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The Federal Court launched the project Valongo: Justiça pela Memória do Cais, an initiative to give visibility and make materials about Cais do Valongo available to the public, located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro. 
The place was the largest slave port in the world, where more than 500,000 enslaved people disembarked. Today, the pier is recognized by law as an Afro-Brazilian historical-cultural heritage essential to the formation of national identity.
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The book and digital gallery are part of the initiative Valongo: Justice for the Memory of Caiswhich can be accessed at .
The gallery is made up of watercolors made by Maria Clara Teixeira de Assis from the Social Communication Office of the Federal Justice Council (Ascom/CJF), which together with historical texts invite the public to reflect on the slavery past and the contemporary commitment to historical reparation.
The book tells the history of Cais do Valongo, from its construction in 1811 to its recognition as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in 2017.
The book brings together historical research, archaeological documentation, cultural analysis and reflections on justice, memory and historical reparation. It can be downloaded in full from the website.
The project also includes a podcast with three episodes containing interviews with historians, anthropologists and representatives of the Attorney General’s Office, the Palmares Cultural Institute, the Federal Public Defender’s Office and the Instituto dos Pretos Novos.
According to the CJF, the series presents an in-depth narrative about slavery in Brazil and the role of the Judiciary in combating historical inequalities.
All content will be available on a website created exclusively to bring together the productions of the Valongo: Justiça pela Memória do Cais project.
The project also includes an exhibition that will be open to the public from November 20th to December 19th, at Galeria Cela at Centro Cultural Justiça Federal (CCJF), in the center of Rio de Janeiro. Visitation is free, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 11am to 7pm.
On the 19th, a launch event was held, with the master class “Memory of Enslavement: the role of the Federal Justice for historical reparation”, taught by jurists and historians; the lecture “The impact of the protocol for trials with a racial perspective on the effectiveness of Justice” and the conference “Enslavement: the role of the Federal Court in preserving memory and guaranteeing reparation”.
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Valongo Pier
Located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro, Cais do Valongo was the largest slave port in the world between the 18th and 19th centuries. It is estimated that between 500,000 and 1 million enslaved Africans disembarked there before being sold and taken to different regions of Brazil.
Rediscovered in 2011, during the construction of Porto Maravilha, Valongo was recognized in 2017 as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) and, in 2025, had its status reinforced by , sanctioned by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who declared it an Afro-Brazilian historical-cultural heritage essential to national identity.
Valongo Wharf is considered a symbol of pain, resistance and memory, as well as being a landmark of collective consciousness.
