The Brazilian Magistrate Association – AMB, an entity that represents the interests of Brazilian judges at the national level and member of the IAJ, sent a Technical Note, prepared at the request of the Association of Magistrates of the Military Justice of the Union – Amajum, an AMB affiliate, through which it expressed concern about the aspects involving Mexico’s constitutional reform, which changed the way of entering the judiciary, establishing that the country’s judges, at all levels, will enter their careers through popular election.
In this Technical Note, AMB expressed its understanding of this reform and rejects any similar intention in Brazil, since it is a measure that undermines the independence of the Judiciary, undermining its capacity to be an effective institution for protecting fundamental rights and guarantees and for safeguarding the democratic order.
