HORIZONTAL EFFICACY OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN BRAZIL

Marcelo FIGUEIREDO
July 2024
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Abstract
As we know, fundamental rights are the result of a long process of historical maturation, which involves struggle, achievements and sometimes even setbacks. The meaning of the expression “horizontal effectiveness” points to the effectiveness of fundamental rights in the course of private relationships, that is, to those relationships in which the State does not act directly.
Keywords
efficacy fundamental rights private subjects natural persons legal entities.
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Marcelo FIGUEIREDO
Attorney. Associate Professor of Constitutional Law of the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses at the Faculty of Law of Pontifícia Universidade Católica of São Paulo (Brazil). President of ABCD. Brazilian Association of Democratic Constitutionalists - Brazilian Section of the Ibero-American Institute of Constitutional Law based in Mexico
mfigueiredo@mfaa.com.br