The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls on Wednesday commended a legislative effort to repeal Brazil’s controversial Parental Alienation Law and to remove the contentious definition of “parental alienation” embedded in Brazil’s “Specialised Hearing Law.

Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem said , “This initiative, led by a group of feminist congresswomen, is an important step by legislators to bring Brazil in line with international human rights standards established under binding international and regional human rights treaties and standards on gender equality and child protection.”

The newly proposed bill would omit the concept of parental alienation from Article 699 of Brazil’s Code of Civil Procedure, as the notion has been criticized due to “its lack of emp

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