CEJA Executive Director Nataly Ponce Chauca meets with Meg Satterthwaite, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers.

The Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, visited Chile at the invitation of the government between July 29 and August 9, where she held dialogues with State officials and representatives of international organizations and civil society on good practices and challenges regarding the independence of judges and lawyers and how … Read more

JSCA team travels to Bogota as part of the project “Civil and family dispute resolution and its effectiveness in Colombia and Peru”.

In March, the JSCA team traveled to Bogotá to meet with the Colombian and Peruvian consulting teams working on the project “Civil and Family Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and Their Effectiveness in Colombia and Peru. The project has gathered information on the functioning of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (ADR) through interviews with authorities, officials and users of mediation and conciliation centers.

“Ways to resolve civil and family conflicts and their effectiveness in Colombia and Peru” (IDRC – JSCA)

Throughout 2023, two JSCA consulting teams formed by Mateo Vasquez Echeverri, Samed Mateo Vargas Montero, Leonardo García and Lizeth Johanna Ñungo Pérez (Colombia) and the Former Minister of Justice and Human Rights Eduardo Vega Luna, Federico Chunga Fiestas and Cristell Paola Casani Apaza (Peru) have traveled to six locations in these countries to meet with … Read more

JSCA returns to the Ibero-American Judicial Summit

After nine years, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas once again participated in the XXI edition of the Ibero-American Judicial Summit held in Lima, Peru. The Plenary Assembly was held between September 20 and 22, 2023 and brought together high level authorities of the judiciaries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Some of the … Read more

JSCA participates in the Anti-Corruption Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean

On September 26 and 27, the conference on reducing corruption, “Integral Anti-Corruption Approach in Latin America and the Caribbean: Strategies and Practices for Prevention and Prosecution”. Held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, this conference was organized by the German Federal Foreign Office. The event had two thematic areas: 1) Working on a comprehensive approach to … Read more

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 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 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