ADI 3510
Appearance
ADI 3510 | |
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Court | Supreme Federal Court |
Full case name | ADI 3510 (Prosecutor General v. President of the Republic and National Congress) |
Decided | May 29, 2008 |
Citation | Supreme Court of Brazil approved stem cell research using excess in vitro fertilized embryos in the country |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | President
Justices |
Case opinions | |
Decision by | Britto |
Concurrence | Mello, Lúcia, Gracie, Barbosa, Mello |
Dissent | Direito, Lewandowski, Grau, Peluso, Mendes |
Keywords | |
ADI 3510 (April 29, 2008), is a landmark Brazil Supreme Court case. The minister relator Carlos Ayres Britto voted in favor of embryonic stem cell research (Biosecurity Law).[1]
High Court decision
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Judiciary representation
Supreme Court members | Ministers | Yes | No |
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Ayres Britto | 1 | 1 | |
Cármen Lúcia | 1 | 1 | |
Celso de Mello | 1 | 1 | |
Cezar Peluso | 1 | 1 | |
Ellen Gracie | 1 | 1 | |
Eros Grau | 1 | 1 | |
Gilmar Mendes | 1 | 1 | |
Joaquim Barbosa | 1 | 1 | |
Marco Aurélio Mello | 1 | 1 | |
Menezes Direito | 1 | 1 | |
Ricardo Lewandowski | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 11 | 5 | 6 |
Legislative representation
Prosecutor General of the Republic | Prosecutor | Yes | No |
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Antônio Fernando de Souza | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Executive representation
Attorney General of the Union | Solicitor General | Yes | No |
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Dias Toffoli | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ "Abortion of Anencephalics in Brazil" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2012-04-24.