Tag: Maria da Penha Law

• Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

  STF extends domestic violence protection to same-sex couples and trans women

  

  In a virtual plenary decision last week, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled in favor of extending the protection against domestic violence provided for in the so-called Maria da Penha Law to same-sex couples and trans women, thus acquiescing to a request from the Brazilian Association of HomoTransAffective Families, which argued that the National Congress has failed to legislate on the matter.