Author(s)

Cassius Guimarães Chai^1,2, Tuane Santanatto Nascimento Santos³, Katherine Michelle Batalha Costa³, Isadora Silva Sousa³, Tâmara Rodrigues Araújo Sampaio³

¹Department of Law, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Brazil.
²Vitória Law School (FDV), PhD and Master Graduate Program in Fundamental Rights and Writs, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
³Institutions of the Justice System at the Federal University of Maranhão, São Luis, Brazil.

This article addresses the case of violation of human rights of children and adolescents, called “The case of the emasculated boys of Maranhão,” making an inference to the importance of the 75 years of creation and the Organization of American States and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, highlighting the importance of these international laws in the search for justice. It starts from the perception that the State inertia was a substantial element in the destruction of the Fundamental Rights of children and adolescents, as well as contributing to the high number of murders with emasculations and greater vulnerability resulting from the State’s lack of commitment, with the realization and implementation of the best interests of children and affected peripheral communities. This work aims at contributing to the debate and dissemination of the substantiality of the Organization of American States and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as a tool to combat historically known violations to contain new violations. The methodology used in the present study used the inductive approach, descriptive and exploratory procedure, and bibliographic and documentary research techniques.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Organization of American States, Vulnerability, Dignity of the Human Person, Case of the Emasculated Boys of Maranhão

Chai, C. , Santos, T. , Costa, K. , Sousa, I. and Sampaio, T. (2024) The Case of the Emasculated Boys of Maranhão: The Importance of the Organization of American States and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Combating Human Rights Violation. Beijing Law Review, 15, 593-613. doi: 10.4236/blr.2024.152037.