Overview

• The portaria creates a body to produce indicators, manage risks, and promote cooperation with universities and international organizations to bolster judicial integrity.
• The observatory will be tied to the CNJ and include Fachin, CNJ counselors, five civil-society representatives, and four judicial appointees including one from the National Corregedoria.
• Its work will center on lower-instance courts because the CNJ lacks authority to investigate the Supreme Court.
• The group can issue reports, request compliance with the Access to Information Law, and recommend recusals in cases of conflicts of interest, with a preventive rather than punitive approach.
• Member selection is planned for the coming weeks, with formal installation targeted before the judiciary’s December 20 recess.