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Supreme Court of Justice
Supreme Court of Justice
Corte Suprema de Justicia
	Emblem of the Judiciary of Peru.
	12°03′27″S 77°02′06″W / 12.05750°S 77.03500°W
Established	1825
Jurisdiction	Peru
Location	Lima
Coordinates	12°03′27″S 77°02′06″W / 12.05750°S 77.03500°W
Composition method	Selected by the National Board of Justice
Authorised by	Constitution of Peru
Judge term length	70 years old. At that age, the National Board of Justice can keep the judges for an additional term of seven years, following the same process established for the appointment. The seven-year extension can be repeated indefinitely.
Number of positions	15
Annual budget	S/ 2.27 billion
Website	http://www.pj.gob.pe/
President of the Supreme Court
Currently	Javier Arévalo Vela [es]
Since	3 January 2023; 23 months ago

The Supreme Court of Justice is the highest judicial court in Peru. Its jurisdiction extends over the entire territory of the nation. It is headquartered in the Palace of Justice in Lima. The current president of the Supreme Court is Javier Arévalo Vela [es].^[2]

Structure

The supreme court is composed of three Supreme Sectors:

Civil Sector: Presides over all topics related to civil rights and commercial law.
Criminal Sector: Presides over all topics relating to criminal law
Constitutional and Social Sector: Presides over all topics relating to constitutional rights and labor law

Integrated into the Supreme Court are the supreme speakers and supreme provisionary speakers, who substitute the supreme speakers in case of absence. The supreme speakers are distributed into each one of the Supreme Sectors that the law establishes. The president of the Supreme Court and the chief speaker of the Office of the Control of the Magistrature are not integrated into any Supreme Sector. The Supreme Court consists of three permanent Supreme Sectors (Civil, Criminal, and Constitutional and Social). Each Supreme Sector has five supreme speakers who elect a president within each other.

Mechanisms

The Constitution guarantees the right to the double instance, which the Supreme Court recognizes. In event that this right is failed, the appeals in the processes that interpose before the Superior Sectors, or it is brought before the Supreme Court. The Abrogation doctrine is also recognized by this court.