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Limits to Negotiated Accountability of Economic Accomplices: The Case of Volkswagen do Brazil

Artículo

Autoría
Fecha
2024
Editorial y Lugar de Edición
Johns Hopkins University Press
Revista
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 46 (pp. 492-522) - ISSN 0275-0392
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN
0275-0392
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This article critically analyzes the agreement signed in 2020 between Volkswagen (VW) do Brazil and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, which marked the closure of previous civil claims filed by a group of employees who were victims of gross violations of their human rights and alleged the complicity of the company during the dictatorship in Brazil. The conclusions challenge the triumphant story provided by both the State and the company itself and highlight the dark side of using negotiated... This article critically analyzes the agreement signed in 2020 between Volkswagen (VW) do Brazil and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, which marked the closure of previous civil claims filed by a group of employees who were victims of gross violations of their human rights and alleged the complicity of the company during the dictatorship in Brazil. The conclusions challenge the triumphant story provided by both the State and the company itself and highlight the dark side of using negotiated agreements in the context of civil litigation as a way to achieving guarantees of justice, truth, memory, reparation, and non-repetition.
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HUMAN RIGHTSCORPORATE COMPLICITYVOLKSWAGENBRAZIL