THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS

JUSTICEMAKERS IN THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY SET TO INVESTIGATE THE EXTERMINATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Authors

  • Luisa Rita Cardoso Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina – UDESC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35355/0000060

Keywords:

Infância, CPI, Extermínio, Justiceiro, Menor

Abstract

Testimonials given at the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry set to investigate the extermination of children and adolescents are taken here as sources to help understand the so-called justice-makers. Such Commission was established in 1991 as an answer to the high number of violent deaths of children and teenagers that were then part of the Brazilian reality. The term justice-maker was used in reference to those who decided to take justice into their own hands by killing those who were socially seen as criminals, even if it meant the death of children and youth population. Their victims were a portion of the population referred to as ‘minors’ and thus not seen by the same lenses that provided children and adolescents with protection. This analysis uses the work of Giorgio Agamben and his idea of the homo sacer to explain why such lives were seen as lives not worth living and could, therefore, be killed.

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Published

2020-08-13

How to Cite

Cardoso, L. R. . (2020). THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS: JUSTICEMAKERS IN THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION OF INQUIRY SET TO INVESTIGATE THE EXTERMINATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. Fênix - Revista De História E Estudos Culturais, 17(1), 376–396. https://doi.org/10.35355/0000060