The Importance of the 24/17 Advisory Opinion (AO) of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the Gender Debate in Brazil: An Analysis in the Light of the Declaratory Action of Unconstitutionality (DAU) 4275

This text aims to analyze how the issue of sexual rights has been incorporated into the agenda of the Inter-American Human Rights System, especially concerning the protections of transgender and transsexual people. To this end, it draws on the important and recent Advisory Opinion (AO) 24/17, while also considering the significant impacts of this instrument on Brazilian domestic law, particularly through the Declaratory Action of Unconstitutionality (DAU) 4275/DF of the Federal Supreme Court, highlighting a possible and fruitful dialogue between the Courts. The method used is hermeneutic phenomenology.