its etymological and political meaning, amnesties of different categories, as well as a study of amnesty from the perspective of international law and the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights. Finally, the dissertation researches on the amnesty in Brazil, providing greater consideration to the 1979 amnesty. Exposing some elements of the Brazilian dictatorship (1964 - 1985), the exposition concentrates in the political process for approval of amnesty, although it signifies important achievements, it is strongly threatened by the idea of oblivion. And when dealing with the idea of inviability of amnesty for crimes against humanity, contemplating at the dimensions of the implementation of transitional justice in Brazil.