Gloria Stella Ortiz

Gloria Stella Ortiz Delgado (born 7 January 1969) is a Colombian jurist who has been President of the country's Constitutional Court since February 2019.

Early life and education Ortiz was born in Suan Juan de Pasto, Nariño on 7 January 1969.

Career Ortiz worked as an attorney, guardianship lawyer and assistant magistrate from 1992. where she created the Constitutional Law department. In 2018, she was appointed Chair of the National Gender Commission of the Judiciary. She was appointed President of the Court in February 2019. Upon her appointment, she named defense of individual rights, judicial independence, and freedom from politics as the three most important conditions for success as a constitutional judge. Later that month, the Senate asked the court to rule on the legality of a law to implement peace agreement with FARC rebels. The court upheld the Senate's vote to reject President Iván Duque Márquez's proposed changes. Ortiz called on Duque to implement the agreement and create a Special Jurisdiction for Peace tribunal.

In May 2020, Ortiz acted as rapporteur in the court's decision that state of emergency measures enacted by legislative decree in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were constitutional.

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