Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia

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Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia
Corte Suprema de Justicia de Colombia
Superior Council of the Judiciary, elected by the Supreme Court of Justice.
Authorized byConstitution of Colombia
Judge term lengthnon-renewable 8 years
Number of positions23, by statute
Websitewww.cortesuprema.gov.co
President of the Supreme Court of Justice
CurrentlyLuis Antonio Hernández Barbosa
Since21 January 2021
Vice President of the Supreme Court of Justice
CurrentlyAroldo Wilson Quiroz Monsalvo
Since21 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. The Supreme Court of Colombia is the highest authority in regard to the interpretation of administrative law, constitutional law, and the administration of the judiciary.[1]

The

Bolívar Square of Bogotá
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History

After the

, 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

Palace of Justice
  • 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

  1. ^ "Constitución Política de Colombia". Alcaldia de Bogota. Article 237, Article 239.

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