1979 Amnesty Law

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Lei_da_Anistia
gptkbp:appliesTo political crimes
crimes committed by opposition
crimes committed by state agents
related crimes
gptkbp:challenge human rights organizations
gptkbp:controversy impunity for human rights violations
gptkbp:country gptkb:Brazil
gptkbp:criticizedFor protecting perpetrators of torture
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1979
gptkbp:effect release of political prisoners
return of exiles
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Brazilian_government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1979 Amnesty Law
gptkbp:influencedBy political negotiations during democratization
gptkbp:legalStatus in force (as of 2024)
gptkbp:purpose grant amnesty for political crimes
gptkbp:reaffirms gptkb:Brazilian_Supreme_Federal_Court
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Brazilian_military_dictatorship
transitional justice
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Brazilian_military_dictatorship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5