ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tiago Fensterseifer

Tiago Fensterseifer is Public Defender of the State of São Paulo. He holds a PhD in Public Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul and has been post-doctoral researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich.

POSTS BY Tiago Fensterseifer

06 July 2022

Guardian of the Amazon

On 1 July 2022, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) issued a momentous judgment in what has been one of the most important climate litigation cases before the court. In its decision, the STF elevated international environmental law treaties, such as the Paris Agreement, to the status of international human rights treaties in the Brazilian constitutional system – with wide ranging implications at the domestic level. Continue reading >>