Inter-American judgments. Brazil. Implementation. Fortification.
After World War II, Human Rights became a subject that attracted the attention of international society. With the development of the International Protection of Human Rights, International Systems of Protection of such Rights have been created, making it possible for the human being to submit petitions to monitoring bodies that exercise jurisdictional functions and that can hold the States that violated them internationally. Within this scenario, the Inter-American Human Rights System and its monitoring bodies are: The Commission and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Brazil recognized inter-American jurisdiction in 1998, having already suffered six convictions from the contentious function of the Court. Thus, the central object of this work is to analyze how Brazil has internally implemented the sentences handed down by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It seeks to understand the existing arrangements in the Brazilian law for the fulfillment of these sentences, as well as the challenges that are faced for its execution, presenting some suggestions for its strengthening. In the end, it was concluded that Brazil has been easier to comply with pecuniary measures and more difficulties of non-pecuniary measures, especially the duty to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible for human rights violations. Thus, despite the efforts made by the country, it is necessary to make changes that facilitate the implementation of inter-American judgments.