The Brazilian Anti-Terrorism Bill and the international circulation of punitive legal regimes

Authors

  • Adriano Freixo Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ
  • Vinicius Armele Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-202113105

Keywords:

Anti-Terrorism Bill, state of exception, terrorism, GAFI

Abstract

The Brazilian Anti-Terrorism Bill (no. 13.260/2016) was drafted and approved in the context of the street demonstrations to have occurred from 2013 to 2015 and the state violence to have erupted in their wake, linked to the major sporting events held over the period. An examination of the process by which this legislation was implemented prompts a debate over its constitution as a legal mechanism able to justify extraordinary measures within a formal democratic regime. It is based on this premise that an exploratory and explanatory analysis is provided of the social, political, and historical phenomena raised by the question debated in the article. Such an approach thus seeks to demonstrate how legal uncertainty – transmitted through the use of vague expressions – allows the state power to endow the Brazilian State with the capacity to act freely and to selectively frame social and political demonstrations as acts of terrorism.

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Author Biographies

Adriano Freixo, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ

Doutor em História Social pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) e professor do Departamento de Estudos Estratégicos e Relações Internacionais do Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos da Universidade Federal Fluminense (INEST-UFF), onde atua na graduação em Relações Internacionais e nos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Estratégicos (PPGEST) e Ciência Política (PPGCP).

Vinicius Armele, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Doutorando em Relações Internacionais na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) e Mestre em Estudos Estratégicos pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). É pesquisador do Laboratório de Estudos em Política Internacional (LEPIN-UFF).

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Published

2021-01-31

How to Cite

Freixo, A., & Armele, V. (2021). The Brazilian Anti-Terrorism Bill and the international circulation of punitive legal regimes. Passages: International Review of Political History and Legal Culture, 13(1), 105-128. https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-202113105

Issue

Vol. 13 - Nº 1 - Janeiro a Abril (2021)

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