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Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This month the State of Rio de Janeiro’s Public Defenders Office<\/a> is due to select a new General Ombudsman. The position is responsible for<\/a> “promoting the quality of services delivered to society by the [Public Defenders], by way of dialoguing with society as well as strengthening the institution’s commitment to human rights<\/a> issues.”<\/p>\n

Nearly 90 organizations\u2014a mix of groups from favelas and other allied groups\u2014have declared their support for an innovative “collective candidacy” represented by Alan Brum Pinheiro, a long-time activist from Complexo do Alem\u00e3o<\/a> and co-founder of the Instituto Ra\u00edzes em Movimento<\/a> (Roots in Movement Institute). The Public Defenders’ Office regularly engages in legal issues related to favelas, notably including struggles against eviction<\/a> and challenges to police violence and abuses of power<\/a>. A\u00a0Facebook post that circulated among his supporters<\/a> argues: “This decision-making position must be held by a candidate from the segment of the population that uses these services.”<\/p>\n

The candidacy’s 16 proposals<\/a> focus on increasing opportunities for public participation and dialogue<\/a> in the work of the Public Defenders Office and improving transparency about the institution’s activities, all aiming for the “expansion of vulnerable groups’ access to justice.”<\/p>\n

Supporters have emphasized Brum Pinheiro’s qualifications as a “sociologist from a favela and defender of human rights,” emphasizing not only his technical knowledge but moreover his local knowledge<\/a> derived from “day-to-day experiences” as a favela resident. They also frame the “representativeness and diversity of social actors” who support this candidacy as an essential aspect of the campaign for the Public Defenders Office to take into account. A statement shared by Instituto Ra\u00edzes em Movimento<\/a> argues that the collective candidacy is particularly important in this “moment when rights are being dismantled in the current context of national politics<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Over the course of September, three candidates registered and representatives of 12 organizations voted to rank them, with Alan Brum Pinheiro’s candidacy coming in second place. The Public Defenders Office itself will make the final decision.<\/p>\n

The NGO behind RioOnWatch<\/em>, Catalytic Communities<\/a> (known locally as Comunidades Catalisadoras\u2014ComCat) has joined 86 other groups in expressing support for Alan Brum Pinheiro and the collective candidacy he represents. Read the full candidacy letter below.<\/p>\n

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Collective candidacy in support of Alan Brum Pinheiro for the position of General Ombudsman of the Public Defenders Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro:<\/h3>\n

In the coming days we will have an election for a new General Ombudsman of the State of Rio de Janeiro’s Public Defenders Office. As such, we understand that the time for change has come, and that it is time to propose a candidacy with a focus on fighting for and demanding rights for the state\u2019s peripheral areas and favelas. Access to Public Defender services must be made widely available and must always address the needs of those who most need these services.<\/p>\n

Diverse groups, people, and institutions based in the periphery and in favelas, alongside partners in this field of struggle, are collectively building a new candidacy and invite everyone to participate in the process.<\/p>\n

Together, we will support the candidacy of Alan Brum Pinheiro for the position of General Ombudsman of the State of Rio de Janeiro’s Public Defenders Office.<\/p>\n

To advance a more inclusive proposal, we ask for the support of groups and institutions that support the premise that we must always build from the ground up and never through the perspective of large media and business corporations’ search for solutions. These entities have always served to further deepen inequalities<\/a>, in addition to exacerbating the oppression of peripheral areas and favelas.<\/p>\n

OUR CANDIDACY’S CENTRAL PLATFORM is the confrontation of racism<\/a>, homophobia<\/a>, and sexism<\/a>. This is in addition to expanding vulnerable groups’ access to justice, with particular regard to: black people, women, children and youth, people deprived of their liberty, people with disabilities<\/a>, Indigenous peoples<\/a>, LGBT<\/a> people, people living on the street<\/a>, waste pickers<\/a>, fishermen<\/a>, traditional communities, Romani people<\/a>, and all groups in situations of violence.<\/p>\n

We want an Ombudsman who will expand the agency of activist organizations that advocate for the enforcement of rights, and who can offer the Public Defenders Office ways to overcome the historical distance between public institutions and the citizens they are supposed to serve.<\/p>\n

We ask organizations and movements that support this candidacy to mobilize across social media, in person, and especially by email to the Public Defenders Office and its staff.<\/p>\n

Our candidacy is a collective and always participatory platform.<\/p>\n

MOVEMENTS, COLLECTIVES, FORUMS, ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS THAT HAVE DECLARED SUPPORT FOR THIS CANDIDACY:<\/p>\n

