The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) and the Universidad Alberto Hurtado (UAH) Law School present a new Spanish-language publication entitled Trial by Jury in Chile: A Pending Discussion for Strengthening the Adversarial Criminal Justice System and Its Public Legitimacy. The study was written by JSCA Training Director Leonel González, UAH Law Professor Rafael Blanco Suárez and Santiago Guarantee Court Judge Fernando Guzmán Fuenzalida.…
The fifth version of the Inter-American Training Program on Civil Justice Reform was launched at an event that featured the participation of Executive Director Jaime Arellano and staff members from the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA). The program is being organized by JSCA and developed in the context of the project “Improving Access to Civil Justice in Latin America” with the technical and…
World Day against Trafficking in Persons was created by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 2013 in order to raise awareness about the situation of victims of human trafficking. It is meant to promote and protect victims’ rights and recognize that this is an international problem with complex characteristics that requires the collaboration of political stakeholders from various countries. To this…
Due to the global health crisis, we have modified the calendar for this course in order to provide safe learning conditions and better educational opportunities to program participants. The first phase will be held using digital platforms that ensure that instructor and students will be able to maintain close contact. The intermediate phase, which is developed using our institution’s virtual education platform, will follow. Finally,…
World Sexual Diversity Day and International LGBTIQ+ Pride Day are celebrated June 25 and 28, respectively, to commemorate the Stonewall riot. The incident, which took place in the United States in June 1969, has been recognized as the first major milestone in the contemporary Western movement for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people. Over the past 50-plus years, significant progress…
