Brazil’s Supreme Court majority votes for mandatory vaccine passport

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Federal Supreme Court (STF) has reached a majority in the trial analyzing the injunction of Justice Luis Roberto Barroso, who last Saturday ruled that the vaccine passport is mandatory for travelers entering Brazil.

So far, the rapporteur Justice Barroso, Cármen Lúcia, Alexandre de Moraes, Rosa Weber, Edson Fachin and STF Chief Luiz Fux have voted, totaling 6. No justice has voted against so far. The trial takes place in the Virtual Plenary of the STF and will continue until 11:59 PM today, Thursday, December 16.

On Tuesday, Justice Barroso advised the Federal Attorney General (AGU) that both foreigners and Brazilians are required to present a vaccine passport to enter Brazil.

However, he established that the document will not be mandatory for Brazilians who left the country before December 14. The Court reported that the Justice made this decision to prevent citizens who were already traveling before the decision from being caught off guard.

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