The proactivity and resolutivity of the public ministry as a support for social legitimation and protection of human rights

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-6622.2022.57.10649

Keywords:

Human Rights. Public Ministry. Proactivity. Resolutivity. Social Legitimation.

Abstract

In this critical essay, we emphasize that, with the promulgation of the CF/1988, the Public Ministry in Brazil, until then in the main exercise of prosecution in the criminal area with a timid incursion into the civil sphere, sees itself erected to the category of social promotion agent, in a Democratic Rule of Law whose fundamental objectives were the construction of a free, fair and solidary society, needing to eradicate poverty, marginalization and the reduction of social and regional inequalities, among other challenging issues. For decades it postulated, through the filing of actions before the Judiciary, individual and collective rights concerning the basic and fundamental needs of life in society, however, the legal protection pursued by this means, especially that of a collective nature, not infrequently occurred unsatisfactory, given the inadequate structures of the judging body. Alongside this, access to justice for the resolution of conflicts emerged as a fundamental right of citizens. Adoption became urgent for the Public Prosecutor’s Office – as a way of meeting the new values of a society eager for the implementation of the democratic spirit, thus performing the relevant attributions of a social transformation body, continuing to be useful and legitimated by this society – the adoption from another profile (not abandoning everything from the classic/demandist profile) rooted in initiative (proactivity) and in the resolution of conflicts, controversies and social problems (resolvability), without the need to file claims, but which would pacify and restore social interaction , with respect to human rights, representing a means of expanded access to justice. In this regard, through guidance and training of members and employees of the Public Ministry, the National Council of the Public Ministry (CNMP), with a view to encouraging extrajudicial resolution, presented self-composition methods, such as negotiation, mediation, conciliation, which can be instrumentalized. by the public civil inquiry, terms of adjustment of conduct.

Author Biographies

Vera Nilva Alvares Rocha Lira

Vice-Presidente da Associação Brasileira das Mulheres de Carreira Jurídica – ABMCJ – Seção Tocantins,
procuradora de Justiça do Ministério Público do Estado do Tocantins (MPTO), ex-corregedora geral e ex-
procuradora geral de Justiça, ex-coordenadora do Centro de Estudos e Aperfeiçoamento Funcional do
MPTO, atualmente mestranda do Curso de Mestrado Interdisciplinar em Prestação Jurisdicional e Direitos Humanos da Universidade Federal do Tocantins – UFT, em parceria com a Escola Superior da Magistratura Tocantinense – ESMAT.

Aloísio Alencar Bolwerk

Professor Adjunto de Direito Constitucional da Universidade Federal do Tocantins (UFT) e Professor
Permanente do Programa de Mestrado Interdisciplinar em Prestação Jurisdicional e Direitos Humanos –
Universidade Federal do Tocantins / Escola Superior da Magistratura Tocantinense (UFT/ESMAT). Doutor
em Direito Privado pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa em
Direitos Humanos e Prestação Jurisdicional registrado no CNPQ. Advogado.

Published

2022-08-11

How to Cite

Alvares Rocha Lira, V. N., & Alencar Bolwerk, A. (2022). The proactivity and resolutivity of the public ministry as a support for social legitimation and protection of human rights. Law in Debate Journal, 31(57), e10649. https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-6622.2022.57.10649