Overview
- Luz Pacheco argued that rulings from international tribunals lack legitimacy in Peru if they conflict with the American Convention on Human Rights or the national Constitution.
- She cited the Inter-American Court’s Artavia Murillo decision on when life begins as incompatible with Article 4 of the Convention and Article 2 of Peru’s Constitution.
- Pacheco urged judges to reflect on adherence to the Constitutional Court’s majority ruling upholding Law 32107, which narrows the application of crimes against humanity.
- She stressed this was not a call to civil or legal disobedience and said judges must interpret rights in line with the Universal Declaration and treaties Peru has signed.
- Reporting on court management, she noted 4,811 cases resolved in 2023, announced electronic notifications and AI use, and sought a larger budget, as the acting Congress chief later pressed for sanctions on judges who ignore the TC’s decisions.