José Ugaz

José Ugaz
José Ugaz, May 2014.
Personal details
Born	José Carlos Ugaz Sánchez-Moreno (1959-06-15) June 15, 1959 (age 57) Lima, Peru
Nationality	Peruvian
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Occupation	Lawyer. Professor of Criminal Law (Pucp)

José Carlos Ugaz Sánchez-Moreno (born June 15, 1959) is a Peruvian jurist. He served as Ad-Hoc Attorney of Peru for the highest profile criminal cases in recent Peruvian history, involving the investigation of former President Fujimori and his chief of intelligence, Vladimiro Montesinos.

José Ugaz studied Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. After graduating from Law school in 1984, with Postgraduate education in Human Rights and Development (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands) and Criminal law (University of Salamanca, Spain), he joined the Lima Bar Association and became partner of Bettocchi Ibarra-Ugaz Law firm. In 1993 he founded Benites, Mercado & Ugaz Law firm (now Benites, Forno & Ugaz).

He was retained as external consultant to Dutch organizations Hivos and Novib for Human rights assessment missions in Costa Rica and Sri Lanka (1990–1991). In 1992, he joined the UN Peacekeeping Mission for El Salvador (ONUSAL) as Human Rights Official, and in 1993 was member of the UN Election Observers Mission for El Salvador.

Professor of Criminal law at the Law School of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (1987–2011), José Ugaz was member of the Board of the Law School for the period 1995-2001 and re-elected for the period 2008-2014.