Overview

• Families received corrected certificates at a ceremony in the USP Law School’s Salão Nobre on October 8 stating the cause as “non‑natural, violent death caused by the Brazilian State.”
• This delivery forms part of actions under CNJ Resolution No. 601/2024 and follows an initial batch of 63 rectifications completed in August.
• Names in this group include Vladimir Herzog, Rubens Paiva, Alexandre Vannucchi Leme, Virgílio Gomes da Silva, Paulo Stuart Wright, Manoel Fiel Filho and Santo Dias da Silva.
• The rectifications are carried out by the Comissão Especial sobre Mortos e Desaparecidos Políticos, linked to the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, with support from the National Council of Justice.
• Relatives welcomed the recognition yet continue to seek the return of remains and criminal accountability, with many cases still lacking identified bodies such as Virgílio Gomes da Silva, believed buried at Vila Formosa but never recovered.