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The Regional Federal Courts (in Portuguese, Tribunais Regionais Federais, commonly called TRFs) are the courts of appeal in the Federal Courts of Brazil [pt], the second instance courts of the Brazilian federal justice system, responsible not only for appeals of trial court decisions, but also for writs of security, habeas corpus, and habeas data against acts by federal judges, motions to set aside judgments, criminal revisions, and conflicts of jurisdiction.
Article 108 of the Brazilian Constitution defines the jurisdiction of the Federal Regional Courts.
They have a varied composition, but the number of judges is defined by law. One fifth are chosen by lawyers with 10 years experience or more, as well as by members of the Public Prosecutor's Office, also known as the "Federal Public Ministry" (Ministério Público Federal) with ten years experience or more. The rest of the judges are appointed through the promotion of federal judges with over five years experience, by longest service time and by merit, alternately.
In each tribunal is a Regional Office for Internal Affairs of Federal Justice (Corregedoria Regional da Justiça Federal), responsible for corrections, inspections, and investigations at first instance. The internal affairs offices are also in charge of hiring processes, and instruction towards a uniformization of jurisdictional activity and forensic service. They are each run by a regional director, with a possible vice-director.
The Brazilian Federal Justice system is divided nationally into six geographically defined regions, each served by an appellate court:
The creation of four new courts was approved by Congress by Constitutional Amendment number 73/2013. However, the National Association of Federal Prosecutors proposed a direct action of unconstitutionality against the creation of new courts; The former president of the Supreme Federal Court, Minister Joaquim Barbosa, suspended the constitutional amendment until the fore-mentioned direct action is judged.
The new tribunals, whose installations have been suspended by the Supreme Federal Court, are planned as:
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|
State | Federal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior courts |
0 | Supreme Federal Court STF |
1 | |
| Federal superior courts | 4 | |||
| Common justice |
Court of Justice TJ |
27 | Regional Federal Courts TRF1 .. TRF6 |
6 |
| Specialized justice |
Court of Military Justice [pt] |
3 | Electoral Justice Courts TRE |
27 |
| TJM | Regional Labor Courts TRT |
24 | ||
| Total [1][2][3] |
30 | 62 | ||
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