The Public Defender's Office of the State of Bahia is a permanent institution essential to the State's judicial function, with legal responsibility, the promotion of human rights and the defense, at all levels, judicially and extrajudicially, of individual and collective rights, of to the needy. The Office of the Public Defender provides care to all persons who are in a condition of vulnerability, thus being considered those who, due to their age, gender, physical or mental state, or by other social, economic, ethnic and / or cultural circumstances, difficulties in exercising their rights.

The State Public Defender (DPE) offers the population a new tool that will facilitate the search for the rights of all citizens. Discover the contacts, hours of service and locations of all Public Defenders of Bahia. Know which documents to take at the first service to expedite the consultation, the frequently asked questions and the actions related to each area of ​​action. Have access to the main features of the Public Defender's service, how to know who can be served, when and where. It is possible to find quickly and easily in the global search of the application all the contacts of the counties, Institution Ombudsman and other areas. Follow the latest news and stay inside the Institution universe. Safe, fast, free. The Public Defender's application is another instrument for legal guidance to the population.

As can be seen, the legislation makes it possible for the Public Defender's Office to act in practically all areas of Law, with particular emphasis on the attributions exercised in the Civil Law fields (covering Family Law, such as Obligations, Contracts, Probate), Housing, Consumer, Child and Adolescent, Criminal, Human Rights, Criminal Enforcement, Violence against Women, Environmental, among others.

In turn, Public Defenders are political agents, with a background in Legal and Social Sciences, who enter the career by conducting a public competition of tests and titles.