The closure of the Brazilian-Venezuelan border during the covid-19 pandemic: international law analysis of ordinance no. 120 of March 2020

IF 0.2 Q4 LAW

Direito e Praxis Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1590/2179-8966/2021/62332i

Luiz Sales do Nascimento, Rosilandy Carina Candido Lapa, Victor Augusto Mendes, Vanessa Vasques Assis dos Reis

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Abstract This study investigates how Regulatory Ordinance No. 120 of March 17, 2020, reflects the constitutional principles and international treaties recognized by Brazil. This Ordinance is a non-statutory regulation to fight COVID-19 seeking to prohibit the entry of people from Venezuela during this pandemic. This deductive investigation assumes that this measure is not supported by the national and international migration laws incorporated by Brazil. The legal justifications the act used as arguments were found to be inconsistent with the formal requirements for the act itself as per the Brazilian legal framework. Verification of its legal and technical justifications showed a lack of legal, scientific, and empirical support, turning the Ordinance into a target of criticism by Civil Society organizations. In light of national and international law, the analysed instrument can be considered in breach of international technical guidelines for administering vulnerable migrant influxes as is the case of Venezuelans in Brazil.

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新冠肺炎大流行期间关闭巴西-委内瑞拉边境：2020年3月第120号法令的国际法分析

摘要本研究调查了2020年3月17日第120号监管条例如何反映巴西承认的宪法原则和国际条约。该法令是抗击新冠肺炎的非法定法规，旨在禁止来自委内瑞拉的人员在疫情期间入境。这项演绎调查假设，巴西纳入的国家和国际移民法不支持这一措施。据发现，该法案用作论据的法律依据与巴西法律框架对该法案本身的正式要求不一致。对其法律和技术理由的核查表明，缺乏法律、科学和经验支持，使该条例成为民间社会组织批评的目标。根据国内法和国际法，可以认为所分析的文书违反了管理弱势移民流入的国际技术准则，巴西的委内瑞拉人就是这样。

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