Abstract
This article analyzes the mortality of young people in Brazil, as a process of Juvenicide and the contemporary expression of Necropolitics. The theoretical concepts and the origin of Juvenicide are explained, as the final condition of a broader social process that has been taking place in Latin America; and Necropolitics, as the state's power to decide who can die and who can live. The foundations of such concepts and the contemporary and Brazilian expressions of Necropolitics are analyzed. Finally, these concepts are related to what has been happening to young people in the national territory of Brazil. It is a reflective theoretical reading about a current social problem, which is an indicator of the violation of the rights of children and adolescents. This reality stems from a historical process, which is identified with the formation of Brazilian society, but, at the same time, has a direct relation with the action and omission of the state, often associated with the naturalization of violence. It is indicated that the possible resistance to all this is in the guarantee of rights, which are foreseen in the international treaties to which Brazil is a signatory and the national legal system.
Keywords:
Juvenicide; Necropolitics; Mortality of young people in Brazil