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ADPF 187
''ADPF 187'' (June 15, 2011), is a landmark Brazil Supreme Court case. The rapporteur Celso de Mello voted in favor of protests of decriminalization of drugs. Right After of the decision of the Supreme Court, the people will not be penalized: *People can to protest in favor of decriminalization of drugs. High Court decision Judiciary representation Legislative representation Executive representation Amici curiae See also * Drug liberalization * Global Marijuana March * Cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:ADPF 187 V. President Of The Republic Cannabis in Brazil Brazilian legislation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Federal Court
The Supreme Federal Court ( pt, Supremo Tribunal Federal, , abbreviated STF) is the supreme court (court of last resort) of Brazil, serving primarily as the Constitutional Court of the country. It is the highest court of law in Brazil for constitutional issues and its rulings cannot be appealed. On cases involving exclusively non-constitutional issues, regarding federal laws, the highest court is, by rule, the Superior Court of Justice (Brazil), Superior Court of Justice. History The court was inaugurated during the Colonial Brazil, colonial era in 1808, the year that the royal family of Portugal (the House of Braganza) arrived in Rio de Janeiro. It was originally called the House of Appeals of Brazil (). The proclamation of the Brazilian Declaration of Independence and the adoption of the Brazilian Constitution of 1824, Imperial Constitution in 1824 preceded the establishment of the Supreme Court of Justice () in 1829. With the first Constitution of Brazil, Constitution of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celso De Mello
Celso is a given name, a variant of Celsus. It may refer to: People * Celso Sozzini (1517-1570), Italian freethinker * Celso Mancini (1542-1612), Italian Roman Catholic prelate * Celso Zani (1580-unknown), Italian Roman Catholic prelate * Celso Golmayo Zúpide (1820-1898), Spanish-Cuban chess player * Celso Caesar Moreno (1830-1901), Italian adventurer and political figure * Afonso Celso, Viscount of Ouro Preto (1836-1912), Brazilian politician and last Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil * Celso Ceretti (1844-1919), Italian anarchist and socialist politician * Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini (1876-1958), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal * Celso Lagar (1891-1966), Spanish painter * Celso de Freitas (1912-1970), Guyanese cricketer * Celso Emilio Ferreiro (1912-1979), Spanish Galicianist activist writer and politician * Celso Peçanha (1916-2016), Brazilian politician, lawyer and journalist * Celso Furtado (1920-2004), Brazilian economist * Celso Brant (1920-2004), Brazilian politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Marijuana March
The Global Marijuana March (GMM), also referred to as the Million Marijuana March (MMM), is an annual rally held at different locations around the world on the first Saturday in May. A notable event in cannabis culture, it is associated with cannabis-themed events, which may include marches, meetings, rallies, raves, concerts, festivals, and attempts at educational outreach. The first Global Marijuana March was held in 1999.Smoke and Jeers Archive here By Jennifer Gonnerman. May 4, 1999. ''.'' Since then, hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drug Liberalization
Drug liberalization is a drug policy process of decriminalizing or legalizing the use or sale of prohibited drugs. Variations of drug liberalization include: drug legalization, drug re-legalization and drug decriminalization. Proponents of drug liberalization may favor a regulatory regime for the production, marketing, and distribution of some or all currently illegal drugs in a manner analogous to that for alcohol, caffeine and tobacco. Proponents of drug liberalization argue that the legalization of drugs would eradicate the illegal drug market and reduce the law enforcement costs and incarceration rates. They frequently argue that prohibition of recreational drugs—such as cannabis, opioids, cocaine, amphetamines and hallucinogens—has been ineffective and counterproductive and that substance use is better responded to by implementing practices for harm reduction and increasing the availability of addiction treatment. Additionally, they argue that relative harm should be ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amici Curiae
An ''amicus curiae'' (; ) is an individual or organization who is not a party to a legal case, but who is permitted to assist a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case. The decision on whether to consider an ''amicus'' brief lies within the discretion of the court. The phrase is legal Latin and the origin of the term has been dated to 1605–1615. The scope of ''amici curiae'' is generally found in the cases where broad public interests are involved and concerns regarding civil rights are in question. In American law, an ''amicus curiae'' typically refers to what in some other jurisdictions is known as an intervenor: a person or organization who requests to provide legal submissions so as to offer a relevant alternative or additional perspective regarding the matters in dispute. In the American courts, the amicus may be referred to as an ''amicus'' brief. In other jurisdictions, such as Canada, an ''amicus curiae'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Inácio Adams
Luís Inácio Lucena Adams (born 2 March 1965) is a Brazilian lawyer who was appointed to be Brazil's Attorney General on 23 October 2009. Adams earned his LL.B from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, the capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and later pursued an LL.M. from the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Santa Catarina, in Florianópolis, the capital of the State of Santa Catarina. He was attorney for the National Treasury from 1993. In 2006, assumed leadership of the Attorney General of the Treasury. Both posts are held in Brasília, the capital of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... References 1965 births Living people Brazilian people of American descent Elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of Brazil
