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The discourse of national reconciliation and transitional justice in Brazil

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Author(s):
Christian Jecov Schallenmüller
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Doctoral Thesis
Press: São Paulo.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
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Examining board members:
Bernardo Ricupero; Cicero Romao Resende de Araujo; Flavia Cristina Piovesan; Rossana Rocha Reis; Edson Luis de Almeida Teles
Advisor: Bernardo Ricupero
Abstract

The research has two main objectives: to reconstruct the development of transitional justice in Brazil until today and to identify some of the main reasons underlying the limits of its implementation in the country. According to our main hypotheses, the limits of transitional justice in Brazil are associated with a discourse on the countrys democratization, which holds \"national reconciliation\" as its crucial category. The hypothesis 1 of the research asserts that the discourse of \"national reconciliation\", elaborated at least since the project of amnesty by the Figueiredo government, remains one of the main limitations to the development of transitional justice in Brazil. But the hypothesis 2 maintains that from the last major works on the subject to today, the hegemony of this discourse has been significantly challenged, giving some room to historical claims of civil society that until recently were not considered negotiable. The objectives and main hypotheses will be developed in the following structure. Chapter 1: theory and critique of the normative parameters of transitional justice. Chapter 2: historical and discursive reconstitution of the amnesty and of the Brazilian program of reparation. Chapter 3: discursive reconstitution and critique of the decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court on the amnestys constitutionality and the stage of criminal cases filed by federal prosecutors. Chapter 4: critical reconstitution of the work of the National Truth Commission. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/00361-0 - The discourse of "national reconciliation" and transitional justice in Brazil: continuities and ruptures of an image on the Brazilian democratization
Grantee:Christian Jecov Schallenmüller
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate