Problems of the justice and penal systems in attending the necessities and demands of minorities. Short bio: André Augusto Salvador Bezerra. Judge in Brazil and President of the Association Judges for Democracy. Master's degree in Latin American studies at the University of São Paulo. He is a Ph.d. candidate at the Core of Diversity at the same University. Ladies and gentlemen. I will speak about my experience as a judge in Brazil and representative of an association of judges that fight for the democratization of judicial power and for human rights. This is the association of Judges for Democracy. To speak of Brazil is to speak of two countries: A Brazil of judicial norms and the reality of minorities in Brazil. It is to speak of a Brazil of norms which overcame a dictatorship to enact a Constitution and implement Human Rights treaties. The reality of Brazilian minorities is what keeps the relationships of racial dominance. It is the Brazil of 138 assassinated indigenous individuals during 2014. It is the Brazil whose number of black individuals killed is 2.5 times greater than whites. It is the Brazil where racial domination is reflected in the justice system: 61% of those killed by police are black; blacks are also 62% of the prison population; prisoners in jails that are medieval establishments, just as it was recognized by our Minister of Justice. Prisons are so medieval that torture is a common practice and women do not receive the cares of feminine hygiene or assistance during labor. Women also suffer violations when they are not detained; in visits to prisoners they are forced to submit themselves to sexual violence by degrading revisions. We therefore have both racial and gender dominance. On the other hand, there is a lack of participation by minorities in the justice system: 79% of police officers responsible for deaths during confrontations are white; in judicial power 84% of the judges are white. Therefore, indigenous people and blacks are arrested and judged by whites. In addition to insufficient participation, there is a lack of assistance in judicial processes. In the state of Goiás, for example, there are 17 public defenders for free judicial assistance in a place with a population of 6 million.