A U.N. human rights panel of experts handed a moral victory to former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday, finding he was illegally barred from running for the country's top job in 2018 due to judicial bias.
The 15-2 decision by the Human Rights Committee comes as the 76-year-old da Silva is preparing another run for the presidency in October. He issued a statement calling the ruling “a victory for every Brazilian who believes in the rule of law and democracy.”
