Performance of the Center for Action in Disasters and Large Enterprises of the Public Defender's Office of the State of Espírito Santo: Experiences and challenges in the denaturalization of disasters

Abstract

The Public Defender's Office, a justice institution whose function is to promote human rights and the legal defense of the vulnerable, usually acts in defense of communities affected by contexts of crisis and disaster. It is through this experience that the Nucleus for Action in Disasters and Large Enterprises (NUDEGE) of the Public Defender of the State of Espírito Santo was built, whose attributions aim to defend the right to an ecologically balanced environment, legal guidance and the promotion of rights human rights of people victims of disasters and impacts by large projects. This work presents a compilation of experiences in its first year of work.