Decided May 5, 2011 | ||
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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) Citation(s) Supreme Court of Brazil recognizes same-sex civil unions in the country 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:
References
ADI 4277 and ADPF 132 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA