ADPF 187

ADPF 187
ADPF 187
Court	Supreme Federal Court
Full case name	ADPF 187 (Prosecutor General v. President of the Republic)
Decided	June 15, 2011
Citation	Supreme Court of Brazil permitted the protests in favor of decriminalization of drugs in the country
Court membership
Judges sitting	President Cezar Peluso Justices Celso de Mello; Ayres Britto; Cármen Lúcia; Ricardo Lewandowski; Ellen Gracie; Luiz Fux; Marco Aurélio Mello;
Case opinions
Decision by	Mello
Concurrence	Peluzo, Britto, Lúcia, Lewandowski, Gracie, Fux and Mello
Keywords
	Cannabis rights; Legality of cannabis; Cannabis in Brazil;

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.^[1]^[2]

[1] Protests of decriminalization of drugs in Brazil (in Portuguese)

[2] Brazil: Supreme Court Rules Pro-Marijuana Marches Are Legal (in English)

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