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Ursula Indacochea Prevost provides contributions on judicial independence, autonomy and status of the judge.In its first work session, the high-level commission of the Judiciary for a comprehensive reform of the justice system had the participation of constitutional lawyer Ursula Indacochea Prevost, who provided contributions on judicial independence, institutional autonomy and status of the judge.
This legal specialist, like others of equal level, are being summoned to guarantee providing their technical opinion, which guarantees multidisciplinarity and plurality of contributions and perspectives on justice and its reform.
It should be noted that one of the problems identified by the reform commission is the constitutional outdatedness of the organic statute of the Judiciary.
The thing is that, although the Single Ordered Text of the LOPJ constitutes the institutional statute that defines its organization, government, operation and basic principles, being a pre-constitutional norm, it was not created in line with the current constitutional model.
In this regard, the group has proposed to integrate the principles and values that support the administration of justice taking as reference the constitutional State model, the current Fundamental Charter, human rights treaties, as well as the products of the Ibero-American Judicial Summit.
ABOUT THE GUEST
Indacochea Prevost, a constitutional lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and with studies in Human Rights from the Carlos III University of Madrid, is a researcher on topics of legal theory, Constitutional Law, judicial reforms, constitutional litigation and International Human Rights Law.
Likewise, she is part of the Due Process Foundation (DPLF), where she is currently director of the Judicial Independence Program and, as such, leads project planning and applied research on the main obstacles facing judicial independence and the autonomy of the judicial powers in the region.
DPLF is a regional organization whose mandate is to promote human rights and the rule of law in Latin America through analysis and proposal, cooperation with public and private organizations and institutions, the exchange of experiences and advocacy actions.
He has also held the position of Legal Fellow in the Rapporteurship of Human Rights Defenders of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), an entity in charge of protecting the independence of justice operators.
It should be noted that the president of the Judiciary, Janet Tello Gilardi, installed the aforementioned high-level commission a few days ago, established within the framework of Article 138 of the Political Constitution of the State.
This working group is in charge of preparing a structural and organic regulatory draft of the Judicial Branch, in response to the challenges and reality faced by users of the justice service, as well as to strengthen judicial independence.
The commission is chaired by Tello Gilardi herself and is also made up of the supreme judges Carlos Giovani Arias Lazarte, Aldo Martin Figueroa Navarro, Wilber Bustamante del Castillo and Ramiro Antonio Bustamante Zegarra.
Lima, March 25, 2026
