Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia
Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia | |
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Corte Suprema de Justicia de Colombia | |
Superior Council of the Judiciary, elected by the Supreme Court of Justice. | |
Authorized by | Constitution of Colombia |
Judge term length | non-renewable 8 years |
Number of positions | 23, by statute |
Website | www |
President of the Supreme Court of Justice | |
Currently | Luis Antonio Hernández Barbosa |
Since | 21 January 2021 |
Vice President of the Supreme Court of Justice | |
Currently | Aroldo Wilson Quiroz Monsalvo |
Since | 21 January 2021 |
The Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia (Spanish: Corte Suprema de Justicia de Colombia) in Bogotá is the highest judicial body in civil and penal matters and issues of criminal and civil procedure in Colombia.[1]
The
Bolívar Square of Bogotá
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History
After the
Republic of Colombia) and on adoption of its Constitution of 4 August 1886
, the body was renamed as the present, the Corte Suprema de Justicia (Supreme Court of Justice) on 3 September 1886. Its first President was Rito Antonio Martínez.
In 1985 in the Palace of Justice siege, members of the M-19 guerrilla group took over the Palace of Justice, and held the Supreme Court hostage, intending to put President Belisario Betancur on trial. Hours later, after a military raid, the incident left all the rebels and 11 of the 25 Supreme Court Justices dead.
Current Judges
- President: Luis Antonio Hernández Barbosa
- Vice-president: Aroldo Wilson Quiroz Monsalvo
Civil and Agrarian Cassation Chamber
- President: Luis Armando Tolosa Villabona
- Hilda González Neira
- Aroldo Wilson Quiroz Monsalvo
- Francisco Ternera Barrios
- Álvaro Fernando García Restrepo
- Luis Alonso Rico Puerta
- Octavio Augusto Tejeiro Duque
Labor Cassation Chamber
- President: Fernando Castillo Cadena
- Jorge Mauricio Burgos
- Rigoberto Echeverri Bueno
- Clara Cecilia Dueñas Quevedo
- Luis Gabriel Miranda Buelvas
- Jorge Luis Quiroz
- Gerardo Botero Zuluaga
Penal Cassation Chamber
- President: Luis Antonio Hernández Barbosa
- Eyder Patiño Cabrera
- Luis Guillermo Salazar Otero
- Fernando Alberto Castro Caballero
- Gustavo Malo Fernández
- Patricia Salazar Cuéllar
- José Francisco Acuña Vizcaya
- José Luis Barceló Camacho
- Eugenio Fernández Carlier
References
- ^ "Constitución Política de Colombia". Alcaldia de Bogota. Article 237, Article 239.
- (in Spanish) Colombian Judicial Branch of Power Margot Hernandez
- (in Spanish) Colombian Judicial Branch of power; judges