Os donos do silêncio: A política externa do regime militar brasileiro e a comissão de direitos humanos das nações unidas

Abstract

Contrary to what part of the literature on foreign policy states, the Brazilian diplomacy did not go by untouched by the repressive apparatus of the military regime. As criticism and cases against the dictatorship grew in international forums, the top management of the military regime formulated strategies to deal with allegations of human rights violations. Using documents of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this article presents the case against the Brazilian military regime heard at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights between 1974 and 1976. The dossier prepared by non-governmental organization Amnesty International was the main threat against the Brazilian dictatorship at the UN, devoting great diplomatic efforts for its archiving.