Disputes & Resolution in Brazil

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• The direct and indirect public administration may use arbitration to resolve disputes over disposable property rights.

  Government contracts and state-owned entities (Lei 9.307/1996, art. 1 §1, inserted by Lei 13.129/2015).Presidência da República (Planalto) · checked 2026-10-19

• Brazil acceded to the New York Convention on 7 June 2002, with entry into force on 5 September 2002, and made no reciprocity or commercial reservation.

  UNCITRAL · checked 2026-10-19

• A foreign arbitral award needs only homologation (recognition) by the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) to be recognised or enforced in Brazil.

  Arbitration Law, art. 35 as amended by Lei 13.129/2015; art. 34 gives priority to treaties in force.Presidência da República (Planalto) · checked 2026-10-19

• A domestic arbitral award is not subject to appeal or court homologation and has the same effect between the parties as a court judgment; an award ordering payment is an enforceable title.

  Arts. 18 and 31; arbitration available for disposable property rights (art. 1).Presidência da República (Planalto) · checked 2026-10-19

• A foreign court decision is enforced in Brazil through a letter rogatory or an action for homologation of the foreign decision.

  Code of Civil Procedure 2015, art. 40 (cross-referring to art. 960); the requirements in arts. 960-965 could not yet be checked.Presidência da República (Planalto) · checked 2026-10-19

• The Code of Civil Procedure expressly permits arbitration in accordance with the law.

  Art. 3 §1.Presidência da República (Planalto) · checked 2026-10-19

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