Jacinta Balbela
Jacinta Balbela (September 29, 1919 – October 26, 2007) was an Uruguayan judge.
Background[]
Born in Salto, she obtained her degree as a lawyer in 1945, and in 1952 she was appointed as a judge. She served in many towns of the country, and later as a criminal judge in Montevideo.
Judicial appointments[]
In 1973 she became a member of a Court of Appeal with criminal jurisdiction. Twelve years later, in May 1985, she was appointed a member of the Supreme Court of Justice, where she remained until September 1989, when she retired because she had reached the age of 70.
Later roles[]
After her retirement from the courts, she served as the co-director of the United Nations (ILANUD) in San José, Costa Rica.
She also wrote numerous articles about Criminal Law, Family Law and Human Rights. She died in Montevideo.[1][2]
She died in October 2007. Her remains are buried at Cementerio del Norte, Montevideo.[3]
Publications[]
- Código de la Infancia y la Adolescencia, comentado y anotado (with Ricardo Pérez Manrique)
References[]
- ^ "Falleció la jurista Jacinta Balbela" (in Spanish). El Observador. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ "Uruguay: Falleció Jacinta Balbela" (in Spanish). . Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ Obituary of Jacinta Balbela (in Spanish)
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