Peru's busiest appellate court and the seat of specialised chambers for constitutional, commercial, labour and organised-crime matters. Its national criminal chambers hear the most significant corruption prosecutions, including the Lava Jato cases against former presidents.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- appellate
- Court type
- Superior court
- Jurisdiction
- Lima judicial district
- Seat
- Lima
- Established
- 1825
- Composition
- Superior judges sitting in specialised chambers of three.
- Appointment
- Appointed by the Junta Nacional de Justicia.
- Languages
- Spanish
Where an appeal goes next
Cassation to the Supreme Court; constitutional appeal to the Constitutional Tribunal.
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