ADI 4277 and ADPF 132

ADI 4277 and ADPF 132

Court	Supreme Court of Brazil
Full case name	ADI 4277 (ATTORNEY GENERAL v. NATIONAL CONGRESS) and ADPF 132 (GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO v. COURTS OF JUSTICE OF THE STATES)
Decided	May 5, 2011
Citation(s)	Supreme Court of Brazil recognizes same-sex civil unions in the country
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting	Chief Justice Antonio Cezar Peluso Rapporteur Justice Carlos Ayres Britto Associate Justices Carmen Lúcia Antunes Rocha, Ellen Gracie Northfleet, Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski, Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, Joaquim Barbosa, José Celso de Mello, Luiz Fux, Marco Aurélio Mello

ADI 4277 and ADPF 132 (May 5, 2011), are landmark Brazil Supreme Court cases.

Rights

After of the decision of the Supreme Court, the same 112 rights of different-sex marriages were given to same-sex stable relationships too, creating a de facto civil union system, including the most important:^[1]

High Court decision

Supreme Court of Brazil.

Judiciary representation

Supreme Court members	Ministers	Yes	No
Antonio Cezar Peluso	1	1
Carlos Ayres Britto	1	1
Carmen Lúcia Antunes Rocha	1	1
Gilmar Ferreira Mendes	1	1
José Celso de Mello	1	1
Marco Aurélio Mello	1	1
Ellen Gracie Northfleet	1	1
Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes	1	1
Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski	1	1
Luiz Fux	1	1
Total	10	10	0

Legislative representation

Attorney General of Brazil	Prosecutor	Yes	No
Roberto Gurgel	1	1
Total	1	1	0

Executive representation

Solicitor-General of Brazil	Solicitor General	Yes	No
Luís Inácio Adams	1	1
Total	1	1	0

Amici curiae

Amici curiae (Support for ADPF 132 and ADI 4277) (13)
Conectas Direitos Humanos	Associação Brasileira de Gays, Lésbicas e Transgêneros (ABGLT)	Associação de Incentivo à Educação e Saúde de São Paulo	Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de Família (IBDFAM)	Grupo Arco-Íris de Conscientização Homossexual	Sociedade Brasileira de Direito Público (SBDP)	Grupo Gay da Bahia (GGB)	Instituto de Bioética, Direitos Humanos e Gênero (ANIS)	Grupo de Estudos em Direito Internacional da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (GEDI - UFMG)	Associação de Travestis e Transexuais de Minas Gerais (ASSTRAV)	Centro de Luta pela Livre Orientação Sexual (CELLOS)	Centro de Referência de Gays, Lésbicas, Bissexuais, Travestis, Transsexuais e Transgêneros do Estado de Minas Gerais (Centro de Referência GLBTTT)	Escritório de Direitos Humanos do Estado de Minas Gerais (EDH)

Amici curiae (Against ADPF 132 and ADI 4277) (2)
Associação Eduardo Banks	Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (CNBB)

References

↑ 112 rights to Brazilian same-sex couples (Portuguese)

External links

Allegation of Disobedience of Fundamental Precept (ADPF) 132 - Official text (Portuguese)

Supreme Court of Brazil

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