The Supreme Court of Justice is the highest judicial court in Peru. Its jurisdiction extends over the entire territory of the nation. It is headquartered in the Palace of Justice in Lima. The current president of the Supreme Court is Javier Arévalo Vela.[2]
| Supreme Court of Justice | |
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| Corte Suprema de Justicia | |
.png) Emblem of the Judiciary of Peru. | |
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| 12°03′27″S 77°02′06″W / 12.05750°S 77.03500°W | |
| Established | 1825 |
| Jurisdiction | Peru |
| Location | Lima |
| Coordinates | 12°03′27″S 77°02′06″W / 12.05750°S 77.03500°W |
| Composition method | Selected by the National Board of Justice |
| Authorised by | Constitution of Peru |
| Judge term length | 70 years old. At that age, the National Board of Justice can keep the judges for an additional term of seven years, following the same process established for the appointment. The seven-year extension can be repeated indefinitely. |
| Number of positions | 15[1] |
| Annual budget | S/ 2.27 billion |
| Website | http://www.pj.gob.pe/ |
| President of the Supreme Court | |
| Currently | Javier Arévalo Vela |
| Since | 3 January 2023 |
Structure
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The supreme court is composed of three Supreme Sectors:
- Civil Sector: Presides over all topics related to civil rights and commercial law.
- Criminal Sector: Presides over all topics relating to criminal law
- Constitutional and Social Sector: Presides over all topics relating to constitutional rights and labor law
Integrated into the Supreme Court are the supreme speakers and supreme provisionary speakers, who substitute the supreme speakers in case of absence. The supreme speakers are distributed into each one of the Supreme Sectors that the law establishes. The president of the Supreme Court and the chief speaker of the Office of the Control of the Magistrature are not integrated into any Supreme Sector. The Supreme Court consists of three permanent Supreme Sectors (Civil, Criminal, and Constitutional and Social). Each Supreme Sector has five supreme speakers who elect a president within each other.
Mechanisms
editThe Constitution guarantees the right to the double instance, which the Supreme Court recognizes. In event that this right is failed, the appeals in the processes that interpose before the Superior Sectors, or it is brought before the Supreme Court. The Abrogation doctrine is also recognized by this court.
Members
editPresident
editJustices
edit- César San Martín Castro (since 2004)
- Victor Roberto Prado Saldarriaga (since 2007)
- Ana María Aranda Rodríguez (since 2011)
- Javier Arévalo Vela (since 2011)
- Jorge Luis Salas Arenas (since 2011)[note 1]
- Janet Ofelia Tello Gilardi (since 2013)
- Héctor Enrique Lama More (since 2016)
- Carlos Giovanni Arias Lazarte (since 2017)
- Mariem Vicky de la Rosa Bedriñana (since 2019)
- Carlos Alberto Calderón Puertas (since 2022)
- Emilia Bustamante Oyague (since 2022)
- Ulises Augusto Yaya Zumaeta (since 2022)
- Manuel Estuardo Luján Tupez (since 2022)
- Víctor Antonio Castillo León (since 2022)
- Roberto Rolando Burneo Bermejo (since 2022)
Notes
edit- ^ Also the current president of the National Jury of Elections
References
edit- ^ "Poder Judicial del Perú". pj.gob.pe. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Presidente del PJ dice a la CIDH que "no hay violación de derechos humanos"". La Republica (in Spanish). 2023-01-13. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
