“Judges have the great and sensitive task of building peace in each of our rulings. Judges are one of the most important beings on earth because we have great responsibility-if we accept it. I think I am blessed to be able to take on these responsibilities.”-Graciela Dixon
Graciela has a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Political Science from the University of Panama, post graduate degree in Human Rights from University of Santa Maria La Antigua University in Panama. She received specialized judicial education with the Training Program for Court Judges and Magistrates at the General Counsel of the Judicial Branch in Barcelona, Spain, and training in constitutional law at the Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain.
She was one of the representing attorneys for the victims of US intervention in Panama in the late 1980s. In 1995, she was a national consultant to UNICEF’s Technical Committee for the Implementation of Family Code for the Republic of Panama; and in 1996, she was an international delegate for the International Women’s Organization during the Presidential elections in Nicaragua.
She practiced as a litigation attorney for 22 years until 2005, when she was elected to the Chief Justice position for 2 year tenure.
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