STF majority backs videoconference custody hearings during pandemic

Detainees in custody face reduced in-person judicial oversight through virtual hearings, potentially limiting judges' ability to detect signs of torture or mistreatment during the pandemic period.

In the shadow of a pandemic that has reshaped nearly every human institution, Brazil's Supreme Court confronted a question as old as justice itself: what does it mean to truly see the person before you? On July 1st, 2021, six of the court's justices voted to permit custody hearings by videoconference, temporarily overriding a 2019 law that had explicitly forbidden the practice. The majority held that a hearing through a screen is better than no hearing at all — but the two dissenters reminded the court that the eyes of justice, when filtered through glass, may miss what matters most.

STF majority backs videoconference custody hearings during pandemic

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