Both the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention referred to the constitutional crisis resulting from the dismissal of judges from the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Electoral Court, which started in 2004, and noted the efforts made to resolve it.
Tanto el Relator Especial sobre la independencia de los magistrados y abogados como el Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria se refirieron a la crisis constitucional causada por la destitución de los magistrados de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, del Tribunal Constitucional y del Tribunal Supremo Electoral que se desencadenó en 2004, y tomaron nota de los esfuerzos realizados para resolverla.