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Weekly Report - 30 May 2013 (WR-13-21)
BRAZIL: Rousseff appoints fourth supreme court judge
President Dilma Rousseff has appointed a 55-year old constitutional law professor, Luís Roberto Barroso, to Brazil’s 11-member Federal Supreme Court (STF), filling a vacancy left by the retirement of Carlos Ayres Britto in November 2012. The new appointment, while broadly welcomed by local legal experts, must be ratified by the senate, prompting concerns that Barrroso’s involvement in Rio de Janeiro state’s direct action of constitutionality (Adin) against the congressionally approved legislation to amend the country’s oil royalties’ framework may work against him.
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