Two years after the delivery of the Final Report by the National Truth Commission (CNV), the present brings us face to face with what sometimes seem to be old challenges in different guises. While new generations, family members and friends of victims, as well as the entire Brazilian society, have the right to know the truth about the facts that marked the period of the civil-military dictatorship, the resumption and strengthening of our democratic institutions present major challenges. of the political and ethical moment we live in.
In this time when democratic institutions are gradually breaking down, when sectors of society defend military intervention in the rule of law and when groups propose to strip school education of its inherent critical structuring, the need to continually revive the principles and values democratic and republican principles that unite us as a society, as well as remembering the moments and consequences when these were violated. Access to information and critical elements of the national memory thus form a crucial pillar for the construction of another reality, whose path converges with the 29 recommendations presented in the CNV Final Report.
The link between the Institute for Religious Studies and issues related to confronting the Dictatorship in the country is intertwined with its own 46-year trajectory, marked by the vigorous defense of democracy, the recognition of diversity and the affirmation of human rights. Always acting to guarantee transparent access to information and active social participation in the development of the CNV, ISER believes that transitional justice is a fundamental process to strengthen, improve and expand democratic pillars and values. With this commitment and with this premise, CNV's work was monitored from its creation in November 2011 until the conclusion of its mandate, with the presentation of the Final Report in December 2014. ways for information and other research to be disseminated throughout the country, bringing light to the serious violations of rights in the civil-military dictatorial period.
