Public defense

a way of promoting access to justice in Santa Catarina

Abstract

This article seeks, firstly, to present access to justice as a way to ensure that everyone can resolve their demands in a judicial or extrajudicial manner. Then, it seeks to address the importance of the Public Defender's Office, especially the State of Santa Catarina, demonstrating its importance since its creation, to the main challenges for the effective access to justice. The aim is also to present the obstacles of the Santa Catarina Public Defender's Office in implementing and guaranteeing access to justice for all citizens, as well as showing that, despite all the challenges, the Public Defender's Office of the State of Santa Catarina is the main institution to carry out the Principle of Human Dignity, especially for vulnerable people. Thus, even if the number of civil servants is low, and the institution is not present in all counties, the Public Defender's Office is one of the best state institutions to guarantee access to justice for vulnerable people. Thus, it is concluded that the Public Defender of the State of Santa Catarina is the institution that guarantees access to justice in the state, even with a large demand, low staff and not being present in all districts of the state. Thus, the method of deductive approach was adopted, since it assumes that the Public Defender of Santa Catarina meets the principle of access to justice, while the research technique will be based on research on jurisprudence and doctrines.