{"id":3845,"date":"2014-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.conectas.org.inf.br\/wp\/noticias\/against-express-justice-at-demonstrations\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T18:27:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T18:27:49","slug":"against-express-justice-at-demonstrations","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/against-express-justice-at-demonstrations\/","title":"Against ‘express justice’ at demonstrations","content":"

\"\"The NGOs Conectas Human Rights and IDDD (Defense of the Right to a Defense Institute) today filed an Application for an Injunction with the CNJ<\/u><\/a> (National Justice Council) to prevent rights from being violated during the World Cup by \u2018express justice\u2019 or \u2018high-speed trials\u2019 \u2013 on-the-spot courts for judging demonstrators arrested by the police during protests.<\/p>\n

The two organizations claim that the initiative violates fundamental principles of law, such as the \u2018natural judge\u2019 principle and the right to a defense, while also creating an environment reminiscent of a state of emergency to deal with protests, which are an integral part of a living democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe judges are hand-picked by the S\u00e3o Paulo State Court (TJ\/SP) to try the demonstrators on the spot. These same judges may be removed from their positions if they do not, for example, apply the sentences with the severity that the authorities expect. This is a clear assault on the independence of judges and undermines the right of citizens to an impartial judge, particularly if they are picked based on this punitive zeal that the authorities have demonstrated,\u201d said Rafael Cust\u00f3dio, coordinator of the Justice Program at Conectas. According to the organizations, express justice is unconstitutional and needs to be revoked by the CNJ.<\/p>\n

Conectas and IDDD consider that the TJ\/SP Decree that created the express justice system not only violates the Constitution but also breaches the rules of the CNJ that apply to judicial shift work. \u201cCreating a special court to try a specific group of citizens \u2013 and worse, citizens who are merely exercising their right to express themselves \u2013 is very different from regulating how judges work shifts on weekends, for example. There is no doubt about of the emergency status of this initiative, which goes far beyond any of the previously issued rules,\u201d said Cust\u00f3dio. <\/p>\n

The organizations also plan to submit the request personally to Supreme Court Justice Francisco Falc\u00e3o, who currently serves as the CNJ\u2019s Internal Affairs Commissioner, in Bras\u00edlia.<\/p>\n

Read the TJ\/SP Decree<\/u><\/a> that creates express trials and the application to the CNJ<\/u><\/a> filed by the organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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