{"id":13226,"date":"2018-07-23T19:49:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T19:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=13226"},"modified":"2021-04-06T15:06:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:06:54","slug":"state-sao-paulo-passes-law-diverting-purpose-public-defenders-office","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/state-sao-paulo-passes-law-diverting-purpose-public-defenders-office\/","title":"State of S\u00e3o Paulo passes law diverting purpose of Public Defender\u2019s Office","content":"

Civil society organisations spoke up against the approval of Law n\u00ba 16.786, of 2018, published this Wednesday 4, allowing full, free legal assistance, by means of the State Public Defender\u2019s office, to civil police in S\u00e3o Paulo who are involved in cases that require judicial support in the course of duty.<\/p>\n

In a letter addressed to the Superior Council of the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office of the State of S\u00e3o Paulo and the State Secretary of the Chief of Staff, organisations state that the draft bill, passed by the Governor M\u00e1rcio Fran\u00e7a, is unconstitutional and undermines access to justice of those who do not have financial means and need to be represented by the Public Defender\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Fourteen years ago, the Supreme Court looked into a similar case, when the state of Rio Grande do Sul tried to adopt the same measure. The Supreme Court decision in\u00a0ADI 3022<\/a><\/u>\u00a0was that the measure was unconstitutional and this issue is being seen again with the law that has been approved in S\u00e3o Paulo. It is worth noting that civil police officers do not fall into the category of \u2018extreme financial hardship\u2019 that was established, in the state of Sao Paulo, for people who earn less than three times the minimum salary a month.<\/p>\n

The organisations believe that transforming legal assistance for those in need into full legal assistance for civil police, makes the Public Defender\u2019s Office into a kind of lawyer for civil servants.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis distinction is against the principle of civil rights, given that anyone in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo who requires full legal assistance from this institution is subject to the criteria that define financial hardship, whilst civil police officers will receive this privilege automatically on the grounds that they work for the state and have a public role. This is detrimental to the rest of the population and to the public coffers.\u201d Argue the organisations in the document.<\/p>\n

The letter is signed by Conectas Human Rights and the Rede de Prote\u00e7\u00e3o e Resist\u00eancia contra o Genoc\u00eddio<\/em> (Network for Protection and Resistance against Genocide).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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