The Ministry of Human Rights and the Special Commission on Dead and Missing Politicals plan an official apology ceremony to the family of the former deputy killed by the military dictatorship, and 413 more missing during the regime.
The perspective is that the solemnities will be made in April, but the exact dates will still be released. At the request of Rubens Paiva’s family members, they will receive the apology and next to.
Now, the new version of the document indicates a “unnatural; violent; caused by the Brazilian state in the context of systematic persecution to the population identified as a political dissident of the dictatorial regime established in 1964”.
It is expected that the first certificates should be sent by the notary’s offices in the coming weeks.
The National Council of Human Rights reopened in April 2024 the process that investigated the disappearance and death of Rubens Paiva, which had been filed by the so -called Human Rights Defense Council in 1971.
With the uncovement of the process, the Council prepared a report on the case, with investigations and conversations with the family.
“From these contacts with the family we already felt and realize the need to recognize the error, the result of a coercion, as shown later,” says André Carneiro Leão, public defender and former president of the National Council.
According to him, the case had been filed by the predecessor body through the coercion of the military to members of the Council, who pressured for the filing.
The apology is one of the actions aimed at ensuring repair of the Rubens Paiva family case. From this initiative of the case rapporteur, the objective is to extend these investigations and retraction to other victims.
“From the beginning when we decided to reopen the case, the family always pointed out that it could not be alone in the case of Rubens Paiva. It should not be treated with a unique and special case, but a representative case of what has always happened to several families . “
In the cause of the death of the previous certificate, only that Rubens Paiva had disappeared in 1971.
The change meets a determination of last December for civil registry offices to draw or correct the documents of dead and missing people.
The CNJ forwards to the registry the necessary data for rectification, based on systematized information by the dead and missing committee. Upon receipt of this information, the notary’s offices have 30 days to draw up new death seats and certificates.
Once this stage is completed, the notary’s offices must send the certificates rectified to the committee which, in turn, will organize the delivery of documents to families in solemn ceremonies, and there may be apology and other honors.
Families wishing to receive rectified death certificates should contact the commission informing you where they would be delivered. To this end, the guidance is to respond to a form available on the Ministry’s website. From there, the certificate delivery schedule is made.
The history of the Rubens Paiva family gained greater repercussion after being portrayed in the movie “”, directed by, which yielded three nominations to: best movie, best foreign film and best actress for the role of Eunice Paiva.
With the impact of production, the government sanctioned earlier this month, intended for prominent personalities in the area.
Rubens Paiva’s widow, who names the awards, became a lawyer and human rights activist after the deputy’s death. Eunice Paiva.
