Transparência Brasil, Derrubando Muros and Instituto Humanitas360 will hold the civic event “Nobody Above the Law” for the adoption of a code of conduct with clear guidelines for transparency and integrity in the Judiciary on March 2, 2026, at 5pm, in the Salão Nobre of the Largo São Francisco Law School in São Paulo. This civil society letterwill be read out at the event .
The initiative will bring together various sectors of civil society to jointly demand that transparent and upright justice is non-negotiable. It is a reinforcement of the mobilization of civil society for the adoption of a code of conduct for ministers of the higher courts, which already has the support of more than 60 organizations and 65,000 citizens in an online petition.
Since the launch of the manifesto signed by 200 leaders on 16.Dec.2026, the initiative has evolved with the adhesion of civil society organizations and the mobilization of thousands of citizens through an online petition, which demands clear parameters of transparency, prevention of conflicts of interest and integrity for the members of the Supreme Courts.
The event will be attended by USP law professor Dr. Eunice Prudente; Natura’s chairman of the board, Fábio Barbosa; USP law professor Conrado Hubner; and former Petrobras president and BRF CEO Pedro Parente.
The aim of the organizations is to restore social trust in public institutions. According to them, the degradation of the credibility of justice – especially in the higher courts – stems from the absence of clear standards of conduct, the existence of conflicts of interest in family relationships and financial interests and the multiplication of unjustifiable privileges.
TB’s executive director, Juliana Sakai, emphasizes that the face-to-face meeting will be a clear message from society for more transparency and governance in the justice system. “A strong democracy requires an engaged civil society that imposes limits on the powers that be and that is why we are demanding an effective code of conduct for the higher courts,” she adds.
“Above all, the judiciary needs to inspire confidence. In the face of turbulence, we, as organized civil society, are working to improve and enhance institutions, against the dangerous disillusionment that is already affecting many Brazilians. Those who love take care, and that means taking care of our democracy. Brazil can only gain from stronger, more transparent and republican institutions,” says João Tavares, one of the organizers of the supra-partisan collective Der derrubando Muros.
“Democracy is renewed every generation as a living pact, and is weakened when the institutions that should sustain it lose society’s trust. A transparent judiciary, with magistrates fully aware of the weight of their responsibilities, is an irreplaceable pillar of this pact. Justice that is observed and maintains its integrity strengthens democracy; that which closes in on itself corrodes it from the inside. Never again will Brazil be closed in on the privileges of an authoritarian group and its complicit elite! No one is above the law,” says the president of the Humanitas360 Institute, Patrícia Villela Marino.
The initiative also has the support of organizations such as Transparency International – Brazil, Network for Sovereignty and Forum of Tomorrow, among other civil society entities committed to strengthening the country’s institutions.