Desenho institucional do Conselho Tutelar de Chapecó (SC): função, atribuições e composição - 2023/2024

Abstract

This undergraduate thesis aims to analyze the institutional framework of the Chapecó Guardianship Council, based on its organization and composition following the 2023 elections. According to Article 131 of the Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA), the Guardianship Council is a permanent and autonomous, non-jurisdictional body responsible for ensuring the enforcement of the rights of children and adolescents. Thus, it is tasked with implementing social policies aimed at protecting and guaranteeing these rights. Members of the council are chosen by the community every four years through direct, indirect elections or by acclamation. The 2023 Guardianship Council elections reflected the national political polarization between the far right and progressives, as seen in the 2018 and 2022 presidential elections. Considering these factors, this research aims to achieve the following specific objectives: (i) to investigate the history of the Guardianship Council and its role in guaranteeing the rights of children and adolescents; (ii) to contextualize the creation of the Guardianship Council in Chapecó, its duties, and organizational structure; (iii) to describe the context of the 2023 guardianship council elections; (iv) to analyze the composition of the 2023 Chapecó Guardianship Council. To achieve these objectives, we employed methodologies such as document analysis, case study, and literature review. The document analysis was carried out using internal regulations of the CMDCA (Municipal Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents), regional and national newspaper articles related to the topic, and candidate presentation videos. The case study is set in the municipality of Chapecó, SC, focusing on the participatory institution and institutional design of the Guardianship Council in the 2023 elections. The literature review was conducted using specific keywords in the Capes Journals database, as well as the repositories of the Community University of the Chapecó Region (UNOCHAPECO), the Federal University of the Southern Frontier (UFFS), and the University of the West of Santa Catarina (UNOESC). Data were also collected from the websites of the Chapecó City Hall and the Regional Electoral Court of Santa Catarina (TRE-SC).