Overview

• The resolution directs civil registries to issue or rectify all 11 records with the cause listed as “violence caused by an agent of the Brazilian State in the context of the Acari massacre.”
• Certificates must identify Magé as the crime location and include references to the Inter-American Court ruling and Rio de Janeiro’s Law 9.753/2022 on reparations.
• Cartorial acts will be free to families with reimbursement to registrars, removing the need for new lawsuits and reducing delays and revictimization.
• CNJ president Luís Roberto Barroso apologized to relatives during the session, which was attended by members of the Mães de Acari.
• Broader measures ordered internationally remain outstanding, including renewed investigations, a rigorous search and a memory site in Acari, while criminal accountability has not been achieved.