Mechanisms of municipal management and promotion of human rights

The research objective was to assess the implementation of mechanisms and actions to promote and guarantee human rights within the municipal public administration. Because of the decentralization of power, after the Federal Constitution of 1988, states and municipalities received new responsibilities. There was a transfer of responsibilities that influenced directly the human rights policies. In this scenario of neo-liberal nature, there is a too diffuse environment where competences are unclear and emerge gaps in knowledge, especially about the role of the municipality in building an inclusive society. From the analysis of indicators of municipal management published by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, it was possible to draw an overview of municipal human rights management in Ceará that showed the omission of city halls.

本研究的核心目标为评估市级公共行政部门内，用于促进与保障人权的各类机制及行动的落地实施情况。1988年《联邦宪法》（Federal Constitution of 1988）确立权力下放原则后，巴西各州与市级政府承接了全新的行政权责。此次权责划转直接对本地人权政策体系产生了显著影响。在这一带有新自由主义特质的治理语境下，行政职权划分模糊、权责边界不清的问题较为突出，相关领域的认知存在诸多盲区，整体治理环境较为松散无序——尤其是在市级政府在构建包容性社会中应发挥的角色定位这一议题上。通过对巴西地理与统计研究所（Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics）发布的市级治理指标开展分析，本研究得以勾勒出巴西塞阿拉州（Ceará）市级人权治理的整体图景，结果显示当地市政厅在人权保障工作中存在履职缺位的情况。