207 SELECTED SPEECHES THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUSTICE: SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BRAZILIAN JUDICIARY BRANCH By Andre Ramos Tavares (Brazil) Author Full Professor at University of Sгo Paulo, Researcher at PUC/ SP and President of the Advisory Bord of the National Council of Justice’s Presidency Av. <...> Brasil, 2069 ― Jardim America, Sгo Paulo ― SP, 01431-001 artsprof@gmail.com Abstract I intend to examine the role of the Brazilian National Council of Justice, the top administrative body of Brazil’s Judiciary Branch in supporting jurisdictional activity involving claims for social rights and in managing the environmental policy of the Judiciary Branch. <...> As regards support for trials of disputes involving social rights, this analysis is based on the need to restructure the Brazilian Judiciary Branch, still out of sync with current social demands. <...> In turn, the activities of the National Council related to environmental issues are examined by taking into account the need for a balance between environmental protection and social and economic needs, in addition to the need for Judiciary bodies to act Volume 2 Оctober 2016 Issue 2(6) www.kulawr.ru 208 KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW conjointly in structural terms and for the Judiciary Branch to act in a coordinated manner with the other branches of government and with non-state entities. <...> Keywords Judiciary Branch; The Brazilian National Council of Justice; Brazilian Federal Constitution; Social Rights; Environmental Law; sustainability. 10.17803/2313-5395.2016.2.6.207―221 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. The Brazilian Context and The Functions of the National Council of Justice .208 II. <...> Social Rights and the Case of the Right to Health .209 III. <...> What is the Environmental Responsibility of the Administrative Area of the Judiciary Branch? .213 (1) Sustainable Development .215 (2) Integrated Management of Environmental Measures .216 (3) NCJ Advisory’s Measures and the 1St Social and Environmental Seminar of the Brazilian Judiciary Branch .217 (4) Final Issues to be Addressed and Some Examples of Innovative Solutions .218 IV. <...> The primary functions of the Brazilian National Council of Justice (the NCJ), www.kulawr.ru Volume 2 Оctober 2016 Issue 2(6) Andre Ramos Tavares The Brazilian National Council of Justice: Social and Environmental Responsibility of the Brazilian Judiciary Branch 209 the same as those of similar bodies <...>