Democratização, política externa e direitos humanos: uma releitura do caso brasileiro

Abstract

The relation between democratization processes and foreign policy is a widely explores theme in the fields of Political Science and International Relations, and the argument of this paper basically rests on the review of this literature. In Brazil, the literature interprets that democratization had limited impact on the general lines of Brazilian foreign policy. However, in the human rights agenda, the foreign policy discourse was reformulated for the recovery of Brazil’s diplomatic credentials. The Democratization boosts the countries’ adhesion to the international human rights regime. The analysis of the Brazilian adhesion to the international
monitoring mechanisms of human rights shows, on the other hand, the slow pace of this dynamic, which followed the rhythm of the nature of the political transition, as well as the change of regional and systemic variables after the end of the Cold War.