A austeridade e o paradoxo do Estado brasileiro enquanto protetor e violador dos Direitos Humanos

Abstract

This research seeks to unveil the phenomenon of austerity and what prevents the guarantee of Human Rights by States in the context of their application, considering the obligations that international human rights treaties present. Throughout the work, I aimed to expose the controversies of the discourse that places austerity as an inevitable and necessary evil for States and their populations, as well as to understand the mechanisms of international surveillance of human rights. Based on the articulation of these two efforts, we propose that the Brazilian case can be understood through a paradox of the State as a protector and simultaneously a violator of human rights, and that, despite this condition, it is not possible to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights in Brazil without the state apparatus.