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Dr Marlon Weichert, a prominent Brazilian human rights advocate, visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) offices in Geneva on Tuesday, 8 November. In an interview, he appreciated the role of churches in assisting Brazil as it comes to terms with its painful past and envisions a better future. A truth commission in Brazil, he says, will start to make sense when churches continue using faith values in protecting human rights.
Weichert is a regional prosecutor with the Federal Public Ministry of Brazil. His visit to the WCC is timely as the truth commission bill to investigate atrocities committed under the military rule from 1964 to 1985, already passed by the senate, is awaiting approval from president Dilma Rousseff to be turned into a law. The WCC supports implementation of this commission, a stance communicated by Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, moderator of WCC Central Committee to the Brazilian minister of human rights, Maria do Ros
