The government’s decision () to vote against a rule from Conanda (National Council for Adolescent Rights) that aims to guarantee access to legal rights for children and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence outraged social movements linked to the cause.
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The text was approved in an extraordinary meeting on Monday (23), with a tight score: 15 votes to 13. Conanda is made up of 28 advisors, divided equally between representatives of the Executive Branch and non-governmental entities.
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All government representatives present were against the norm – two appointed by the Ministries of Justice and Indigenous Peoples were absent at the time of the final vote.
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“The government’s attitude towards the approval of the resolution was embarrassing. Civil society did not accept this maneuver”, says a note released by the entities Nem Presa Nem Morta and Coletivo Feminista Sexualidade e, an NGO. “For our part, we will continue the debate generated by the approval, facing the reaction of retrograde and fundamentalist sectors that praise the government’s stance.”
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Former national secretary for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, lawyer Ariel Castro Alves. “This crisis between the Government and Conanda is regrettable. Children and teenagers are the ones who lose,” he wrote on his social media. Alves was dismissed from his position in April by the then Minister of Human Rights, Sílvio Almeida.
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The approved draft says that access to legal abortion is a guarantee of the rights to health, life and physical and psychological integrity of children and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence and highlights that pregnancy among minors is a process that represents a high risk and brings significant social impacts on its development.
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In a note, the federal government says that a legal opinion, prepared by the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, indicated that the resolution “presented definitions that could only be set out in laws — to be approved by the National Congress, indicating the need for improvement and text review, ensuring greater alignment with the Brazilian legal framework”.
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“In this sense and based on the legal opinion, at the extraordinary meeting held today, Monday, the 23rd, a new request for a view was made by a government representative. voted on and denied by the Plenum of Conanda, and the resolution was put to a vote and approved, despite votes against by all government representatives.”
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The standard already existed. Federal deputy Júlia Zanatta (PL-SC) filed a bill to prevent Conanda from dealing with issues related to abortion for children and adolescents and determining that the matter falls within the competence of Congress.
CHICO BENTO CLASS
The designer was present at the premiere of “”, last week, at Cinemark Eldorado. The actors and Luis Lobianco, who are in the film’s cast, also attended. Actor Isaac Amendoim plays Chico Bento, the main character of the film, which was directed by Fernando Fraiha. The actress stopped by.
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