Abstract

With the transformations within the Welfare State and contemporary societies in what concerns the exercise of rights, there are significant changes to the structure, action dimensions and strategies, characteristic of the judicial mechanisms applied to conflict resolution and rights' effectiveness. In the case of health, the comparative debate between Brazil and Portugal allows discussing the interface between State, society and the judicial system based on the culture of citizen participation, the solidarity networks established in the local space and the increasingly frequent use of extrajudicial mechanisms. This seminar's goal consists in discussing the strategies and effectiveness forms of health as a right in both countries, in order to reflect on the limitations and possibilities of the use of judicial and extrajudicial mechanisms within a participatory and solidarity perspective.

Biographic Note

Felipe Dutra Asensi is a lawyer and social scientist. He holds a Master's and Doctoral Degree in Sociology by the Research University Institute of Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ). He is a Permanent Member at the Constitutional Law Commission of the Brazilian Lawyers' Association (IAB). He is, also, the coordinator of the online Post-Graduate Programme Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV DIREITO RIO).

Note: Within the Grant for Young Researchers 2011.