Audiências virtuais e os direitos fundamentais das pessoas presas: o impacto das videoconferências na experiência do encarceramento

Ana Lúcia Tavares Ferreira

doi:10.17655/rdct.2025.e0005

Autores

Ana Lúcia Tavares Ferreira Defensoria Pública do Estado do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8709-7970

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17655/rdct.2025.e0005

Palavras-chave:

Direitos humanos , Normalização , Criminologia , Vulnerabilidade digital

Resumo

O uso crescente de audiências virtuais em processos penais produziu um debate prolífico sobre seu impacto nos direitos processuais dos réus, bem como sobre a necessidade de um novo quadro normativo sobre o processo justo (fair trial) em audiências remotas. O artigo sustenta que existe uma lacuna no debate no que tange a dois aspectos da questão, a saber: a existência de uma tendência ao uso sistemático e generalizado de audiências remotas em casos envolvendo pessoas presas, para fins gerenciais; e o fato de que o uso sistemático e generalizado de audiências remotas envolvendo pessoas presas produz um impacto restritivo nos regimes penitenciários e, consequentemente, nos direitos fundamentais das pessoas presas. O artigo também propõe o estabelecimento de regras básicas para o desenvolvimento de um arcabouço normativo sobre o uso de audiências remotas em processos penais envolvendo pessoas presas, com base no princípio da normalização e em normas correlatas desenvolvidas no âmbito do Direito Internacional dos Direitos Humanos.

Biografia do Autor

Ana Lúcia Tavares Ferreira, Defensoria Pública do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Defensora pública, Doutora em Direito Penal, pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Defensora Pública no Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Professora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Direito da Universidade Estácio de Sá | E-mail: ana.ferreira@defensoria.rj.def.br

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