ADI 4277 and ADPF 132

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

ADI 4277 and ADPF 132
Court	Supreme Federal Court
Full case name	ADI 4277 (Prosecutor General v. President of the Republic) and ADPF 132 (Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro v. Courts of Justice of the States)
Decided	May 5, 2011 (2011-05-05)
Citation	Supreme Court of Brazil recognizes same-sex civil unions in the country
Court membership
Judges sitting	President Cezar Peluso Justices Carlos Ayres Britto Cármen Lúcia Ellen Gracie Ricardo Lewandowski Gilmar Mendes Joaquim Barbosa Celso de Mello Luiz Fux Marco Aurélio Mello
Case opinions
Decision by	Britto
Concurrence	Peluzo, Lúcia, Gracie, Lewandowski, Mendes, Barbosa, Mello, Fux and Aurélio
Keywords
LGBT rights in Brazil Same-sex marriage in Brazil

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]

• Adoption
• Inheritance
• Pension
• Health plan

High Court decision

Supreme Court of Brazil

Judiciary representation

Supreme Court members	Ministers	Yes	No
Ayres Britto	1	1
Cármen Lúcia	1	1
Celso de Mello	1	1
Cezar Peluso	1	1
Ellen Gracie	1	1
Gilmar Mendes	1	1
Joaquim Barbosa	1	1
Luiz Fux	1	1
Marco Aurélio Mello	1	1
Ricardo Lewandowski	1	1
Total	10	10	0

Legislative representation

Prosecutor General	Prosecutor	Yes	No
Roberto Gurgel	1	1
Total	1	1	0

Executive representation

Attorney General	Attorney	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	Brazilian Association of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transvestites, Transexuals and Intersexes (ABGLT)	Association of Incentive to Education and Health of São Paulo	Brazilian Institute of Family Law (IBDFAM)	Rainbow Group of Homosexual Awareness	Brazilian Society of Public Law (SBDP)	Gay Group of Bahia (GGB)	Institute of Bioethics, Humans Rights and Gender (ANIS)	International Law Study Group of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (GEDI - UFMG)	Association of Transvestites and Transexuals of Minas Gerais (ASSTRAV)	Center of Fight for Free Sexual Orientation (CELLOS)	Center of References of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transvestites, Transexuals e Transgenders of the State Minas Gerais (Center of References GLBTTT)	Office of Human Right of the State of Minas Gerais (EDH)

Amici curiae (Against ADPF 132 and ADI 4277) (2)
Eduardo Banks Association	National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB)

See also

• LGBTQ portal
• Brazil portal

• Recognition of same-sex unions in Brazil
• Civil union
• LGBT rights in the Americas
• LGBT rights in Brazil