Overview

• Fifteen senators and deputies aligned with Jair Bolsonaro filed a petition on October 15 to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights challenging the STF ruling against Carla Zambelli for the CNJ system invasion.
• The filing alleges restricted access to evidence, improper procedural deadlines, disregard of defense arguments, lack of impartiality, and reliance on testimony from co-defendant Walter Delgatti without consistent material proof.
• The petition asks the Commission to recommend Brazilian compliance with human-rights treaties, to appeal to Italy for Zambelli’s release, to consider referral to the Inter-American Court, and to propose guarantees of non-repetition through judicial reforms.
• Zambelli remains jailed in a women’s prison near Rome after her July 29 arrest, and an Italian court recently rejected her request to await extradition proceedings in freedom.
• The STF’s First Panel unanimously sentenced her in May to 10 years in prison, a R$2 million fine, and loss of mandate, while Delgatti received 8 years and 3 months.