Sergio Moro, Prosecutorial Authority, and the Crisis in Brazil
By invitation - for more information, contact Peter Casarella (pcasarel@nd.edu) or Ann Mische (amische@nd.edu).
Judge Sergio Moro of Brazil, the University of Notre Dame 2018 Commencement Speaker, has gained international visibility for his role as a Brazilian federal judge in the massive corruption investigation known as “Operation Car Wash,” a money-laundering inquiry that saw more than one third of the Brazilian Senate under investigation, along with current president Michel Temer and many members of his cabinet. Last July, Judge Moro sentenced former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to nearly 10 years in prison. Judge Moro has become a controversial and polarizing figure in Brazil, lauded by some as a valuable challenge to the entrenched corruption and culture of impunity in Brazil, but criticized by others for selective prosecution, partisan bias, and procedures of questionable legality and standards of evidence.
This cross-disciplinary colloquium will consider the deeper questions related to prosecutorial authority, democratic institutions, and public accountability in the light of Brazil’s current crisis, as well as with regard to corruption and accountability challenges worldwide. It will begin with a panel of Kellogg Institute faculty fellows, visiting fellows, and alumni.
Sponsored by Latin America/North American Church Concerns (LANACC) and the Kellogg Institute.
Peter J. Casarella
This profile was current as of 2019-20 when he was a member of the on-campus Kellogg community. Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow Peter Casarella is associate professor of theology and former director of LANACC. Before coming to Notre Dame in 2013, Peter Casarella served as professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University where he was also the director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology...
Ann Mische
Ann Mische is Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies. Her work focuses on processes of communication, deliberation and leadership in social movements and democratic politics...
Douglass Cassel
Douglass Cassel – Notre Dame Presidential Fellow, Emeritus; Emeritus Professor of Law, and Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow – is a scholar, practitioner and commentator on international human rights law, specializing in issues of business and human rights, regional human rights systems, and international criminal and humanitarian law...
Pedro Floriano Ribeiro
This profile was current as of 2018, when he was part of the on-campus Kellogg community. Pedro Floriano Ribeiro (PhD, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos) will spend spring 2018 at the Kellogg Institute as the Brazilian Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Democracy and Human Development...