OS THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF HUMANITY AND PERSONALITY IN THE APPLICATION AND EXECUTION OF PENALTIES

Authors

  • Ronan Cardoso Naves Neto UNAERP
  • Marina Araújo Campos Cardoso Universidade de Ribeirão Preto - UNAERP
  • Sebastião Sérgio Silveira Universidade de Ribeirão Preto - UNAERP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46560/meritum.v18i4.9239

Abstract

The present study starts from a brief analysis of the history of applicable penalties and the historical and social movements that resulted in new principles and new laws regarding penalties and the rights of the condemned. It investigates the importance of the principles of humanity and the personality of penalties in the light of the Federal Constitution and, after that, a study is made of the penalties currently provided for in the Brazilian infra-constitutional legislation. The recognition of the Unconstitutional State of Things in the Brazilian prison system reveals the need to implement effective public policies capable of extirpating or, at least, alleviating the generalized violation of human rights in prisons. Present in national legislation and in numerous international treaties, the observance and application of these constitutional principles and respect for human and fundamental rights in concrete cases and in practice are imperative, bringing with them challenges regarding the analysis, judgment, execution and supervision of the penalty and its effectiveness, always in compliance with the rights and guarantees of the person in the Constitutional State of Law.

Author Biographies

Marina Araújo Campos Cardoso, Universidade de Ribeirão Preto - UNAERP

Doutora em Direito pela FADISP. Doutoranda em Direito pela UNAERP. Mestre em Direito pela UNAERP. Mestre em Direito pela FUMEC. Graduada em Direito pela UFMG.

Sebastião Sérgio Silveira, Universidade de Ribeirão Preto - UNAERP

Professor pós-doutor em Direito pela Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal e doutor pela PUC/SP. Coordenador do programa de Mestrado e Doutorado em Direitos Coletivos e Cidadania da UNAERP - programa com conceito 4 no Capes/MEC. Ribeirão Preto/SP

Published

04/09/23