Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice (Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral)
Paraguay
Constitution 1992 (as amended in 2011), accessed 27 April 2022
ARTICLE 275. OF THE SUPERIOR TRIBUNAL OF ELECTORAL JUSTICE
The Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice will be composed of three members, who will be elected and removed in the form established for the Ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice. [...]
Paraguay, TSJE, Ley N° 635/95 Que reglamenta la Justicia Electoral, accessed 27 April 2022
Artículo 1°.- Naturaleza y composición. La Justicia Electoral goza de autarquía administrativa y autonomía jurisdiccional dentro de los límites establecidos en la presente ley.
Está compuesta de los siguientes organismos: a. El Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral; [...]
Constitution 1992 (as amended in 2011), accessed 27 April 2022
ARTICLE 275. The Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice will be composed of three members, who will be elected and removed in the form established for the Ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice. [...]
Paraguay, TSJE, Ley N° 635/95 Que reglamenta la Justicia Electoral, accessed 27 April 2022
Artículo 4. Composición.
1. El Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral se compondrá de tres miembros, elegidos de conformidad a lo establecido por la Constitución, quienes prestarán juramento o promesa ante la Cámara de Senadores. [...]
Constitution 1992 (as amended in 2011), accessed 27 April 2022
ARTICLE 251. OF THE APPOINTMENT
The members of all the tribunals and courts of the Republic will be appointed by the Supreme Court of Justice, from a terna [list of three] proposed by the Council of the Magistrature.
ARTICLE 252. OF THE IRREMOVABILITY OF THE MAGISTRATES
The Magistrates are irremovable vis-à-vis the office, the seat [sede], or the rank during the term for which they have been appointed. They may not be transferred or promoted without their prior and express consent.
They are designated for periods of five years, counting from their appointment.
The Magistrates confirmed for two periods following that of their election, acquire the irremovability in the office until the limit of age established for the members of the Supreme Court of Justice.
As any other magistrate of the Judiciary, members of the EMB are originally elected for a five-year term, but if they are re-elected for two more periods, they become permanent until age of retirement.
Constitution 1992 (as amended in 2011), accessed 27 April 2022
ARTICLE 251. OF THE APPOINTMENT
The members of all the tribunals and courts of the Republic will be appointed by the Supreme Court of Justice, from a terna [list of three] proposed by the Council of the Magistrature.
Paraguay, TSJE, Ley N° 635/95 Que reglamenta la Justicia Electoral, accessed 27 April 2022
Artículo 4(2). El Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral designará anualmente de entre sus miembros un Presidente y un Vicepresidente.
The EMB members designate the Chair every year.
Constitution 1992 (as amended in 2011), accessed 27 April 2022
ARTICLE 275. [...] The members of the Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice must meet the following requirements: to be of Paraguayan nationality, to be already thirty-five years old, to possess a university degree of lawyer, and, during the term of ten years, at least, to have effectively exercised the profession or performed functions in the judicial magistrature, or exercised [a] university chair in juridical matters, jointly, separately, or alternatively. [...]
