National
Supreme Court of Justice
- Spanish: Suprema Corte de Justicia
Governs Uruguay
Official website (poderjudicial.gub.uy) Report a problem with this page
Source: impo.com.uy, checkedWho sits on it
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President of the Supreme Court of Justice
Chosen by the Supreme Court of Justice from among its members
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5 justices of the Supreme Court
Appointed by the General Assembly of Uruguay
- Álvaro França Nebot Justice of the Supreme Court · since June 2026
- Bernadette Minvielle Sánchez Justice of the Supreme Court · since August 2017
- Doris Morales Martínez Justice of the Supreme Court · since February 2022
- John Pérez Brignani Justice of the Supreme Court · since December 2020
- Julio Alfredo Posada Xavier Justice of the Supreme Court · since December 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Supreme Court of Justice es.wikipedia.org · checked
- Doris Morales Martínez as President of the Supreme Court of Justice es.wikipedia.org · checked
- Justice of the Supreme Court impo.com.uy · checked
- Álvaro França Nebot as Justice of the Supreme Court es.wikipedia.org · checked
- Bernadette Minvielle Sánchez as Justice of the Supreme Court es.wikipedia.org · checked
- Doris Morales Martínez as Justice of the Supreme Court es.wikipedia.org · checked
- John Pérez Brignani as Justice of the Supreme Court es.wikipedia.org · checked
- Julio Alfredo Posada Xavier as Justice of the Supreme Court es.wikipedia.org · checked
What it can do
- Declare laws unconstitutional
Constitution Arts. 256-258: the Supreme Court has original and exclusive competence to decide on the unconstitutionality of laws.
- Supreme judicial authority
Constitution Art. 233: judicial power is exercised by the Supreme Court of Justice and the lower courts.
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Sources for what it can do
- Declare laws unconstitutional impo.com.uy · checked
- Supreme judicial authority impo.com.uy · checked
Sources
- impo.com.uy · checked IMPO (Centro de Información Oficial), Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay 1967 con las modificaciones de 1996, read 2026-10-12: structure of offices, selection rules, election dates (Arts. 77, 88, 94, 151-152, 160, 168, 174, 233-236, 262-275). For: Supreme Court of Justice, Supreme Court of Justice in Spanish, Declare laws unconstitutional, Supreme judicial authority, Justice of the Supreme Court
- es.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia (es), Suprema Corte de Justicia de Uruguay, read 2026-10-12: five current justices, start dates, president 2025-2026. Fallback: Wikipedia es, because poderjudicial.gub.uy does not list start dates on a page read. For: President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Doris Morales Martínez as President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Álvaro França Nebot as Justice of the Supreme Court, Bernadette Minvielle Sánchez as Justice of the Supreme Court, Doris Morales Martínez as Justice of the Supreme Court and 2 more
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