Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCE OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROVIDES FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF COMPULSORY EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS, AS WELL AS THE USE OF PERSONAL AND BUSINESS ASSETS ON BEHALF OF THE PANDEMIC

Theme(s)
Health
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the ordinance here – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 11 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

CRIMINAL EXECUTION BODY SUSPENDS ALL VISITS FOR INMATES AND CONTACTS WITH ATTORNEYS IN FEDERAL PRISONS

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about this episode here [1] and about prisons in Brazil during covid-19 crisis [2]

Mar 15 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

MULTIPLE STATES IN BRAZIL ANNOUNCE COMMERCIAL LOCKDOWN, SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES AND QUARANTINE

Theme(s)
Administration, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about it here [1]

Mar 16 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

SERIAL MEASURES RESTRICT ENTRY INTO THE COUNTRY OF NON-RESIDENT FOREIGNERS FROM SOME LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, EUROPE AND OTHER CONTINENTS

Theme(s)
Health, Transport
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about some of these measures here [1] [2]

Mar 17 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
State

CONSIDERING THE GROWING NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES, BRAZILIAN STATES CANCEL CLASSES

Theme(s)
Education, Social distancing
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the context of closing schools and inequalities here [1] and here – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 17 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DECREE ALLOWS GOVERNMENT TO SHARE CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL DATA WITH OTHERS PUBLIC BODIES WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM CITIZENS

Theme(s)
Administration, Data protection, Transparency
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the context of data sharing here [1] and this decree here – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 18 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

ORDINANCES PROVIDE FOR ISOLATION OF PRISONERS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING TAPES ON THE FLOOR IN CELLS TO DIVIDE CONTAMINATED AND UNCONTAMINATED BY COVID-19

Theme(s)
Penal and socioeducational system, Prisons
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the context of covid-19 in prisons here [1]

Mar 18 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

BOLSONARO ADMINISTRATION IMPOSES DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES TO THE ENTRY OF VENEZUELANS IN BRAZIL

Theme(s)
Migration, Xenophobia
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about it here [1] [2] [3] [4]

Mar 18 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive, Judiciary
Power Level
State

CRIMINAL EXECUTION BODIES IN BRAZILIAN STATES ADOPT RESTRICTIVE MEASURES SUCH AS ISOLATION OF ELDERLY INMATES AND SUSPENSION OF VISITS TO CONTAIN THE CORONAVIRUS IN PRISONS

Theme(s)
Prisons, Public security
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about Brazilian prisons during covid-19 crisis here [1] and about this episode here – in Portuguese [2]

Mar 19 2020
 
Type of power
Formal power
Branch
Executive
Power Level
Federal

DECREES LIST ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL DURING THE PANDEMIC INCLUNDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ASSISTANCE, PHARMACIES AND SUPERMARKETS

Theme(s)
Administration, Commerce, Health, Press, Religion
Emergency Measures
Curtailment of fundamental rights

Read more about the controversies about the definition of essential activities amid pandemic – in Portuguese [1]

Mar 20 2020
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