The crime of enforced disappearance under the Rome Statute; The possibility for prosecution of the crimes committed during the Brazilian dictatorship

Authors

  • Gabriel Webber Ziero Universidade de Leiden, Centro Universitário Metodista do IPA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/2177-6784.2015.1.21222

Keywords:

enforced disappearance, International Criminal Court, Brazilian dictatorship.

Abstract

This paper addresses the possibility that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has to prosecute the perpetrators of the crimes of enforced disappearance committed during the dictatorship period (1964-1985) in Brazil. As a consequence, this study analyzes the elements of the crime of enforced disappearance under international criminal law and the ICC jurisdiction in the light of the Final Report of the Brazilian National Truth Commission. Moreover, this paper briefly inquiries on the possible impacts that international prosecutions could have in the country through the lenses of the fight against impunity for the crimes committed by state agents in Brazil.

Author Biography

Gabriel Webber Ziero, Universidade de Leiden, Centro Universitário Metodista do IPA

Mestre em Direito pelo Programa de Estudos Avançados (Adv. LL.M.) em Direito Internacional Público da Universidade de Leiden. Bacharel em Direito pelo Centro Universitário Metodista, do IPA. Atualmente faz parte do corpo editorial do Leiden Journal of International Law. É membro do Núcleo de Pesquisas em Direito Penal e Criminologia da UFRGS e do projeto Global Justice - Development, Human Rights and the Law of Recognition: Critical and Renewed Approaches do Instituto de Estudos Políticos de Paris (Sciences Po). Possui experiência nas áreas de pesquisa relacionadas a direito internacional público, direito internacional dos direitos humanos e business and human rights.

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Published

2015-07-23

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Contemporary Criminal Legal Systems

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