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Mendonça Cancels Salamanca Appearance After Taking Master Case

Sponsors’ ties to Master defendants put the event’s optics under scrutiny for sitting judges.

Overview

  • The II Ibero-Brazilian Congress on Global Governance is set for Feb. 23–25 at the University of Salamanca, organized by the IBDL with the Spanish institution.
  • STF minister André Mendonça withdrew shortly after becoming the new rapporteur for the high-profile Master investigation, having been slated for the opening, closing, and three panels.
  • Luiz Fux had already pulled out earlier, leaving the Supreme Court off the roster, while the STJ says five of its ministers will attend and that the court does not fund non-institutional travel.
  • The IBDL is financed by prominent law firms, including Bottini & Tamasauskas and Figueiredo & Velloso, with Bottini & Tamasauskas representing Daniel Vorcaro in the Master case.
  • The program features panels on constitutionalism, governance, digital sovereignty, and AI in public administration, with speakers including ex-ministers Luís Roberto Barroso and Ricardo Lewandowski and German scholar Christoph Möllers.