1. Rede de Comunidades e Movimentos Contra a Viol\u00eancia
\n2. Instituto Ra\u00edzes em Movimento
\n3. Comiss\u00e3o de DH – OAB RJ
\n4. FASE – Rio – Federa\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00d3rg\u00e3os para Assist\u00eancia Social e Educacional
\n5. IBASE
\n6. Grupo Tortura Nunca Mais
\n7. Justi\u00e7a Global
\n8. MTST\/ Movimento dos Trabalhadores sem Teto\/ RJ
\n9. CMP\/Central de Movimentos Populares
\n10. MPP \/Movimento Paz e Prote\u00e7\u00e3o
\n11. F\u00f3rum Social de Manguinhos
\n12. Coletivo Fala Akari
\n13. Witness Brasil
\n14. Movimento Candel\u00e1ria
\n15. Movimento Moleque
\n16. F\u00f3rum de Juventudes RJ
\n17. Uni\u00e3o e F\u00e9 pelas Crian\u00e7as e Adolescentes\/ UNICEF.
\n18. Juventude de Terreiros Renafro-RJ
\n19. UNEAFRO RJ – Uni\u00e3o de N\u00facleos de Educa\u00e7\u00e3o Popular para Negras\/os e Classe Trabalhadora
\n20. CETRAB – Centro de Tradi\u00e7\u00f5es Afro-brasileiras
\n21. CIAFRO – Centro de Integra\u00e7\u00e3o da Cultura Afrobrasileira
\n22. FONSANPOTMA – F\u00f3rum de Seguran\u00e7a Alimentar e Nutricional dos Povos Tradicionais de Matriz Africana
\n23. Ile Omiojuaro
\n24. Centro de Tradi\u00e7\u00e3o Afro Egi Omim
\n25. Il\u00ea Ase Ala Koro Wo
\n26. CISIN- Centro de Integra\u00e7\u00e3o Social Inzo ia Nzambi
\n27. Coletivo OXE MIMO
\n28. Ile Ax\u00e9 Iyalode de Oxum Kare Adeomiaro
\n29. Ile Ashe Oya Iyamum
\n30. Il\u00ea Ax\u00e9 Oju Oba Kaosi
\n31. AX\u00c9 pela DEMOCRACIA
\n32. Canal Oro Orum
\n33. Rumpaime Hevioso Zoonokum Mean
\n34. Alian\u00e7a de Batistas do Brasil
\n35. Baphos Perif\u00e9ricos
\n36. LBL – Liga Brasieira de L\u00e9sbicas e Mulheres Bissexuais
\n37. Coletivo Madame Sat\u00e3
\n38. ABL-Articula\u00e7\u00e3o Brasileira de L\u00e9sbicas
\n39. Grupo Conex\u00e3o G de Cidadania LGBT de Favelas
\n40. Ag\u00eancia de Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o Comunit\u00e1ria Fala Manguinhos
\n41. Coletivo Papo Reto
\n42. Voz da Comunidades
\n43. Coletivo de Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o Comunit\u00e1ria Mar\u00e9 0800
\n44. N\u00facleo Audiovisual Favela – NA Favela
\n45. Favela em Foco
\n46. Ag\u00eancia de Not\u00edcias das Favelas – ANF
\n47. R\u00e1dio Mutir\u00e3o
\n48. M\u00eddia Coletiva\/Portal Independente de Not\u00edcias
\n49. App#N\u00f3sporN\u00f3s
\n50. TV Tagarela
\n51. GatoM\u00cdDIA
\n52. Comcat – Comunidades Catalisadoras \/ Rio On Watch
\n53. Criola
\n54. Movimento M\u00e3es de Manguinhos
\n55. Movimento Independente M\u00e3es de Maio
\n56. Movimento de Mulheres do Complexo do Alem\u00e3o – MMA
\n57. M\u00e3es V\u00edtimas da Viol\u00eancia Policial da Baixada Fluminense
\n58. Associa\u00e7\u00e3o de Mulheres do Morro do Urubu – AMAMU
\n59. Associa\u00e7\u00e3o de M\u00e3es e Amigos da Crian\u00e7a – AMAR
\n60. Movimento D’ELLAs
\n61. Rede de Mulheres Negras da Baixada
\n62. Comiss\u00e3o de Moradores da Indiana
\n63. Ass.Moradores do Laboriaux e Vila Cruzado.
\n64. Associa\u00e7\u00e3o de Moradores do Morro do Itarar\u00e9
\n65. Casa de Estudos Urbanos
\n66. Espa\u00e7o Pra Que e Pra Quem Servem as Pesquisas sobre Favelas?
\n67. Instituto de Forma\u00e7\u00e3o Humana e Educa\u00e7\u00e3o Popular – IFHEB
\n68. Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Pamen Central Humana de Educa\u00e7\u00e3o, Ideias e Forma\u00e7\u00e3o Alternativa – CHEIFA
\n69. Curso Hist\u00f3rias Vivas
\n70. Rol\u00e9 dos Favelados
\n71. Educap
\n72. GAS – Grupo Alem\u00e3o Solid\u00e1rio
\n73. Instituto Movimento & Vida
\n74. Amires\/Duque de Caxias – Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Miss\u00e3o Resplandecer
\n75. Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Emerg\u00eancia Social do Complexo do Alem\u00e3o
\n76. Mar\u00e9 Vive
\n77. Verdejar Socioambiental
\n78. Alian\u00e7a Pela Serra da Miseric\u00f3rdia
\n79. CEM – Centro de Educa\u00e7\u00e3o Multicultural
\n80. Zona On\u00edrica
\n81. Favela Art
\n82. Iasespe\/Instituto de A\u00e7\u00e3o Social pelo Esporte e Educa\u00e7\u00e3o
\n83. Museu Sankofa
\n84. Museu da Favela
\n85. Cineclube Buraco do Get\u00falio
\n86. Casa BROTA
\n87. Descolando Ideias<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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