The Third Panel of the online edition of the XI International Congress on Human Rights, organized by the Master’s Program in Jurisdictional Provision and Human Rights, as a result of the partnership between the School of Judges of Tocantins (Esmat) and the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT), discussed topics such as the Global Pandemic Strikes Europe, more precisely in France, the measures implemented in prison population in that country, as in Brazil, the legal challenges of promoting access to medical care and the bioethical issues related to this new disease that until now has only prophylaxis, but does not have assistance and formatted medical prescription, as well as an available vaccine to prevent contagious.
Mediated by Professor Gustavo Paschoal Teixeira de Castro, the presentations started by speaker Pauline Le Monnier de Gouville, who reported on the prison population and the measures imposed in France to maintain the deprivation of liberty of sentenced citizens or temporary and preventive prisoners, guaranteeing, however, the promotion of the lives of those people. “We had access to the telejustice and then predicted that all demands, resources and conclusion could be made through a recommended letter with acknowledgment of receipt, later with telephone hearings. The interviews with people who were detained with their lawyer, also took place over the phone or by videoconference,”she said.
In his speech, Tocantins' magistrate Roniclay Alves de Morais emphasized the measures of social distancing, the responsibilities of municipal managers to prevent the spread of the contagion of the disease, even if it entails measures that affect economic and social conflicts. “Covid's pandemic caused great impacts worldwide, whether in the economy or in health, we are, therefore, witnessing news, at all times, of how much the health system is overburdened. There is a lack of beds, respirators, health professionals, in short, an infinity of problems. We have a gigantic challenge to face and a structural problem that deepens the current crisis even more, which enhances social and economic inequality in Brazil, as we have more than three million people living in extreme poverty ”, he stressed.
Professor Henderson Fürst de Oliveira, on the other hand, emphasized that the adaptations to combat the disease, both in terms of confirmations and outpatient care in hospital units, have been adapting upon arrival in different regions in Brazil. “What's wrong with that? The fact that a citizen who is in Palmas right now, he can have his life saved, but if he is in Rio de Janeiro, he may not have it, because the criterion of Rio de Janeiro may be different from the criterion of Palmas. Or, even, if he is in Brasilia it will be different than if he were in Porto Alegre, because the hospital in Brasilia has its criteria. That, for me, establishes a clear differentiation in support for the care of human life, which criterion is the best needs to be discussed, and more than that, we need to standardize these monitoring criteria ”, he stressed.
The schedule of the XI International Congresso n Human Rights continues this Thursday 2nd, with the Panel Prison System in Times of Pandemic and it will continue until the next July 7th.
