Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino (June 12, 1923 – October 6, 2015) was a Peruvian

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and

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. A judge and noted jurist, Ugarte del Pino was a member of the legal team which represented Peru before the

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(ICJ) during a 2008 case over the

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. Ugarte del Pino served as the dean of the

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(''Colegio de Abogados de Lima'') (CAL) from 1974 to 1975, which coincided with the

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Juan Velasco Alvarado Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado (June 16, 1910 – December 24, 1977) was a Peruvian general who served as the President of Peru after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency in 1968. Under his presidency, nationalism ...

. Ugarte del Pino was a prominent critics of the erosion of the

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in Peru by Velasco. The Velasco government prosecuted and imprisoned Ugarte del Pino for counterrevolutionary crimes for his vocal opposition. Juan Velasco Alvarado was overthrown in 1975. Vicente Ugarte del Pino was appointed to the

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in 1980. During his tenure on the Supreme Court, Ugarte del Pino served as the President of the Supreme Court's Criminal Chamber in 1986, President of the Supreme Court of Peru in 1987, and the President of the Supreme Court's Civil Chamber in 1989. In 2008, the Peruvian government appointed Ugarte del Pino to the legal team which represented Peru at the

(ICJ) in

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during its dispute with Chile over the ongoing

. The case was known as "''Case Concerning Maritime Delimitation between the Republic of Peru and the Republic of Chile''", or simply Peru v. Chile. The ICJ issued its final ruling in January 2014, granting Peru some additional maritime territory. Vicente Ugarte del Pino died in at the hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins in the district of Jesús María in

Lima, Peru Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

, on October 6, 2015, at the age of 92. His death was confirmed by Mario Amoretti, the present dean of CAL.

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