Given the political and social instability environment generated by the Judge Sergio Moro decisions, the UN Commission for Human Rights oriented the “judicial authorities to act scrupulously within the confines of international and domestic law, and to avoid taking partisan political positions”
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville
Location: Geneva
Date: 22 March 2016(1) BrazilWe are concerned about the increasingly politicised and heated debate that has engulfed Brazil over the past few days and weeks. We urge the Government, as well as politicians from other parties, to cooperate fully with the judicial authorities in their investigations into allegations of high-level corruption, and to avoid any actions that could be construed as a means of obstructing justice. At the same time, we urge the judicial authorities to act scrupulously within the confines of international and domestic law, and to avoid taking partisan political positions.
Location: Geneva
Date: 22 March 2016(1) BrazilWe are concerned about the increasingly politicised and heated debate that has engulfed Brazil over the past few days and weeks. We urge the Government, as well as politicians from other parties, to cooperate fully with the judicial authorities in their investigations into allegations of high-level corruption, and to avoid any actions that could be construed as a means of obstructing justice. At the same time, we urge the judicial authorities to act scrupulously within the confines of international and domestic law, and to avoid taking partisan political positions.
We are concerned that a vicious circle may be developing that risks discrediting both the executive and the judiciary, thereby doing serious long-term damage to the State, and to the democratic achievements made in the past 20 years during which Brazil has been governed under a Constitution which provides strong human rights guarantees.
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