What are the functions of the Defensoria Pública according to the Brazilian law? X - promoting the broadest defense of the fundamental rights of ...

What are the functions of the Defensoria Pública according to the Brazilian law?


X - promoting the broadest defense of the fundamental rights of the needy, encompassing their individual, collective, social, economic, cultural, and environmental rights, admitting all kinds of actions capable of providing their adequate and effective protection; (Amendment made by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).
XI - representing the rights and interests of the injured consumer;
XI - representing the individual and collective interests of children and adolescents, the elderly, people with special needs, women victims of domestic and family violence, and other vulnerable social groups deserving special protection from the State; (Amendment made by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).
XII - (VETOED);
XIII - (VETOED);
XIV - monitoring police investigations, including immediate communication of the arrest in flagrante delicto by the police authority, when the arrested person does not have a lawyer; (Included by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).
XV - representing private criminal action and subsidiary to public criminal action; (Included by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).
XVI - acting as a special curator in cases provided by law; (Included by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).
XVII - acting in police establishments, penitentiaries, and juvenile detention centers, aiming to ensure that people, under any circumstances, fully exercise their fundamental rights and guarantees; (Included by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).
XVIII - acting in the preservation and reparation of the rights of victims of torture, sexual abuse, discrimination, or any other form of oppression or violence, providing interdisciplinary support and assistance to the victims; (Included by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).
XIX - acting in Special Courts; (Included by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).
XX - participating, when having a seat, in federal, state, and municipal councils related to the institutional functions of the Defensoria Pública, respecting the attributions of its branches; (Included by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).
XXI - executing and receiving the succumbence funds resulting from its actions, including when due by any public entities, allocating them to funds managed by the Defensoria Pública and intended exclusively for the equipment of the Defensoria Pública and the professional training of its members and employees; (Included by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).
XXII - convening public hearings to discuss matters related to its institutional functions. (Included by Complementary Law No. 132, 2009).