{"id":2830,"date":"2025-10-16T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iccal.lat\/?page_id=2830"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:31:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:31:52","slug":"judicial-independence-as-a-cornerstone-of-democratic-resilience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iccal.lat\/en\/iccal-lab\/judicial-independence-as-a-cornerstone-of-democratic-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"Judicial Independence as a Cornerstone of Democratic Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--blockstudio\/blockstudio\/banner--><div id=\"px-banner-blockstudio-d2f9d460da4f\" class=\"px-banner bannerMedia-image   \">\n    <div class=\"px-banner-inner\">\n\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"text\">\n\t\t<div class=\"text-inner\">\n             <div class=\"text\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Judicial Independence as a Cornerstone of Democratic Resilience<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>How can judicial independence remain a safeguard against backsliding?<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n    \n    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"banner-video-script\">\nfunction activateVideo(video, uid) {\n    var el = document.getElementById('vid-' + video + '-uid' + uid);\n    el.innerHTML = '<div class=\"video\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/' + video +\n        '?rel=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen>';\n}\n\nfunction activateVimeoVideo(video, uid) {\n    var el = document.getElementById('vid-vimeo-' + video + '-uid' + uid);\n    el.innerHTML = '<div class=\"video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/' + video +\n        '?dnt=1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>';\n}\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<!--blockstudio\/blockstudio\/frame-layout--><div id=\"fl-blockstudio-f593259a3969\" class=\"fl px-frame-layout     \" data-frame=\"default\" data-layout=\"default\" data-margin-before=\"medium\" data-margin-after=\"medium\" >\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div >\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-gap-large is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>This project examines judicial independence as an essential element of democratic resilience, adopting a multilevel comparative approach that combines intraregional analysis between national systems and their corresponding international frameworks, and transregional comparison between Latin America and Europe. It investigates instruments, contexts, and adaptive measures that strengthen judicial independence in times of crisis, addressing both procedural dimensions (constitutional and legislative reforms, participatory mechanisms, agenda-setting, enforcement of international judgments) and substantive dimensions (resilience of rights, freedoms, and equalities). By integrating legal, sociological, and historical perspectives, the research identifies convergences and divergences across legal cultures and highlights how norms operate within specific cultural contexts. The goal is to understand how different democracies confront threats to judicial independence and which strategies prove most effective for its reinforcement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><!--blockstudio\/blockstudio\/frame-layout--><div id=\"fl-blockstudio-a7b395ac4c17\" class=\"fl px-frame-layout    activateBorderRadius \" data-frame=\"lightbgbox\" data-layout=\"default\" data-margin-before=\"default\" data-margin-after=\"default\" >\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div >\n\n<p><strong>Project members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#pablo\">Pablo Saavedra<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#miriam\">Miriam Henr\u00edquez<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#sabrina\">Sabrina Ragone<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#amaya\" type=\"internal\" id=\"#amaya\">Amaya Ubeda<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#joaquin\">Joaqu\u00edn Garz\u00f3n<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#roberta\">Roberta Lugar\u00e0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Focus<\/strong><br>Judicial independence<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<!--blockstudio\/blockstudio\/anchor-->\n\n<div class=\" anchor-section\" id=\"pablo\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<!--blockstudio\/blockstudio\/textmedia-->\n<div id=\"blockstudio-c38cef0e87fa\" class=\"px-textmedia toggle-readmore-wrapper editor-mode deactivatereadmore smallerimagesize mediaposition-left\">\n<div class=\"px-textmedia-wrapper\">\n    \n    <div class=\"px-textmedia-media\">\n                <div class=\"image\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/iccal.lat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/29815903330_b2172b7159_k-e1760626649525.jpg\" 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class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bobek, M., Bodnar, A., von Bogdandy, A., &amp; Sonnevend, P. (Eds.). (2023). <em>Transition 2.0: Re-establishing Constitutional Democracy in EU Member States<\/em> (Beitr\u00e4ge zum ausl\u00e4ndischen \u00f6ffentlichen Recht und V\u00f6lkerrecht, 320). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bustos Gisbert, R. (2022). <em>Independencia judicial e integraci\u00f3n europea<\/em>. Tirant lo Blanch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Commission. 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