STJD hosts 2nd national meeting of football sports courts at CBF

Five debate panels

The meeting reaffirmed the importance of strengthening Sports Justice institutionally and of the constant updating of its members, contributing to legal certainty and the integrity of competitions in Brazilian football. Throughout the day, five panels were held, bringing together more than 220 participants.

Panel 1, with the theme “Beyond the 90 minutes: the path of decisions in football,” was moderated by Luís Otávio Veríssimo Teixeira and featured Luiz Felipe Bulus, auditor of the Full Court and director of ENAJD; Rodrigo Cintra, president of the CBF Refereeing Committee; Netto Góes, director of Refereeing; and Júlio Avellar, CBF Competitions director, who discussed the behind-the-scenes aspects and criteria that guide decisions in Brazilian football.

Next, Panel 2 addressed the “80 years in force of the first Football Infractions Code,” under the moderation of Renata Baldez, auditor of the Fifth Disciplinary Committee of the STJD. The speakers were Delmiro Dantas, vice-president of the Second Disciplinary Committee of the STJD; Rafael Pestana, legal manager of Fluminense; and William Figueiredo, auditor of the First Disciplinary Committee of the STJD, bringing reflections on the regulatory evolution of Sports Justice over the decades.

Panel 3, titled “Building conviction in sports disciplinary proceedings: production of evidence and reclassification of infringing acts,” was moderated by Marco Aurélio Choy, auditor of the STJD Full Court, and featured presentations by prosecutor general Paulo Dantas, lawyer Michel Asseff, and Juliana Camões, auditor of the Fourth Disciplinary Committee of the STJD, who addressed technical aspects of forming conviction in sports judgments.

Following the schedule, Panel 4 discussed “Application of penalties: types, dosimetry and scope,” under the moderation of Mariana Barreiras, with the participation of José Dutra Jr., Rodrigo Aiache and André Sica, highlighting criteria and challenges in setting disciplinary sanctions.

Closing the debates, the topic “Discrimination in Football” was addressed in Panel 5, under the moderation of Marcelo Bellizze, member of the STJD Full Court, with the participation of Adriene Hassen, president of the Third Disciplinary Committee of the STJD; Ronald Barbosa, deputy prosecutor general of the STJD; and Paulo Golambiuk, lawyer for Athletico Paranaense.

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