Indigenous leaders and magistrates, gathered in the VI International Congress in Intercultural Justice celebrated in Puno (Peru), demand that judges, attorneys, police, and public defenders exercise their functions in the predominant indigenous language in their area, informs the journal Chaski.
In the Declaration of Puno, endorsed by the conclave, many of the more than 250 participants indicate that with the declaration efforts will be made to achieve equal justice for everybody: “We recognise the need to overcome the communication divide caused by the ignorance or undervaluing of the indigenous languages, which affect the administration of justice, and the relation between the authorities of ordinary and special jurisdiction.
They also demand the implementation of the National Special Register of Interpreters and Translators of Indigenous Languages of the Judicial Branch.
In the Declaration of Puno, endorsed by the conclave, many of the more than 250 participants indicate that with the declaration efforts will be made to achieve equal justice for everybody: “We recognise the need to overcome the communication divide caused by the ignorance or undervaluing of the indigenous languages, which affect the administration of justice, and the relation between the authorities of ordinary and special jurisdiction.
They also demand the implementation of the National Special Register of Interpreters and Translators of Indigenous Languages of the Judicial Branch.
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