Iberoamerican Journal of Health Law

CALL FOR PAPERS - IBERO-AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH LAW (CIADS)

THEME: Public Defender’s Offices and the Right to Health in an Expanded Perspective
START DATE: May 5, 2025
DEADLINE: August 8, 2025

ONLINE SUBMISSIONS: https://www.cadernos.prodisa.fiocruz.br
AUTHOR GUIDELINES: https://www.cadernos.prodisa.fiocruz.br/index.php/cadernos/orientacoes-para-autores
CONTACT: cadernos.direitosanitario@fiocruz.br

The right to health, constitutionally guaranteed and implemented through the Unified Health System (SUS), faces significant challenges in a context marked by regional inequalities, access barriers, and the need for continuous improvement of institutional practices. Aware of their essential role in defending the rights of vulnerable populations, the Public Defender’s Offices of the Union and the states have taken on a leading role in the realization of this fundamental right.

In this context, the journal invites researchers, legal and health professionals, public defenders, and other interested parties to submit papers that explore the dimensions of the Public Defender’s role in health, prioritizing the thematic axes outlined below:

• Interinstitutional dialogues and health: Public Defender’s Office, Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the Justice System;

• Extrajudicial actions of the Public Defender’s Offices and administrative resolution of health-related conflicts;

• Health in the prison system and the role of Public Defender’s Offices;

• Homeless populations and the role of Public Defender’s Offices in ensuring access to health services;

• Public defense practices in intercultural contexts in the guarantee of the right to health: Indigenous peoples and quilombola communities;

• International cooperation in public health: global health challenges and the Public Defender’s Offices’ dialogue with international organizations;

• Public Defenders in Brazil and the right to health: profiles, training, and professional trajectories;

• Expansion of Public Defender’s Offices and the right to health: paths toward territorial equity;

• Institutional practices and innovative strategies of Public Defender’s Offices in defending the right to health.

Only unpublished and original articles will be accepted, which are not under review by another journal. Contributions may be written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English. Articles will be evaluated by the Editorial Board and ad hoc reviewers through a double-blind peer review system.

Guest Editor: Edson Rodrigues Marques (Director-General of ENADPU – National School of the Public Defender’s Office of the Union, Brazil)
Scientific Editor: Sandra Mara Campos Alves (CIADS)

CIADS - 2024 Review

Dear readers,

We are closing 2024 with a feeling of deep gratitude and fulfillment. This was a remarkable year for the Ibero-American Journals of Health Law – CIADS, full of editorial advances, new partnerships and important contributions to the field of Health Law:

- commitment to internationalization by publishing all articles from 2024 in English and in their original language, at no additional cost to the author;
- XML markup of all CIADS articles, improving indexing and increasing the visibility of published works;
- international collaboration on the final edition (v.13 n.4), which included debates from the International Congress of Health Law in Granada, Spain, involving researchers from Brazil, Spain, Italy and Chile;
- admission of new members to the Scientific Editorial Board: professors José Maria Porras Ramírez and Francisco Miguel Bombillar Sáenz, both from the University of Granada;
- inclusion of CIADS in 7 (seven) new international indexers, further expanding its visibility: 1) Open Alex; 2) MIAR (Information Matrix for Journal Analysis); 3) ZDB – Zeitschriftendatenbank; 4) FatCat; 5) SUDOC - Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur; 6) EZB - Electronic Journals Library and; 7) Academic Resource Index – ResearchBib;
- new update of OJS (Open Journal Systems) – version 3.4.0.4, which ensures greater efficiency and security in the management of the journal and;
- structural change in the layout of the website, making it more modern, functional and accessible for our readers and authors. 

We also celebrate the creation of our Instagram profile in April 2024 (@ciads_direitosanitario) and, on this same channel, we started a new way of scientific dissemination of articles called “article in focus”. These actions allowed us to strengthen our engagement with our readers, share relevant content and expand the reach of our publications.

Looking back, 2024 was a year of consolidation, expansion and innovation, which would not have been possible without the collaboration and engagement of each and every one of you.

Therefore, while we thank the authors, reviewers, editors and readers, we ask that you continue to support us by following us on Instagram, submitting your research results to CIADS and recommending our journal to your academic and professional networks.

May 2025 bring us even more opportunities to build bridges between research, practice and public health policies. We wish everyone an excellent end of the year and an inspiring reading of the CIADS editions!

Sincerely,
Professor Dr. Sandra Mara Campos Alves
Scientific Editor
Cadernos Ibero-Americanos de Direito Sanitário – CIADS

Recesso de Final de Ano

Recesso de Final de Ano Informamos que a equipe editorial do Cadernos Ibero-Americanos de Direito Sanitário (CIADS) estará em recesso no período de 23 de dezembro de 2024 a 5 de janeiro de 2025. Durante esse período, o atendimento ficará temporariamente suspenso, com o retorno das atividades programado para 6 de janeiro de 2025. Agradecemos pela compreensão e desejamos boas festas a todos!