President of the National Judiciary Committee, federal judge and advisor to the (National Council of Justice) Daniela Madeira, 51, is enthusiastic about investing in innovation and using new technologies to optimize work in the courts.
Winner of the Digital Government category, which celebrates women at the forefront of initiatives that seek to improve the delivery of services to society, Madeira argues that it must be done with transparency and always subordinated to human judgment. “The human being, for me, will never be replaced,” he says.
In this sense, the judge emphasizes that training actions are a fundamental part of the process. “We have been training judges and civil servants to use artificial intelligence, which is important to minimize the risks of using these tools.”
Born in , daughter of a public school teacher and a public servant, the judge says that her sensitivity comes from her family. “My upbringing made me a more human person and concerned with the human being itself, avoiding analyzing processes as if they were just papers.”
Daniela Madeira joined the TRF-2 (Federal Court of the 2nd Region) in 2002, which serves Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, at the age of 27. Her time in , she says, was fundamental in shaping her view of justice.
“You are very worried about a quick judicial review”, she says. In addition to ensuring quick responses, she states that it is necessary to improve access, and this also involves adopting simple, clear and objective language. “Innovation cannot be just technological.”
Ethical dilemmas imposed by new technologies also have the judge’s attention. In this sense, she cites the creation of the Criminal Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition Laboratory, whose objective is to improve , strengthening the protection of human rights in the Judiciary.
“These judicial errors occur mainly with “, says Madeira, citing unjust arrests as one of the tragic consequences of these mistakes. “The objective [do projeto recém-criado] It’s about taking these decisions and bringing them into the laboratory to check what we can do through protocols, guidelines, regulations, so that it doesn’t happen again.”
My upbringing made me a more human person and concerned with the human being itself, avoiding analyzing processes as if they were just papers.
According to the CNJ, the laboratory will also have the function of suggesting guidelines and good practices related to compliance with arrests and the application of criminal precautionary measures, including search and seizure warrants.
Among other fronts of CNJ action that deserve to be highlighted, the judge cites the National Innovation Plan, which promotes actions with the aim of modernizing procedural management. The so-called FestLab (Festival of Judiciary Innovation Laboratories), an event that brings together civil servants engaged with innovation in courts across the country, is one of the plan’s main initiatives.
For Daniela Madeira, regional challenges are multiple and diverse, which is why FestLab is so important. While the Southeast can focus on technological improvements, for example, the reality of the North requires solutions aimed at expanding access. The idea, she says, is to work to overcome these geographic and social barriers.
“The anguish in solving problems is regionalized. How are you going to quote a riverside resident, or even an indigenous person, who lives many kilometers from the Judicial Forum?”, asks the judge.
