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Antigua y Barbuda
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Argentina
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Bahamas
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Barbados
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Belice
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Bolivia
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Brasil
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Canadá
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Chile
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Colombia
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Costa Rica
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Cuba
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Dominica
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Ecuador
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El Salvador
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Estados Unidos
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Granada
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Guatemala
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Guyana
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Haití
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Honduras
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Jamaica
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México
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Nicaragua
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Panamá
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Paraguay
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Perú
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República Dominicana
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San Cristóbal y Nieves
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San Vicente y las Granadinas
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Santa Lucía
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Surinam
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Trinidad y Tobago
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Uruguay
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Venezuela
Experience and Impact by States
Commitment and experience in transforming the justice systems of the Americas
Studies, Research, and Publications
Find here the studies that the Justice Studies Center of the Americas.
Reform of Criminal Justice and Penitentiary Systems
- Autonomy of the Public Criminal Defense Office (2021)
- The Relevance of the Test (2021)
- Issue No. 21 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Litigation and the hearing system)”. Article “Conducting hearings with self-represented litigants. The Canadian experience” (2018)
- Journal No. 14 “Judicial Systems. A perspective on the administration of justice (Pretrial Detention)”. Article “Pretrial detention in Canada” (2007)
- Youth Criminal Justice Act (2002)
Reform of Civil and Family Justice
- Jury Trials in Civil Justice. Materials and reflections from Argentina (2021)
- Civil Procedural Reforms in Australia and Quebec (2019)
- Comparative studies on reforms to the Civil Justice System. Australia and Canada. Volume II (2019)
- Access to Civil Justice. Connections between Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada (2018)
- Orality and Civil Litigation. Tools from the Canadian experience (2018)
- Study “The most important changes of the latest reform to the Civil procedure of Quebec and the main characteristics of its civil procedural system” (2017)
Judicial Independence and Integrity
- Independence of justice operators in the Americas. Regional situation and challenges for democratic defense (2023)
- Efforts to increase judicial independence and impartiality in Latin America (2016)
- Guidelines for promoting judicial independence and impartiality: Initiatives to improve judicial independence in Latin America: A comparative perspective (2002)
Government and Judicial Management
- Studies on collection and enforcement methods in the U.S. and Canada (2011)
- Journal No. 17 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Trial by Jury)”. Article “Trial by jury: the Canadian experience” (2009)
- Issue No. 17 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Jury Trial)”. Article “The jury system in Canada” (2009)
- Journal No. 17 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Trial by Jury)”. Article “Comments on the Canadian system” (2009)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2008 – 2009 (2008)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2006 – 2007 (2007)
- Journal No. 14 “Judicial Systems. A perspective on the administration of justice (Pretrial Detention)”. Article “Pretrial detention in Canada” (2007)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2004-2005. (2004)
- Private Financing of Justice: Court Fees (2004)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2002-2003. (2003)
- Journal No. 1 “Judicial Systems. A perspective on the administration of justice (Crisis in judicial training?)”. Article “Circle Justice in Canada: Building” (2002)
- Study of defendants without legal representation in the Provincial Courts (document in English) (2002)
Judicial Information, Information Technologies and Transparency
- State of Justice in Latin America under COVID-19: General measures adopted and use of ICTs in judicial processes (2020)
- Justice in Social Context (2019)
- Justice in Social Context (2019)
- Publication Third Version of the Online Judicial Services Index, ISJL (2018)
- Version 10 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2016–2017)
- Publication of the Second Version of the Online Judicial Services Index, ISJL (2016)
- Version 9 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2014)
- Version 8 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2012)
- The impact of Information Technologies on citizens’ access to judicial information and justice (2012)
- Version 7 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2011)
- Publication of the First Version of the Online Judicial Services Index, ISJL (2011)
- Version 6 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2010)
- Version 5 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2009)
- Version 4 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2008)
- Version 3 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2007)
- Version 2 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2006)
- Version 1 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2004)
- Civil society monitoring of the implementation of the Quebec Action Plan: Canada Report (2004)
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
- Online Conflict Resolution (2022)
- EXECUTIVE SUMARY Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) (2022)
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Online Conflict Resolution (2022)
- The Relevance of Evidence: A Canadian Perspective (2021)
- The Relevance of Evidence: A Canadian Perspective (2021)
- Study on “Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) and Digital Justice” (2021)
- The many meanings of mediation: A sociological study of mediation in Canada: Mediation styles (2000)
Access to justice, vulnerable groups and gender
- Publication “Access to Civil Justice: Connections between Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada” (2018)
- Aboriginal Peoples and the Criminal Justice System (2005)
- Juvenile Justice Systems: The Comparative Experience Canada, United States, United Kingdom (England and Scotland) (2005)
- Victims of Trafficking in Persons: Perspectives from the Canadian Community Sector (2005)