Antonio Herman Benjamin is a Justice and President of the Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ), the National High Court of Brazil. He was appointed to the court in 2006 by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
His academic credentials include a Master's degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and a Doctorate in Law from UFRGS in Porto Alegre. He has held positions as a Visiting Professor at the University of Texas School of Law and currently serves as a Professor at UNISANTA. As the founder and former Vice-President of IACL in Brussels, he has maintained a strong international presence in legal academia.
In the field of legal publications, Benjamin founded and directed the Consumer Law Review from 1997 to 2000 and established the Environmental Law Review. He also founded BRASILCON, the Brazilian Institute of Consumer Law and Policy, serving as its first President. His expertise in consumer protection is evidenced by his role as a member of the Commission of Jurists that drafted the Consumer Protection Code (1988-1990), and he currently presides over the Commission for its update.
Recognized as one of Brazil's leading authorities in Environmental, Civil Liability, and Consumer Law, Benjamin has also contributed significantly to judicial education as the Vice Director of the Sálvio de Figueiredo Teixeira National School for Training and Improvement of Judges.
His environmental leadership extends globally as president of the Brazilian Environmental Forum of Judges and director of the LLM Program on Justice at Brazil's National Judicial Academy (ENFAM). He serves as chair emeritus of the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), president of the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment, and secretary-general of the International Advisory Council for Environmental Justice of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Additionally, he is a member of the UN Secretary-General Legal Expert Group on Crimes against the Environment and has served for a decade as Councilor of the Brazilian Environmental Council.
