Truth Commissions and the restoration of historical truth about political deaths and disappearances during the civil-military dictatorship

reflections based on the cases of Vladimir Herzog and Rubens Paiva

Abstract

The article analyzes in particular two cases of rectification of documents about political deaths and disappearances, with emphasis on the cases of journalist Valdimir Herzog and former federal deputy Rubens Paiva. It concludes that federal legislation and direct interventions by the National Truth Commission resulted in actions by the judiciary to reestablish the truth about the murders of the journalist in 1975 and the disappearance of Rubens Paiva in 1971.