The 1st Luso-Brazilian Congress on Law, Justice and Contemporary Challenges: Multidisciplinary Perspectives is a space for reflection, debate and knowledge sharing among academics, legal professionals, judges, researchers and students from Portugal and Brazil. Bringing together experts from various legal and institutional areas, the congress addresses central current issues such as human rights, international justice, artificial intelligence, climate justice, mediation, access to justice and social vulnerabilities.
With a program distributed across different thematic axes, this meeting aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue, contribute to the construction of innovative legal solutions and strengthen scientific and cultural ties between the two countries.
9:30 am Congress Admissions
10:00 Opening of Congress
Opening table
José Amado da Silva – Magnificent Rector of Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL)
Alessandro Fernandes de Santana – Rector of the State University of Santa Cruz (UESC, Brazil)
Clodoaldo Silva da Anunciação – Public Prosecutor and Full Professor at the State University of Bahia (UNEB, Brazil)
10:40 Opening Conference
Theme: The future of humanity: between international law and brute force
Speaker: Paulo Borba Cassela – Full Professor at the University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Axis 1
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
International Law in the 21st Century
International systems for the protection of human rights; war, peace and humanitarian law; international migration; international justice
Moderator: Alex Sander Pires
Speakers:
Luís Carlos do Nascimento – Lawyer, PhD student at the Federal University of Santa Catarina and assistant professor at UESC
Theme: “Culture of peace: is a contribution from artificial intelligence (AI) viable?”
Marco Antonio Lima da Cruz Filho – Lawyer, PhD student at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
Topic: “An analysis of the administrative detention of migrant children in Europe from the perspective of international law”
Pedro Germano dos Anjos – Assistant Professor at UESC, PhD student at UFSC
Theme: “Virtual and hybrid legal education in the face of the challenges of Target 4.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals”
Jeffiton Ramos – Lawyer, Master in Public Law, Legal Director of ICIS
Theme: “Compliance as a way to inhibit acts of corruption in financial transfers intended for humanitarian aid in underdeveloped countries”
Alexandre Mestre – Professor at UAL
Theme: “Nationality and sport: some questions”
Axis 2
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm (break from 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm)
Law, artificial intelligence and new technologies
Data protection, cybersecurity, sustainable development and smart cities; climate issues, global governance, innovation and technology
Moderator: Artur Flaminio da Silva
Speakers:
Alfonso Ortega Giménez – Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (Spain)
Theme: “The Brussels effect of the European artificial intelligence regulation?”
Francisco Briosa e Gala – CEDIS (Nova Law School) Researcher and Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja
Topic: “Principle of equal pay vs principle of freedom of association”
Ainah Hohenfeld Angelini Neta – Lawyer, professor and coordinator of the Law course at UNEB (Brazil)
Luís Pica – Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja (IPBeja)
Topic: “Taxpayers’ guarantees regarding the processing of personal data by the tax authorities”
Carlos Eduardo da Silva Camillo – Judge at the Court of Justice of the State of Bahia
Theme: “Artificial intelligence, the innovation of the fourth industrial revolution – is the Judiciary prepared?”
Uirá Menezes de Azevêdo – State University of Bahia (Brazil)
Topic: “Automation in judicial decision-making by LLMs, cognitive computing and NLP: what AIs can do, what they can’t do and how to tell the difference”
John Baptist Barros da Silva Filho –
Theme: “Technology as an instrument of good public governance: artificial intelligence and virtual plenary in CARF tax litigation”
Elena Atienza Macías (Universidad de Deusto, Donostia – San Sebastián, Spain)
Theme: Gender identity in Spanish law
Axis 3
Criminology, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Transnational Organized Crime
Moderator: Emanuel Carvalho – Jose Ramos
Speakers:
Lucas Gabriel Santos Costa – Santa Cruz State University (Brazil)
Theme: “Robotics and Criminal Law: the criminal-legal assessment of conduct in autonomous systems”
João Paulo Santos Schoucair – CNJ Councilor, PhD student at IDP, Public Prosecutor at the Public Ministry of the State of Bahia
Theme: “The role of the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office in combating organized crime in Brazil”
Raimundo Jorge Santos Seixas – Master in Political Science, researcher associated with the ABIN School of Intelligence
Theme: “Intelligence activity and democracy: the adherence of the intelligence cycle to the public policy cycle and Administrative Law”
Clodoaldo Silva da Anunciação – Full Professor at UNEB, Public Prosecutor, President of ICIS
Topic: “Custody hearing: guarantee of fundamental rights and maintenance of public order”
Larissa Moitinho Sousa – Lawyer, postgraduate student in Human Rights, municipal councilor for women in Itabuna/BA
Theme: “Promoting gender equality as a tool to confront and combat violence against girls and women”
6:00pm-7:00pm
Presentation of works by master's and doctoral students (UNEB < UESC and UAL)
Coordinators of the Table: Artur Flaminio da Silva and Patrícia Cardoso Dias
In person: Clivert Faria (UAL) – Social economy: the role of cooperatives as structural support to the State; Renata Rebouças – Intellectual Protection in the Fashion Industry; Nuno Costa (UAL) – Financial autonomy of independent administrative entities; Miguel Oliveira Martins – “Smart Cities: Technocentric or Anthropocentric?”.
