As problemáticas de um homem de rua

Abstract

This work aims at discussing the case Manoel Menezes da Silva, a street dweller admitted to a psychiatric institution by order of city agents, and its developments, studying its causes and effects, attempting to find in the Brazilian legal system a solution for the case, starting from a particular standpoint to a general overview. This work will also deal with the principles of Human Rights that were violated in the present case, in addition to considerations on the possible events that usually cause similar social risk, starting from practical issues faced by Social Assistance services, characterized by governmental inefficiency on account of old concepts, as well as issues of constitutional political and macroeconomic natures. Finally, this work will arrive at certain conclusions to be pondered on, not with the feeling of having discussed all the issues involving such a complex and broad theme which is way beyond the scope of this work , but rather as a means to foster others to take this path, investigating the physical frontiers encountered by this type of work, as an incentive and contribution to new political acts by the Government geared at this social stratum that is torn apart and in need of urgent solution