With the aim of highlighting practices aimed at reducing rates of judicialization in public health and complementing the pre-procedural formation of disputes, the National Council of Justice (CNJ) is accepting applications until September 15 for the first edition of the Justice and Health Prize.
With the participation of five categories, the judiciary, the Court of Justice of Tocantins (TJTO), male and female judges, civil servants and civil servants will be able to participate and monitor institutional strategies to solve problems related to the health of citizens.
Categories
To participate, the interested party must belong to one of the following five categories:
– Court: The category devoted to practices developed by courts.
– Judge: The category assigned to the practices of judges, individual or collective.
– Justice System: a category dedicated to bodies and entities that are part of the justice system, such as bodies of the Public Ministry, the Public Defender’s Office and the Brazilian Bar Association, at the federal, state or provincial level;
– Public authority: the category assigned to bodies or entities of legislative or executive power, at the federal, state, district or municipal level, including public health institutions in this list;
– Businesses and organized civil society: A category dedicated to business organizations, including private health institutions, as well as civil society organizations, such as social organizations, associations, foundations and other similar non-profit entities.
How to participate
For judges and the court, the interested party must register in the thematic hub of health in the CNJ portal Good practices for the judiciaryfounded by CNJ Decree No. 140/2019.
Other categories must complete the registration form available here.
About the award
The Justice and Health Prize consists of an instrument aimed at selecting, rewarding and disseminating actions, projects or programs aimed at guiding judicial policies to improve appropriate forms of resolving public, private and complementary health-related disputes.
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