O direito internacional contemporâneo na América do Sul autonomista: estudo da rede de escolas de saúde pública (RESP) da UNASUL

Abstract

This exploratory study aimed to empirically verify the components of the hypothesis that the networks of structuring institutions of Unasur can assume the logic of contemporary international law, enabling the national absorption of ideas regionally built to implement the human right to health, even in scenarios where States prioritize national autonomy, which is the case of South Americans. These components refer to the nature of the processes and the actors that interact within these networks. As for the processes, the components are the absence of binding rules and of the intention to produce them, and the presence of development/capacitation processes and the dissemination of potential action frameworks. And they were verified, in the RESP case study, through documentary analysis. As for the actors, it is argued that there is a need for policy ambassadors who can leverage processes to disseminate ideas between levels of governance, and epistemic communities, capable of adding sustainability, keeping the ideas absorbed circulating domestically until they find a window of opportunity in the cycle of public policies. The two categories of actors were also identified in the case of RESP, through documentary analysis and the verification heuristics of Oliveira (2020) and Haas (1992). The verified components still need to pass tests that verify their sufficiency and, therefore, the concrete absorption of regional ideas – also verified in this work.