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In a meeting held at the Palace of Justice, the rectors of CRUCH received the formal invitation from the Supreme Court to propose academics with expertise in ethics to join the new advisory body of the judicial system.
In order to strengthen the pillars of integrity and transparency in the national justice system, the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) participated in an information session convened by the Supreme Court of Justice. The event, led by the president of the highest court, Gloria Ana Chevesich, had as its main purpose to invite the Council's member universities to propose high-level academic profiles to serve on the newly created Ethics Council of the Judiciary.
According to what was presented at the meeting, the Judicial Branch's Code of Ethics, approved last November, created an Ethics Council with a preventive, consultative, and advisory role. This entity, which will be composed of five members, has as its main mission to review and resolve inquiries or situations related to the ethical conduct of members of the lower ranks, promoting, through its rulings, the standards of integrity and probity that govern the institution.
Specifically, the fifth member will be an academic with a background in philosophy or applied ethics, who will be elected by the other four members of the Council (judges with distinguished careers), once it is constituted, by simple majority. To this end, the university presidents were informed during the meeting that a nomination period will be opened for them to propose the person or persons who meet the required profile, as well as the suitability criteria and the timeline that will govern the appointment.
“The idea at this time is to convey to you the concern and desire of the Judiciary in general—and the Supreme Court in particular—that you choose the best person to fulfill this mission. It is very important that this first council member be fully qualified to take on this challenge and also be able to guide and support the other members of the council, who are obviously all judges from different ranks, but who do not have the expertise of a specialist in the field,” said President Chevesich.
Following the meeting, the rectors of the universities present expressed their full willingness to collaborate in this process, which represents a decisive step in the implementation of the new integrity structures that govern the country's courts.
Read the code of ethics of the Judiciary: HERE
Text and photographs: Judicial Branch Communications.
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