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The Claim

The European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) said that Peru’s proposed judicial reforms threaten judicial independence.

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The Short Version

Official Venice Commission opinions support the claim. The Commission said Peru’s proposed reforms would weaken guarantees of judicial independence, seriously endanger judges’ and prosecutors’ independence, and risk political influence over the judiciary. The only important caveat is that these warnings concerned a specific reform package, not every reform proposal in Peru.

Caveats

  • The warning applied to a specific package of proposed reforms, especially changes involving the National Board of Justice and related institutions.
  • The Venice Commission is a Council of Europe body formally named the “European Commission for Democracy through Law,” not the EU’s European Commission.
  • Secondary summaries may overgeneralize the opinion beyond the particular reforms the Commission assessed.

The Receipts

  1. PERÚ OPINIÓN SOBRE LAS REFORMAS PROPUESTAS ...

    Comisión de Venecia

  2. PERU – Opinion on the proposed reforms concerning the National Board of Justice, the Constitutional Court and the Ombudsman

    Venice Commission (Council of Europe)

  3. Rule of Law: European Commission acts to defend judicial ...

    European Commission

  4. [PDF] Mandato de la Relatora Especial sobre la independencia de ...

    OHCHR

  5. Council of Europe standards on judicial independence

    European Parliament Research Service

  6. Informe de la Comisión de Venecia confirma urgencia de una reforma integral del Sistema de Justicia en el Perú

    Congreso de la República del Perú

  7. Justice Under Pressure: Strategic Litigation of Judicial Independence in Europe

    International Commission of Jurists

  8. Proposed Judicial Reforms Hasten Democratic Erosion, Peruvian Guns Fuel Ecuador’s Violence, and More

    Council on Foreign Relations

  9. Peru: Congress Runs Roughshod Over Rule of Law

    Human Rights Watch

  10. ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence

    European Law Institute

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Filed Under

European Commission For Democracy Through LawJudicial IndependencePeru

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