Supreme Court of Uruguay | |
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Corte Suprema de Justicia de la República Oriental del Uruguay | |
Established | 28 October 1917 |
Location | Montevideo |
Composition method | Appointed by the General Assembly by two thirds of the votes. |
Authorised by | Uruguayan Constitution |
Judge term length | 10 years |
Number of positions | 5 |
Website | poderjudicial.gub.uy |
President of the Supreme Court | |
Currently | Elena Martínez Rosso |
Since | 1 February 2024 |
Uruguayportal |
The Supreme Court of Uruguay (Spanish : Suprema Corte de Justicia de Uruguay) is the highest court of law and last resort in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. It serves as the highest appeals court, and appoints and oversees all other judges. Established on 28 October 1907, it is housed in the Palacio Piria, a masterpiece of eclectic architecture from 1917. [1]
Article 235 of the Constitution establishes that the members of the Supreme Court of Justice must be at least 40 years old, be natural-born citizens (or be legal citizens with ten years exercise thereof and twenty-five years of residence in the country), and have been a lawyer for ten years, or as such to have been a member of the Judiciary, the Public or Fiscal Ministry for a period of eight years. [2] Article 236 establishes shall be appointed by the General Assembly by a two-thirds vote of its full membership. [3] Also, the term-length will be ten years and they may not be re-elected until after a period of five years following the previous term. Additionally, the position shall cease when they reach the age of seventy years. [3] The presidency of the Court rotates annually among the justices according to the order of seniority in office. [4]
According to Article 329 to the Supreme Court is assigned: [3]
Justice / birthdate and place | Start date / length of service | Succeeded |
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(President) Elena Martínez Rosso | 2 September 2015 9 years, 55 days | Ruibal |
Doris Morales Martínez | 8 February 2022 2 years, 262 days | Tosi Boeri |
Bernadette Minvielle Sánchez | 9 August 2017 7 years, 79 days | Pérez Manrique |
Tabaré Sosa Aguirre | 11 September 2017 6 years, 353 days | Chediak |
John Pérez Brignani | 15 December 2020 3 years, 317 days | Turell Araquistain |
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