Edson Fachin is the president of Brazil's Supreme Court as of early 2026. He is described as a sober judge who avoids the limelight. On February 2nd 2026 he formally proposed that the bench adopt an ethics code. He appointed Justice Cármen Lúcia to run the drafting process. The details will be hammered out over months, but the idea is to copy elements of supreme-court ethics codes in the United States and Germany. The code will probably prescribe how judges should treat cases brought before the court by their relatives, and may also contain rules about participation in events, judges' use of privileged information, financial transparency and the use of social media. Some 82% of Brazilians support the code. Alexandre de Moraes and Dias Toffoli pushed back immediately, saying they have never judged a case in which there was a conflict of interest and that an ethics code is not necessary.
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