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In the past years Brazil has been through innumerous corruption scandals and increasing
political polarization, which has led to the impeachment of a president and a serious
economic crisis. However, these are not the only consequences generated by the clash
between the left and the right wing in the country. In right wing populist discourse, human
rights have been systematically identified with the political left – as this is captured in the
popular conservative saying “Direitos Humanos para Humanos Direitos” (Human Rights
for the Righteous Humans), meaning that the fundamental purpose of human rights is the
protection of outlaws and the perpetuation of the weakness of that state that has to treat
all individuals equally. For the Brazilian far right, human rights are a synonym of
exaggerated and harmful “political correctness.” The aim of this paper is to understand
how and why the term has become pejorative for a whole political segment, and what its
effects are on Brazilian national and foreign policy regarding the human rights agenda.
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