Em busca de diálogo e reconhecimento no STF: a atuação como amicus curiae nas causas relativas a pessoas trans

• Ano de defesa: 2018
• Autor(a) principal: Côrtes, Ana de Mello
• Orientador(a): Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Movimentos sociais; Pessoas trans; Mobilização do direito; Amicus curiae; STF
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Social movement; Transgender people; Legal mobilization; Supreme Federal Court
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/10438/23918

Considering the importance of issues taken to Supreme Federal Court concerning transgender civil registry change and use restrooms according to gender identity and also the democratization role usually assigned to the amicus curiae institute, this dissertation proposes to exam the agents that took part in the constitutional process and their performance aiming to verify the benefits of this possibility of participation in the perspective of the actors as well as limitations and troubles faced. The cases and the context are presented by introducing theories about legal mobilization that base the work and exposing the history of the transgender movement in Brazil and its relation to law getting to the studied cases. In this cases all the entities that tried to engage in the processes were pro transgender rights and they were studied when there wasn’t a decision yet but new amici curiae would no longer be admitted. Looking beyond courts and decisions and focusing more broadly on social movement organizations and their performance, as the product of the research considering all the ways of participation in the processes in addition to interviews with the majority of the organizations, this dissertation presents a description of the organizations’ work and analyses the major challenges faced, especially related to legitimacy, requirements for amicus curiae participation in constitutional process and lack of financing for strategic litigation on transgender rights. Supreme Federal Court’s seletivity and organizations’ interaction and choices aiming to overcome the selectivity are highlighted. The goals of this kind of participation are also related to visibility and dialogue and go beyond the decision so the organizations articulate themselves to prevail over difficulties and limitations of access and admissibility. The dissertation conclusion points out that nevertheless the participation as amicus curiae plays an important role in the democratization of constitutional jurisdiction, there are some issues that could be reconsidered so the goal of democratization would be better accomplished.