Over 600,000 people died in Brazil due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and President Jair Bolsonaro’s response to the pandemic is widely associated with this high death rate. On October 20th 2021 a Brazilian senate committee recommended that President Bolsonaro face ten charges over his handling of the public health crisis, including crimes against humanity. Brazil is one of the hardest hit countries by the COVID pandemic that rages on around the world, but the country is not alone in its mishandling and hasn’t seen either the largest infection rate or death toll. should Bolsonaro be prosecuted for crimes against humanity over his handling of COVID-19?