Zoom: Roberta Brandão (UAL) – Digital Heritage; Geovânia Silva de Sousa – (UNEX, Brazil)
May 30th
10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Axis 4 – Access to state justice and other (alternative) means of access to justice
Moderator: Ruben Bahamonde (UAL)
Antonio Pinto Monteiro (Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa)
Topic: Third Party Funding and Arbitration
Fernando Gaburri de Souza Lima (Public Prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Bahia)
Topic: The inclusive procedural relationship in light of the cooperative model and objective good faith
Fabrício Bastos (PhD and Master's student in Law at the University of Tor Vergata, Rome. Public Prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro)
Theme: Formation of conviction: from free conviction to the rational model
Marco Antonio Chaves da Silva (Attorney General and former Inspector General of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Bahia. Professor and Coordinator of the Research Group in the civil area of the MPBA)
Theme: The Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office as a facilitator of the right to access justice
Kelen Rolim
Theme: Open justice and data protection: challenges in applying the LGPD and GDPR in the Brazilian and international judiciary
Armando Travassos (Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa)
Topic: Access to justice: the growing relevance of mediation
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm (break from 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm)
Axis 5 – Vulnerability and Law
Moderator: Patricia Cardoso Dias
Speakers:
Lerdys Saray Heredia Sánchez (Universitas Miguel Hernández, Spain)
Theme: Personal status in relation to the change of name and gender in the European Union: the necessary legal security
Elizabeth Matos Ribeiro (State University of Bahia, Brazil)
Theme: Analysis of the social and institutional vulnerability of Brazilian public policies in light of the Theory of Political Administration and Critical Legal Studies
Sandra Magali Brito Silva Mendonça (Master's degree from the Federal University of Bahia. Judge at the Court of Justice of the State of Bahia)
Theme: Children and adolescents involved in the context of domestic violence against women: experiences and experience of confrontation by the judiciary
Larissa Moitinho Sousa (Lawyer. Postgraduate student in Human Rights, Social Responsibility and Global Citizenship – PUC/RS. Municipal Councilor for Women in Itabuna/BA. Director of Special Social Protection of Medium Complexity at the Secretariat for Social Promotion and Combating Poverty in Itabuna/BA)
Theme: Promoting gender equality as a tool to confront and combat violence against girls and women
Axis 6 – Fundamental economic, social and cultural rights and duties: Contemporary perspectives on fundamental social rights and climate justice
Moderator: Ana Paula Pinto Lourenco
Speakers:
Tales Almeida (Lawyer. Professor at UNEX and Anhanguera. Master in Regional Economics and Public Policies from UESC)
Theme: Social rights and public policies today
Adriana Portella (Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil), Eduardo Rocha (Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil) and Sinval Xavier (Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil)
Theme: Indigenous Wisdom from the Amazon: Shaping Climate Solutions in Brazil
Georges Louis Hage Humbert (Lawyer. Post-doctorate in Law from the University of Coimbra. Doctorate and Master in State Law from PUC-SP. President of the Brazilian Institute of Law and Sustainability – IBRADES)
Theme: Law and sustainability in Brazil in light of energy and food security
5:30 pm – Closing