Brazil Moves to Tech-Enabled Protections as Senate Backs AI Monitoring and STJ Affirms Crime for Ignoring Orders

Overview

• Senators approved PL 750/2026 to create a National Program for Monitoring Aggressors using AI, integrating ankle bracelets, real‑time tracking, automatic violation detection, and alerts to authorities; the bill now goes to the Chamber.
• The AI program envisions a federal app with an emergency button, optional victim notifications upon unlawful proximity, real‑time location sharing, and a national database to study patterns and assess risks.
• The Chamber passed PL 2942/2024 to prioritize immediate ankle‑bracelet orders in high‑risk cases, supply victims with alert devices that also notify police, and require written justification to lift monitoring; the text heads to the Senate.
• In municipalities without a resident judge, the Chamber bill authorizes police delegates to order immediate installation with notification to the Public Ministry and a judge within 24 hours, and it increases penalties for violating exclusion zones or tampering with devices while boosting FNSP funding for equipment.
• The Senate also approved priority psychological and social care for women in violence situations via SUS and SUAS in a text that returns to the Chamber after changes, as data show rising feminicides and low electronic monitoring coverage.