Rio Prosecutors Ask Brazil's Supreme Court to Halt Federal Rights Inquiry Into Police

Overview

• The Rio state Public Ministry filed a request to Justice Alexandre de Moraes seeking immediate suspension of a procedure opened by Nicolao Dino at the Federal Prosecutor’s Office for Citizens’ Rights.
• The state filing cites ADPF 635 and Moraes’s prior vote asserting that external control of Rio’s civil and military police rests with the state prosecutors’ office.
• Rio prosecutors argue the federal move attempts to create a sweeping federal attribution over public security in the state and constitutes a usurpation of state prerogatives.
• Nicolao Dino says the measure is not external police control but oversight to track compliance with the ADPF das Favelas and Brazil’s Inter‑American human‑rights obligations following operations such as Operação Contenção.
• The dispute escalated publicly after Rio’s prosecutor‑general attacked Dino and the state Defenders’ Office in a speech, drawing a rebuttal from Dino and a defense of the Defensoria’s role by its association; no Supreme Court decision has been reported.