JSCA provides technical assistance to implement a digital prosecutor’s file for the Anti-Corruption Unit of Paraguay’s Public Prosecutor’s Office

From April 24 to 27, 2023, a specialized team from the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) visited the city of Asunción in Paraguay to provide technical assistance to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of that country in order to implement the digital prosecutor’s file in the Specialized Unit for Economic Crimes and Anti-Corruption (UDEA). … Read more

JSCA meets with Chile’s Minister of Justice and Human Rights

The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) visited Chile’s Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and met with the minister Luis Cordero Vega to discuss opportunities for collaboration within the framework of the minister’s new administration. The meeting addressed the problem of organized crime in Chile and the challenges faced by the State in … Read more

JSCA develops training courses on gender mainstreaming in criminal prosecution in Peru

In the framework of the development of training courses for the integration of a gender perspective in criminal prosecution for operators of Peru’s National Specialized Justice System for the Protection and Punishment of Violence against Women (SNEJ), carried out thanks to the collaboration of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the GIZ agency, JSCA … Read more

JSCA concludes its collaboration with the Chilean Judiciary to prepare a study on judicial responses to cases of intrafamily violence against women

The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) concludes an important contribution to the Chilean Judicial Branch for the characterization of cases of intrafamily violence against women that enter the family justice system in which the Court declares itself incompetent and refers them to the Public Prosecutor’s Office. JSCA’s research department gathered information on approximately … Read more

JSCA implements a new project on civil and family conflict resolution in Colombia and Peru with a people-centered approach to justice

The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) informs that it is in the initial phase of implementing the project “Civil and Family Dispute Resolution and its Effectiveness in Colombia and Peru,” in partnership with the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC). This is an unprecedented project, with a people-centered approach to justice, which … Read more

JSCA begins the implementation of the Learning Communities Project on Strategic Criminal Prosecution in Mexico

The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), in partnership with DAI Global LLC under the USAID-funded ConJusticia program, will implement an innovative project to create learning communities on strategic criminal prosecution, investigation, litigation, criminal analysis and court management. JSCA will design the methodological and pedagogical route for the functioning of the learning communities, organize … Read more

JSCA meets with ambassadors, OAS Secretary General and agencies, and other allied actors in Washington, D.C.

JSCA’s Executive Director, Nataly Ponce Chauca, visited Washington DC to meet with a number of strategic actors, including Ambassador Frank Mora of the U.S. Mission to the OAS, Ambassador Hugh Adsett of the Canadian Mission to the OAS, Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, representatives of cooperation agencies, civil society organizations, businesses, foundations, among … Read more

JSCA receives applications for its internship program

JSCA invites young professionals or students of law, administration, communications, graphic design, international relations, political science, sociology, information technology and other related areas to apply for the JSCA Virtual Internship Program. The Internship Program is an opportunity for young professionals and students to acquire knowledge and professionally develop in the field of justice in an … Read more

8M JSCA: for a digital transformation that increases women’s access to justice in the Americas

  On International Women’s Day, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), an international organization created by the Organization of American States, joins the United Nations campaign “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, and calls on States, and especially the justice institutions of all countries in the Americas, to push for a digital … Read more

JSCA holds working meetings in Argentina with the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, the National General Public Defender, the Council of the Judiciary of Buenos Aires, the U.S. Embassy in Argentina, INECIP, Unidos por la Justicia, and AJUFE

From October 17-20, 2022, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) was in Buenos Aires for the International Seminar “The Implementation of the Accusatory System in the Federal Criminal Justice System in Argentina,” organized in partnership with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the United States Embassy in Argentina. As … Read more