The Federal Supreme Court (STF) recently started the session that will analyze the process that deals with police lethality in Rio de Janeiro.
The Supreme Court judges the Claim of Failure to Comply with Fundamental Precepts (ADPF) No. 635, known as ADPF das Favelas. In the action, which was filed in 2019 by the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), the Court has already determined measures to reduce lethality during operations carried out by the Rio Military Police against organized crime in communities in the capital of Rio de Janeiro.
With the ADPF, the Court has already mandated the use of body cameras in police uniforms and in vehicles, in addition to determining advance warning of operations for health and education authorities to protect schools and health units from shootings between police and criminals . Now, the case is judged definitively.
There will be no voting in today’s session. The plenary will begin reading the case report, a document that summarizes the history of the process, and the oral arguments of the parties involved in the process. The ministers’ votes will be given in a session that will be scheduled later.
The trial modality was created by the President of the Court, Minister Luís Roberto Barroso. The minister was inspired by the United States Supreme Court, in which judges hear arguments from the parties involved in the process before presenting their votes in the session.
Several representatives of entities involved in the issue will take the stand and present arguments on the issue, such as the Public Defender’s Office of Rio de Janeiro, political parties, entities that work in favor of the rights of the black population and representatives of the Rio government.
