Mato Grosso do Sul Civil Police implements religious discrimination protocol

The Civil Police of Mato Grosso do Sul has established a specific protocol to guide police assistance for victims of religious discrimination. The measure aims to protect religious freedom and philosophical convictions.

Officialized through Normative Ordinance No. 281/2026/DGPC/MS and signed by General Delegate Lupérsio Degerone Lucio, the protocol provides guidelines for humanized, impartial, and non-discriminatory service. The initiative seeks to prevent institutional violence and re-victimization, standardize the registration of occurrences, and improve criminal investigations and evidence production.

The protocol mandates equal legal protection for all individuals regardless of religion, belief, spirituality, or lack thereof. It emphasizes principles of human dignity, institutional neutrality, and the secular nature of the State.