The Attorney General Office ( pt, Advocacia-Geral da União, AGU) is a cabinet-level position in the Brazilian government charged with advising the Executive Branch and representing the federal government of Brazil in legal proceedings egally known as the Union (''União'') The Attorney General is defined under the Article 131 of the Brazilian Constitution as one of the essential functions of Brazilian judicial administration, along with the roles performed by the judicial branch, the Prosecutor's office, the public defenders and private lawyers. The current Attorney General is Bruno Bianco. Under the constitution, the Attorney General must be at least 35 years old. All Attorneys General within the Office must be bar members in Brazil. The Attorney General of the Union is a member of the Brazilian cabinet, holds the rank of Minister, and is also the head of the Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU), which is an essential function and branch of the federal government formed by its own A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Gurgel
Roberto Monteiro Gurgel Santos (born September 24, 1954, Fortaleza) is a former Prosecutor General of the Republic The Prosecutor General of the Republic ( pt, Procurador-Geral da República) is the head of the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Office, an autonomous agency in charge of criminal prosecution and the defense of society in general. The Prosecutor Gen .... References Gurgel was Attorney General. External linksBiography of Roberto Gurgel - Procuradoria Geral da República , - 1954 births Living people Prosecutors General of the Republic (Brazil) Election people People from Fortaleza Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni {{Brazil-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosecutor General Of The Republic (Brazil)
The Prosecutor General of the Republic ( pt, Procurador-Geral da República) is the head of the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Office, an autonomous agency in charge of criminal prosecution and the defense of society in general. The Prosecutor General heads a group of independent prosecutors ('), who work to investigate and prosecute criminal, labor, and civil offenses committed against society. It is a position appointed by the President of the Republic and the nomination must be approved by the Federal Senate. Augusto Aras has been the Prosecutor General of Brazil since 26 September 2019. List of Prosecutors General * José Júlio de Albuquerque Barros (1891-1893) * Ovídio Fernandes Trigo de Loureiro (1894) * Antônio de Sousa Martins (1894-1896) * Lúcio de Mendonça (1897) * Joaquim Antunes de Figueiredo Júnior (1897) * João Pedro Belfort Vieira * Antônio Augusto Ribeiro de Almeida * Epitácio da Silva Pessoa (1902-1905) * Pedro Antônio de Oliveira Ribeiro * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supremo Tribunal Federal
The Supreme Federal Court ( pt, Supremo Tribunal Federal, , abbreviated STF) is the supreme court (court of last resort) of Brazil, serving primarily as the Constitutional Court of the country. It is the highest court of law in Brazil for constitutional issues and its rulings cannot be appealed. On cases involving exclusively non-constitutional issues, regarding federal laws, the highest court is, by rule, the Superior Court of Justice. History The court was inaugurated during the colonial era in 1808, the year that the royal family of Portugal (the House of Braganza) arrived in Rio de Janeiro. It was originally called the House of Appeals of Brazil (). The proclamation of the Brazilian Declaration of Independence and the adoption of the Imperial Constitution in 1824 preceded the establishment of the Supreme Court of Justice () in 1829. With the first Constitution of the Republic, the current Court was established. Although the constitutional norms that regulated the crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STF Plenario
STF may refer to: Concepts * Spread tow fabric (stf), a type of lightweight fabric * Smooth Trans Focus (STF), technology in photographic lenses that produces a smooth focus effect * STF function, an autobracketing function on certain cameras that emulates a Smooth Trans Focus effect * Short-time fasting (STF), medical term Organisations * She's the First, an organization that fights gender inequality * Songahm Taekwondo Federation, the South American branch of the American Taekwondo Association * Supreme Federal Court (Portuguese: ), Brazil's supreme court * Svenska Turistföreningen, the Swedish Tourist Association Special task forces * Special Task Force (SAPS), a South African police tactical unit * Special Task Force (Sri Lanka), Sri Lankan Police Counter-Terrorist force * Special Task Force (India) In India, a Special Task Force (STF) is a type of police task force created to deal with certain problems. Every state has a power to constitute an STF. They are primarily f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protest
A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of cooperation in which numerous people cooperate by attending, and share the potential costs and risks of doing so. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass Political demonstration, demonstrations. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or they may undertake direct action in an attempt to enact desired changes themselves. Where protests are part of a systematic and peaceful Nonviolence, nonviolent campaign to achieve a particular objective, and involve the use of pressure as well as persuasion, they go beyond mere protest and may be better described as a type of protest called civil resistance or nonviolent r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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