A garantia dos direitos humanos na Polícia Militar do Estado do Amazonas

Abstract

The State of Amazonas' Military Police, as a military police institution in charge of Preventive Ostensible Policing, is subject to the Democratic Rule of Law, hence all its members are, in theory, individual rights enforcers. In that sense, this paper aimed to verify if the State of Amazonas' Military Police enforces the Human Rights of the criminals, which are understood as those inherent to mankind as a condition for dignity. The research was carried out through the qualitative approach using bibliographical research and a case study that investigated if the State of Amazonas' Military Police, through the Military Police Operational Communications Center (CECOPOM), enforces the protection of human rights. Initially, it deals with concepts regarding the Police and Human Rights, presenting data concerning the emergence of the Police and their role and the statement of human rights. A Manual was also proposed for CECOPOM's Operations Coordinator to provide military police officers with legal international aspects on Human Rights protection and a case study involving a hostage-taking situation was conducted. The investigation revealed that the State of Amazonas' Military Police, in general, enforces the individual rights of criminals, however, training and development processes require some improvement.