National Truth Commission (Comissão Nacional da Verdade): findings and what happened next
Serious human rights violations in Brazil between 1946 and 1988, mainly under the 1964 to 1985 military regime.
- Country
- Brazil
- Type
- truth commission
- Established
- November 2011
- Chaired by
- Pedro Dallari (coordinator at final report)
- Report published
- 10 December 2014
- Recommendations
- 29
Implementation, as of 29 March 2019In March 2019 an Aos Fatos survey found most of the 29 recommendations had not been fulfilled. Later developments were not sourced.
What the inquiry found
- The final report counted 434 people killed or disappeared, of whom 210 had not been found.1
- The report named 377 civilian and military state agents as responsible for serious human rights violations.1
Key recommendations
- The commission recommended accountability for those responsible for violations, which Aos Fatos noted is blocked by the 2010 Supreme Federal Court ruling upholding the Amnesty Law.3
- Other recommendations included demilitarisation of the police, which required constitutional amendments.3
What happened next
- President Dilma Rousseff named the seven original members of the commission, created by Law 12.528 of November 2011, with a two year mandate.2
- The coordinator handed the final report to the President of the National Congress, who said Congress would prioritise the legislative changes it proposed.1
- A survey by Aos Fatos found five of the 29 recommendations fully implemented, six partially and 18 not fulfilled.3
Sources
- Rádio Senado, Senado Federal, Renan recebe relatório final da Comissão Nacional da Verdade (10 December 2014)
- Migalhas, Dilma anuncia membros da Comissão da Verdade (11 May 2012)
- Aos Fatos, Quatro anos depois, Brasil ignora maioria das recomendações da Comissão da Verdade (29 March 2019)