The Minister of Justice of Brazil, Flávio Dino, has stressed that the authorities study applying the principle of extraterritoriality in the case of racist insults against the Brazilian footballer of Real Madrid Vinicius in case you consider that the Spanish authorities are not acting to deal with the situation.

“We are studying the possibility of (using) a principle called extraterritoriality. The Penal Code contemplates that, in some exceptional situations, it is possible that in case of crimes against Brazilians abroad Brazilian law applies,” he explained. “It is an extreme remedy, of course, but it can work, if necessary,” Dino argued during an event in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, as reported by the Brazilian newspaper ‘Folha of Sao Paulo’.

“It is not something that we are going to do directly, but it is a study that we do on the possibility, in which we do not believe, that there is an omission on the part of the Spanish authorities“, he stressed. Subsequently, Dino has published a series of messages on his account on the social network Twitter in which he has insisted that “the principle of extraterritoriality is in the Penal Codederived from a request from the Minister of Justice”.

“It is an extreme remedy in case of crimes against Brazilians that could be useful in case of inaction on the part of the initially competent authorities”, he asserted, before adding that “can work as a response to unfair attacks against a compatriot”. Thus, Dino has maintained that “the issue of extraterritoriality is still being analyzed and depends on a series of factors”.

“I just remember that it is in the Penal Code, since some are asking about the mention that I made about it being an extreme remedy.” “I think it is useful that everyone knows about the existence of this protection for the rights of Brazilians. By the way, the principle also exists in Spain and other countries“, the minister concluded, after the Brazilian government asked Spain on Monday to act against the racism suffered by the footballer “repeatedly“, the last time last weekend at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia.

In this sense, the Brazilian Executive stressed that “taking into account the seriousness of the facts and after another inadmissible episode (…) the Brazilian Government deeply regrets that so far the necessary measures have not been taken to prevent and avoid these acts of racism”, while calling on the highest world football body, FIFA, as well as the Spanish Federation and LaLiga to implement appropriate measures to prevent this type of event from happening again.