ADPF 187

ADPF 187
Court	Supreme Federal Court
Full case name	ADPF 187 (Prosecutor General v. President of the Republic)
Decided	June 15, 2011 (2011-06-15)
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]

Right

After of the decision of the Supreme Court, the people will not be penalized:^[3]

• People can to protest in favor of decriminalization of drugs.

High Court decision

Supreme Court of Brazil

Judiciary representation

Supreme Court members	Ministers	Yes	No
Cezar Peluso	1	1
Ayres Britto	1	1
Cármen Lúcia	1	1
Ellen Gracie	1	1
Celso de Melo	1	1
Marco Aurélio Mello	1	1
Ricardo Lewandowski	1	1
Luiz Fux	1	1
Total	08	08	0

Legislative representation

Prosecutor General of the Republic	Prosecutor	Yes	No
Roberto Gurgel	1	1
Total	1	1	0

Executive representation

Attorney General of the Union	Attorney General	Yes	No
Luís Inácio Adams	1	1
Total	1	1	0

Amici curiae

Amici curiae (Support for ADPF 187) (02)
Associação Brasileira de Estudos Sociais de Psicoativos – ABESUP	Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais – IBCCRIM

See also

• Brazil portal

• Drug liberalization
• Global Marijuana March
• Cannabis

References

1. Protests of decriminalization of drugs in Brazil (in Portuguese)
2. Brazil: Supreme Court Rules Pro-Marijuana Marches Are Legal (in English)
3. Protests in favor of decriminalization of drugs is not a crime by Supreme Court (in Portuguese)