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UN experts called for fairness and transparency on Monday during the murder trial for those accused of ordering the killing of human rights defender Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes.
Experts noted that the trial was the “final chapter” in a fight for justice, after long delays prevented the conclusion of the investigation. They asserted that “it is vital that fairness and transparency are upheld and that full justice prevails,” arguing the trial is “an important milestone in addressing structural impunity for racism, intersectional discrimination and violence against human rights defenders, women, people of African descent and LGBTIQ+ persons in Brazil.”
Marielle Franco was a human rights defender and Rio de Janeiro city council member who criticized racism and police brutality in Brazil. She and her driver were murdered in 2018 by Élcio de Queiroz and Ronnie Lessa, both former military police. The two were convicted in 2024, drawing praise from UN experts. They warned, however, that “the fight for justice is not over” as the people who ordered the killings had yet to be tried.
Brothers Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão, both members of the Rio de Janeiro government at the time, allegedly ordered the assassination, along with former director of the Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa and former military police officer Ronald Paulo de Alves, who were allegedly involved. The Brazão brothers and Barbosa were arrested in 2024, but changes in investigation personnel and leaks to the press made the process difficult, according to the UN experts.
Experts in 2024 called for the government to uphold the Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of a Potentially Unlawful Death (2016), which has been endorsed by the UN General Assembly and serves as a guide for the prevention and investigation of unlawful deaths.
The Brazão brothers face 90 years in prison if convicted for the combination of their crimes. Their trial comes against the backdrop of violence against human rights advocates in Brazil. According to Amnesty International, Brazil is “one of the deadliest countries for human rights defenders.”
Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said, “[T]hese trials offer a historic opportunity to break the cycle of impunity that has characterized the state’s response to the killings of human rights defenders for decades.”
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Experts noted that the trial was the “final chapter” in a fight for justice, after long delays prevented the conclusion of the investigation. They asserted that “it is vital that fairness and transparency are upheld and that full justice prevails,” arguing the trial is “an important milestone in addressing structural impunity for racism, intersectional discrimination and violence against human rights defenders, women, people of African descent and LGBTIQ+ persons in Brazil.”
Marielle Franco was a human rights defender and Rio de Janeiro city council member who criticized racism and police brutality in Brazil. She and her driver were murdered in 2018 by Élcio de Queiroz and Ronnie Lessa, both former military police. The two were convicted in 2024, drawing praise from UN experts. They warned, however, that “the fight for justice is not over” as the people who ordered the killings had yet to be tried.
Brothers Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão, both members of the Rio de Janeiro government at the time, allegedly ordered the assassination, along with former director of the Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa and former military police officer Ronald Paulo de Alves, who were allegedly involved. The Brazão brothers and Barbosa were arrested in 2024, but changes in investigation personnel and leaks to the press made the process difficult, according to the UN experts.
Experts in 2024 called for the government to uphold the Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of a Potentially Unlawful Death (2016), which has been endorsed by the UN General Assembly and serves as a guide for the prevention and investigation of unlawful deaths.
The Brazão brothers face 90 years in prison if convicted for the combination of their crimes. Their trial comes against the backdrop of violence against human rights advocates in Brazil. According to Amnesty International, Brazil is “one of the deadliest countries for human rights defenders.”
Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said, “[T]hese trials offer a historic opportunity to break the cycle of impunity that has characterized the state’s response to the killings of human rights defenders for decades.”
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