Questão nº 125
Questão de Língua Inglesa · CEBRASPE IRBR 2026 (nº 125)
In recent years, awareness has grown of the scope and scale of violence and discrimination directed at lesbian, gay, bi, trans (LGBT) and intersex people around the world ⸺ including killings, torture, arbitrary detention and widespread discrimination in access to health care, education, employment and housing.
United Nations, regional and national human rights bodies have identified critical gaps in the implementation of international standards to address these and related violations, and have issued a plethora of recommendations, including, among them, the repeal of discriminatory legislation and measures to protect LGBT and intersex people from discrimination, violence, torture and ill treatment, and safeguard rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.
Increasingly, governments are taking action ⸺ whether in the form of legislation and policy measures or through targeted social and education programmes. At the United Nations Human Rights Council, more than one hundred countries from all regions around the world have voluntarily committed to take measures to end violence and discrimination linked to sexual orientation and gender identity, based on recommendations generated during the first two cycles of the Universal Periodic Review.
However, serious challenges remain. While many countries have taken encouraging steps, in most cases, these efforts have fallen short of the concerted strategy required to tackle violence and discrimination against LGBT and intersex people. Even in countries that have arguably recorded the most progress in respect of the rights of gay men and lesbians, there has been far less attention given to protecting the rights of trans people and only incipient attention to the rights of intersex people.
Considering the ideas and linguistic aspects of the previous text, judge the following items.
The excerpt "awareness has grown of the scope and scale of violence and discrimination" (first sentence of the text) means that awareness has grown from a better understanding of the scope and scale of violence and discrimination.
Resposta comentada
A expressão "awareness has grown of..." significa que a consciência sobre algo aumentou — ou seja, as pessoas passaram a saber mais sobre o problema. O ponto é que a consciência cresceu em relação ao alcance e à escala da violência e discriminação, e não a partir de uma compreensão melhor. A preposição "of" liga "awareness" diretamente ao seu objeto (o que se sabe), não indica causa/origem.
- Correta: Errado. O item troca o sentido: "grown of" indica sobre o que a consciência cresceu, não que ela cresceu "from a better understanding" (a partir de uma compreensão melhor), como se a compreensão fosse a causa do crescimento.
Como ficaria certo: "awareness has grown about/regarding the scope and scale of violence and discrimination" — isto é, a consciência sobre o alcance e a escala da violência e discriminação aumentou.
Fonte: CEBRASPE IRBR 2026 Diplomata (Terceiro Secretário). Reproduzida para fins de estudo.