Overview

• Minimums are valid only if established by law and must match Army parameters: 1.60 m for men and 1.55 m for women.
• The Court ordered an Alagoas candidate who measures 1.56 m to continue in the Military Police recruitment despite a stricter state cutoff.
• The decision carries general repercussion, requiring lower courts to apply the new standard in pending and future cases across Brazil.
• Height rules were deemed unconstitutional for positions such as health-area firefighter officers and chaplains where stature lacks functional relevance.
• The majority followed relator Luís Roberto Barroso, with Edson Fachin dissenting, and any local deviation must be justified by job-specific demands and enacted by law.