Atuação do judiciário maranhense no combate ao trabalho escravo no século XXI

Abstract

Slave labor has similar characteristics to the contemporary practiced once, it emphasizes the collection of a debt fictional and degrading conditions that they are submitted, mostly in rural areas. This reality undermines the principle of human dignity, legal asset to be protected in all areas of human existence, and, more precisely, in the provision of manual labor. In the study, there was a very low number of condemnations in criminal cases in Maranhão, let alone sentenced to deprivation of liberty of offending employer. Under Labour, the actions and convictions are more suitable for the contemporary fight against slavery. Thus, this study aims to verify the decisions of the Judiciary of Maranhão regarding the demands relating to slave labor and its influence on the permanence of this kind of exploration in the state of Maranhão. The methodological procedures were made through research descriptive, literature and documental. As a result, it appears that the role of the judiciary maranhense contributes to impunity, due to the softness in the convictions of employers who committed the offense of subjecting someone to a condition analogous to slavery, especially in the criminal context. Thus, the performance of this Authority has an impact on the continuity of this operation, since the offender or remains unpunished or does not receive a properly sentence.