Mechanisms of municipal management and promotion of human rights

Abstract

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.