Abstract:
This study reflects on the place of human rights in Brazilian society, with all the weight of the inequality that characterizes it. It addresses the international trajectory human rights followed up to several nations recognizing them, their continuous updates throughout history up to their current state under neoliberal hegemony. This study revisits the historical period of the regulation of the profession that created the Brazilian Federal Council of Psychology in 1973 and its official alignment with human rights in 1998, with the creation of its Human Rights Commission. It states that human rights are inseparable from the ethical-political commitment of the profession and discusses their current meanings and the new forms of social struggle that have been built from them. Finally, it highlights the strategic role of the Human Rights Commission of the Federal Council of Psychology in upholding human rights and lists the campaigns it carried out throughout its history.
Keywords:
Psychology; Human Rights; Historical Context; Science; Profession