FROM UTOPIA TO THE REALITY OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE: THE PROCEDURAL BENEFITS BROUGHT BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMY IN THE DISTRICT OF PORTO VELHO-RO

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the principle of access to justice in the face of geographic dimensions and socioeconomic inequalities in the districts belonging to the municipality of Porto Velho, State of Rondônia. The objective was, in view of this, to identify the effectiveness of the principle of inescapability of jurisdiction in the Democratic State of Law; Point out the existing problems in the districts of Ponta do Abunã in the municipality of Porto Velho-RO; In addition to presenting the procedural benefits arising from the Covid-19 pandemic in guaranteeing the right to access to justice. Thus, the work identified the difficulties in relation to the distance between the districts of Ponta do Abunã to the Capital, since residents of this region often need to travel approximately three hundred kilometers to access, for example, the Public Defender's Office, to which a poor person needs to have financial resources to have their rights guaranteed, which, as a consequence, the right to access to justice becomes ineffective. As a result of this issue, this work was justified by the need to emphasize the existing difficulties in Ponta do Abunã due to the lack of immediate access to justice, where residents are excluded from the right to judicial protection. From another perspective, it was found that the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the various evils brought in Brazil and the world, in the legal aspect, the jurisdictional provision became positive for residents of the districts of Ponta do Abunã, since access to justice has become more effective by meeting social demands virtually. We opted for the explanatory and descriptive methodology, which sought to identify and describe the social phenomena that contributed to an inefficiency of the right to access to justice, in addition to the bibliographic method, using books and scientific articles researched on Google Academic data platforms, CAPES and SciELO Journal Portal. Finally, as previous results, we sought to emphasize the expansion and implementation of instruments that guarantee access to justice, thus enabling any obstacles to be minimal, if not non-existent, so that the transindividual rights of citizens residing in the Ponta do Abunã region.