Overview
- Peru’s judiciary opened the XII International Meeting of Judicial Powers and the XIV National Access to Justice Meeting at Huaraz’s municipal cultural center, with sessions scheduled from November 19 to 21.
- Opening-day presentations featured magistrates from Spain, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba and Ecuador, including Juan Manuel Fernández Martínez of Spain’s Audiencia Nacional on advances and challenges in accessible justice.
- Panels examined protections for migrants, LGTBIQ+ people, persons deprived of liberty, people with disabilities and older adults, guided by the Brasilia Rules and the Ibero-American judiciary’s inclusive justice policy.
- Elvira Álvarez Olazábal, representing Judicial Branch President Janet Tello Gilardi, underscored international cooperation and exchange of practices to strengthen regional judicial responses.
- Delegations from Peru’s superior courts are participating, including Loreto led by Reynaldo Elías Cajamarca Porras and Lambayeque led by César William Bravo Llaque, with further conferences and commission work continuing through Friday.