CONVENTIONALITY CONTROL IN CRIMINAL MATTER: ANALYSIS OF EXTRAORDINARY APPEAL NO. 592.581/RS AND THE BRAZILIAN PRISON SYSTEM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17058/rdunisc.vi73.19524Abstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze the Extraordinary Appeal No. 592.581/RS, in which the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court carried out a conventionality control with the purpose of guaranteeing reforms in a prison establishment located in Uruguaiana – Rio Grande do Sul. From this perspective, the control of conventionality appears as a mechanism for the protection of human rights, applied in the dialogue between sources. In order to achieve the main objective, this article presents, first, the prison situation in Brazil and the challenges faced. Afterwards, it proceeds to the analysis of the constitutionality control and its cooperative dialogue with the conventionality control. Then, the vote is analyzed. The methodology used, therefore, was a revision of the doctrine, legislation related to the prison system and judgments that surround the theme, focusing on the analysis provided in Extraordinary Appeal No. 592.581/RS, using the research method based on the case study and research technique consisting of documentary analysis, using the legal tripod norm-jurisprudence-doctrine.