Resposta federal à covid-19 no Brasil: responsabilização penal de autoridades com prerrogativa de foro junto ao Supremo Tribunal Federal (2020-2023)

TITLE: Federal response to covid-19 in Brazil: criminal liability of authorities with prerogative of forum before the Federal Supreme Court (2020-2023)

ABSTRACT:

This article presents preliminary research results aimed at mapping lawsuits seeking to hold public and private agents administratively, civilly or criminally accountable for violations committed in the context of the response to covid-19, framed as a matter of memory, truth, justice, reparation and non-repetition. Based on documentary research, with a focus on the criminal liability of authorities with privileged jurisdiction before the Federal Supreme Court (STF), this article presents the progress of petitions and criminal investigations that have reached the Attorney General's Office (PGR) between 2020 and 2023. In the second part, it offers a qualitative analysis of nine filing requests in the context of petitions due to the Federal Senate's Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on covid-19, using the current legal order in public health matters and elementary technical knowledge of this multidisciplinary field as parameters. The article points to impunity as a major risk for the future of public health in Brazil, particularly in emergency responses.