Registrations are now open for the webinar on Indigenous Peoples and the Judicial System: Challenges and Dialogues between Brazil and Canada, which will take place on the 19th. The event is being promoted by the National School for the Training and Improvement of Judges (Enfam), with the support of the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University (Canada), and it is aimed at Federal and State Judges and the general public.
The event will take place via the Zoom platform, it will have 100 vacancies and it will last 3 hours. Those interested in taking part must fill in the electronic form on the website of Enfam. Registration will close on April 17th.
The aim of the course is to encourage reflection on the common problems that the justice systems of Brazil and Canada face when it comes to realize the rights of indigenous peoples, communities and individuals. Enfam and Toronto Metropolitan University also intend to disseminate scientific research involving the two institutions promoting the event on indigenous issues.
The training will feature Canadian speakers John Borrows, Sébastien Grammond and Martha Priscylla Monteiro Joca Martins. Borrows is a Professor at the University of Toronto and he holds a PhD from Osgoode Hall School of Law; Grammod is a Judge at the Federal Court of Canada and the author/co-author of six books and several articles on Aboriginal law, constitutional law and contracts; and Martha Martins holds a post-doctorate in law from the University of Toronto and she is also a Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University.
The Brazilian speakers will be Raffaela Cássia de Sousa, a Judge at the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF1) who holds a Master's Degree in Law and the Judiciary from Enfam, and Matheus Moura Matias Miranda, a law Judge who was a researcher at the Observatory of Brazilian Justice and co-author of the Cartography of Justice in Brazil book.
The first part of the webinar will feature a lecture on Canadian experiences, at 7pm. The second part of the webinar will feature the presentation of papers on the theme of Difficulties in Enforcing the Rights of Indigenous Peoples examined in scientific research, at 8:30 pm.
At the end of the course, each participant who completes the activities proposed by the tutors and scores 100% will receive a certificate of completion.
