Overview

• The Full Chamber of the Supreme Court issued an official communiqué on October 15 following an extraordinary session.
• The Court affirms that protest is a fundamental right when exercised peacefully and must be respected by authorities.
• It instructs state forces to act with prudence and proportionality, protect peaceful demonstrators, and contain those who break the law.
• The statement calls to preserve separation of powers, respect the rule of law and political pluralism, and reaffirms judicial independence.
• Warning of a severe institutional and public security crisis, it notes two justices of the peace were recently killed, urges sustained dialogue, and arrives hours before nationwide marches related to the transition to President José Jerí.