V World Forum of Judges is launched in Belém
The launch of the V WFJ at the Aloysio Chaves auditorium of the 8th Regional Labor Court was attended by magistrates, associate justices, private and government attorneys, prosecutors and students.
Among the authorities present at the launch was the chairman of the Brazilian Magistrates Association (AMB), Mozart Valadares; the Vice-Chairman for Human Rights of the AMB, João Ricardo dos Santos Costa, Associate Justice Gabriel Napoleão, Chairman of the Magistrates Association of the Eighth Regional Labor Court (Amatra 8); Judge Paulo Roberto Vieira, Chairman of the Pará State Magistrates Association (Amepa); Judge César Mattar Júnior, Chairman of the Pára State Public Prosecutors Association, the representative of the Federal Judges Association (Ajufe), Arthur Chaves; the representative of the National Association of Labor Magistrates (Anamatra), Madalena Telesco; Chief Justice of the Pará Court of Justice, Associate Justice Albanira Bemerguy and the Chairman of the Brazilian Bar Association (Pará Chapter), Angela Sales. The official V World Forum of Judges: www.forumjuizes.org was presented at the occasion.
During his talk, Professor Agostinho Ramalho briefly spoke of the so-called neoliberal globalization", widespread in today’s world and how one can think of the presumed ‘neutrality’ of the magistrate in a world subject to determinations of neoliberal ideals.
AMB Chairman Mozart Valadares praised the organizers of the Forum for the initiative of bringing the event to the Amazon, a region combining topics of international interest, including rural violence and damage to the environment, issues concerning all humanity and that can be discussed by worldwide representatives of the Judicial Branch”.
V FMJ - with the central theme “Judiciary, Environment and Human Rights”, for the first time, the V World Forum of Judges will be held in Belém in northern Brazil, aiming to promote the identification of countries with a democratic judiciary engaged and concerned with social inclusion. The event takes place at the same time as the World Social Forum, also to be held in Belém in January 2009.
“The Forum shall be a venue where judges can echo the voices of the excluded and the discontentment that permeates our society”, stated the Chairman of Amatra 8, Gabriel Napoleão Veloso, who also spoke of how pleased he was that magistrates from Pará were able to bring the V World Forum of Judges to Belém. He said that the launch represents the kickoff to the meeting that was originally scheduled to take place in Italy, but that due to liaising by local judges and driven by the World Social Forum, the decision was made to hold the event in Belém, bringing major names in the legal world to this city.
Some confirmed speakers:
CONSUELO YOSHIDA: Federal Associate Justice- Third Regional Court (SP)
ELIANA CALMON: Minister of the Superior Court of Justice
EUGÊNIA AUGUSTA GONZAGA FÁVERO: Federal Attorney for the State of São Paulo
GIANCARLO CAPALDO: Federal Attorney, Rome
JUAN GUZMAN - retired judge from Chile, important character during the dictatorship in Chile
MARIA ESTHER MARTINEZ QUINTEIRO: Member of Amnesty International and PhD from the University of Salamanca (Spain) and the University of the Sourbone (France)
MARLON ALBERTO WEICHERT: Regional Federal Attorney for the State of São Paulo
VITO MONETTI:Chairman of the Association of European Magistrates for Democracy and Freedoms (Medel)
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