The former Minister of Culture Giselle Ortiz commented on the selection process for new judges of constitutional Court by the Congress of the Republic, which is already in the final stage. In this sense, he expressed that the new members of the TC must demonstrate academic and professional solvency in matters related to the protection of human rights.
“Our country is not an island when it comes to human rights issues and now there is an international community that is always very concerned and vigilant of the fulfillment of state obligations in the protection of human rights in an integral way. I believe that there is an obligation of the magistrates of the TC to demonstrate an academic, professional solvency in this matter”, he declared to Ideeleradio.
the too representative of the relatives of the case the cantuta He stressed that this requirement is also necessary to prioritize the rights of the original peoples, who have recently been raising their requests and needs before the constitutional body.
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“(That solvency is necessary) that guarantees us, in some way, our protection of each of our rights, but also of the collective rights of the original peoples who are permanently resorting to the Constitutional Court,” he added.
The former head of the Mincul highlighted that a member of the TC must not only have knowledge of all the jurisprudence that exists in Peru in relation to human rightsbut also of the Inter-American System.
“I believe that a magistrate of the Constitutional Court should not only have knowledge of the national framework for the protection of human rights and all the jurisprudence that exists in our country, but also must also be definitively linked to an international framework, both the Inter-American Human Rights System as well as of the United Nations itself and the conventions that exist in this matter,” he asserted.
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This Monday the 18th, the Special Selection Committee will have its last session and then send the final list of candidates to the Presidency of Parliament. In turn, a report will be sent that will contain the motivation of the scores obtained by each one.
It should be noted that, from civil society, questions have been raised against several of the finalists, who will soon be evaluated by the Plenary.
