DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING AND LGBTI ACCEPTANCE

While the “third wave” following the end of the Cold War led to an unparalleled period of democratization,2 the promise of that era has been challenged by the erosion of democratic norms and institutions in countries in every region. [...] Vice president Michel Temer’s center-right party gained the most seats in the Senate, the second-most seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and the most governorships across the country.90 The Congress became the most conservative since Brazil’s return to democratic rule in 1985 and directly targeted Rousseff’s presidency. [...] The first eliminated LGBT people as one of the recognized minorities that would be protected within the ministry of Family, Women, and Human Rights.101 The second created the National Family Observatory, where the family was redefined in terms of conservative values, and all materials were replaced with the government’s new notion of a “traditional” family (i.e. [...] The extraordinary complaint can be made by the Ombudsman, the Ombudsman for the Rights of the Child, and the General Prosecutor within five years of the final judgement or, if there was cassation in the Supreme Court, until one year after the Supreme Court judgment. [...] In 2016, the Committee in Defense of Democracy, a Polish non-governmental organization advocating for democratic rule of law and human rights, led street protests in defense of the Constitutional Tribunal, against the politicization of state media, and in favor of civil service independence.