Within the framework of Human Rights Council resolution 45/10, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Mr. Bernard Duhaime, will conduct an official visit to Brazil from 30 March to 7 April 2025.

Key questions and types of input/comments sought

In preparation for this visit, the Special Rapporteur will appreciate receiving information from relevant stakeholders and interested parties on the measures adopted or planned by the government in the following areas:

• Truth seeking about the facts and responsibilities that led to the serious human rights violations committed during the dictatorship (1964-1985), including truth commissions or similar initiatives and initiatives to search for persons forcibly disappeared.
• Criminal justice and accountability in connection to the serious human rights violations committed during the dictatorship.
• Reparation provided or owed to victims of the serious human rights violations committed during the dictatorship; including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation (physical and psychosocial) and satisfaction (including apologies, recognition of harm inflicted to victims and recognition of dignity of victims)
• Memorialization about the serious human rights violations committed during the dictatorship, and of the harm suffered by victims.
• Guarantees of non-recurrence (GNR) the serious human rights violations committed during the dictatorship, including:

1. Constitutional and legal reform
2. Judicial reform
3. Security sector (including armed forces) reform
4. Institutional and civil sector reform
5. Measures in the field of education, culture and the media to comprehensively and accurately transmit to current and future generations information about the legacy of the dictatorship and past violations; to promote human rights standards; and to promote mutual understanding and reconciliation.
6. Measures to address hate speech, glorification of perpetrators of gross human rights violations, denial of gross human rights violations, and anti-minority rhetoric.
7. Strengthening of human rights promotion and protection (including through the establishment of relevant institutions, measures and policies for the promotion and protection of human rights).