Brazil | Association for the Prevention of Torture

Brazil - OPCAT Situation

OPCAT Status

OPCAT ratification date

January 12, 2007

UNCAT ratification Date

September 28, 1989

NPM Type

National Preventive System in Federal State

NPM Designated

National System to Prevent and Combat Torture

NPM Legal Framework

Law N° 12.847 (2 August 2013) - Portuguese version

Implementing Decree N° 8.154 (16 December 2013) - Portuguese version

Law N° 12.857 creating the NPM members' positions (2 September 2013) - Portuguese version

LPM Framework

Alagoas:

LPM Legal Framework: Law n°7.141/2009 (December 2009)
LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
Designated NPM: State Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture

Rio de Janeiro:

LPM Legal Framework: Law n. 5778/2010 (30 June 2010)
LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
Designated NPM: Mechanism to Combat and Prevent Torture

Espirito Santo:

LPM Legal Framework: Law nº10.006 (April 2013)
LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
Designated NPM: StateMechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture

Paraíba:

LPM Legal Framework: Law nº 9413 (July 2011
LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
Designated NPM: State Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture

Pernambuco:

LPM Legal Framework: Law nº 14.863 (December 2012)
LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
Designated NPM: State Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture

Rondonia:

LPM Legal Framework: Law nº 3.262 (5 December 2013); Law nº 3.752 (30 December 2015); Law nº 3.784 (5 April 2016)
LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
Designated NPM: State Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture

Minas Gerais:

LPM Legal Framework: Law nº 21.164 (17 January 2014)
LPM Type: -
Designated NPM: -

Maranhão:

LPM Legal Framework: Law nº 10.334 (October 2015)
LPM Type: -
Designated NPM: -

Sergipe:

LPM Legal Framework: Law 8.135 (13 July 2016)
LPM Type: -
Designated NPM: -

Amapá:

LPM Legal Framework: Law 2.226 (20 September 2017)
LPM Type: -
Designated NPM: -

LPM Legal Framework

LPM Type

Annual reports

The NPM publishes an annual report on the prevention of torture in Brazil, which includes an analysis of the situation at both the Federal and State levels, a summary of the work carried out by the NPM, and its recommendations to improve the situation.

Other Reports

The NPM drafts reports of the visits to places of detention within one month after the visit and present them to the National Committee to Prevent and Combat Torture, the General Attorney’s Office and to the detention authorities.