Heleno Fragoso

Heleno Cláudio Fragoso (February 5, 1926 – May 18, 1985) was one of the most important Brazilian Professors of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Heleno Cláudio Fragoso was born in Nova Iguaçú. He lectured at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Has the Vice-President of the International Association of Penal Law and of the International Commission of Jurists. In 1966, he was a visiting teacher at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York.

He was a very famous penal lawyer in Brazil, representing many political adversaries imprisoned or murdered during the Brazilian military dictatorship, between 1964 and 1985, such as Stuart Angel, Francisco José Pinto dos Santos, and Ênio Silveira, among others. Fragoso was one of the most influential supporters of human rights at that period, courageously denouncing torture applied by the political police, even after having been arrested himself by the agents of the regime.

He wrote several books, articles and essays published in specialized reviews. He died in Rio de Janeiro.

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