PhD in Constitutional and Administrative Law

The recent publication of the 2026 Rule of Law Index, compiled by the World Justice Project (WJP), has once again held an unforgiving mirror up to Bolivian society. The results are no surprise, but rather the documented confirmation of a chronic institutional tragedy; out of 143 countries evaluated globally, Bolivia languishes in 130th position. Although statistically the country advanced one place compared to the previous measurement, the underlying reality is catastrophic. Bolivia remains an international benchmark, not for its democratic innovations, but for possessing one of the most dysfunctional, politicised, and inefficient judicial systems on the planet.

To grasp the severity of this collapse, it is necessary to break down the metrics that make up this ranking. In the specific area of criminal justice, the Bolivian State occupies a deplorable 141st place out of 143 nations. This means that Bolivia has the second worst criminal justice system in the world, only just surpassing Venezuela and ranking below nations devastated by wars or extreme humanitarian crises. In the realm of civil justice, the picture is equally bleak; the country ranks 140th globally. These figures are not mere abstractions from........

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