The Armed Forces: Their Relationship with Democracy and Human Rights

THE ARMED FORCES: THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-6622.2021.55.118-131

Keywords:

Brazil, forces, armed, rights, humans.

Abstract

The article aims to reinterpret the basic postulates of the military (hierarchy and discipline) according to the main democratic and human rights premises in a critical and counter-hegemonic perspective. Thus, we seek to answer the following question: What is the institutional role of the armed forces in a democratic regime and under a critical perspective of human rights, by reviewing the conception of the principles of hierarchy and discipline? The methodology used will consist of a qualitative study through a bibliographical review of the concepts of human rights, democracy and their relationship with the Armed Forces in Brazil, especially in the re-reading of its basic premises: hierarchy and discipline. With the article it was possible to systematize the meaning of democracy, human rights and, mainly, to relate them with the Armed Forces, allowing a new critical perspective to approach the institution.

Author Biographies

Filipe Cortes de Menezes, university tiradentes


Specialist in Public Law from the Northern University of Paraná (UNOPAR), Municipal Attorney, Master in Human Rights at Tiradentes University-UNIT. Email: filipe_cortes@yahoo.com.br

Fran Espinoza, university tiradentes


Full Professor, Master in Human Rights, Tiradentes University, (UNIT), Aracaju. Member of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, FLACSO, Spain. PhD in International Studies, University of Deusto, Spain. (UNESCO Chair, Latin America). Post-doctorate in Public Policy, Federal University of Paraná (CAPES). It was Researcher Marie Curie Action, Initial Network SPBuild, (European Commission). Email: espinoza.fran@gmail.com

Published

2021-06-02

How to Cite

de Menezes, F. C., & Espinoza, F. (2021). The Armed Forces: Their Relationship with Democracy and Human Rights: THE ARMED FORCES: THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. Law in Debate Journal, 30(55), 118–131. https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-6622.2021.55.118-131