Banca de DEFESA: YARA VITÓRIA DOS SANTOS COSTA

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STUDENT : YARA VITÓRIA DOS SANTOS COSTA
DATE: 04/09/2026
TIME: 08:00
LOCAL: Sala Virtual na Plataforma Meet
TITLE:

STATE CAPACITIES AT THE STATE LEVEL: THE CASE OF HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY IN RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

KEY WORDS:

State capacity; Human rights; State management.

PAGES: 150
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Planejamento Urbano e Regional
SUBÁREA: Serviços Urbanos e Regionais
SPECIALTY: Aspectos Sociais do Planejamento Urbano e Regional
SUMMARY:

The institutionalization of human rights policy in Rio Grande do Norte results from a historical process of civil society mobilization and the progressive incorporation of its demands into the government agenda. This process reached a new institutional milestone in 2019, with the administrative reform that created the State Secretariat for Women, Youth, Racial Equality and Human Rights (SEMJIDH), establishing a specific structure for the coordination and implementation of the state human rights policy. The creation of the Secretariat represented an advance in the institutional design of the policy, but also highlighted the need to understand the conditions available for its effective implementation. In this context, this research aims to understand the state capacities installed in the implementation process of human rights policy in Rio Grande do Norte. To this end, the analytical framework proposed by Pires and Gomide (2016), based on the technical-administrative and political-relational dimensions, was adopted and complemented by Souza’s (2018) contribution to the analysis of bureaucratic quality. The research was conducted as a single case study, using a qualitative and quantitative approach, combining bibliographic research, documentary analysis, and semi-structured interviews with public managers and members of the State Council for Human Rights and Citizenship (COEDHUCI), including representatives of government and civil society. The results reveal weaknesses in technical-administrative capacity, particularly due to the predominance of commissioned positions and the limited presence of career civil servants, conditions that affect planning, budget execution, and the implementation of actions. Regarding political-relational capacity, although institutionalized spaces for participation and dialogue with civil society exist, difficulties were identified in their organization and functioning, limiting their ability to generate results and foster innovation in policy implementation. It was also observed that SEMJIDH’s activities are strongly associated with the role of articulating and referring demands, especially those related to human rights violations, without necessarily translating into structured programs and actions capable of producing broader impacts on society. It is concluded that the institutionalization of the policy, although representing an advance, does not automatically translate into implementation capacity, and that weaknesses in installed state capacities constitute important constraints on government action in the field of human rights in Rio Grande do Norte.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1678705 - LINDIJANE DE SOUZA BENTO ALMEIDA
Interna - 1410678 - RAQUEL MARIA DA COSTA SILVEIRA
Externa à Instituição - GLENDA DANTAS FERREIRA - UFPB
Externa à Instituição - LARISSA DA SILVA FERREIRA ALVES - UERN