Tag: Public defender

Brazil Has 8 Judges, But Only 2 Public Defenders per 100,000 People

Brazil’s National Justice Council (Conselho Nacional de Justiça), which is presided over by Supreme ...

Public Defender Gets No Respect in Brazil

Brazil’s 1988 Constitution assigned state governments responsibility for establishing public defenders offices in the ...

Half of Brazil’s Public Defenders Not Happy with Job

The Diagnosis of the Public Defenders Office in Brazil shows that 47.1% of Federal ...