On September 15, 2022, JSCA’s Executive Director Nataly Ponce and JSCA’s Director of Technical Assistance, Open and Digital Justice, Cristian Hernández, held a virtual meeting with the Minister of Justice and Institutional Transparency of Bolivia, Iván Lima. JSCA presented the JSCA Strategic Plan 2022-2026, emphasizing the five priority issues defined. In addition to his good … Read more
On September 12, 2022, JSCA’s Executive Director, Nataly Ponce, along with the Director of Technical Assistance, Open and Digital Justice, Cristian Hernández, and the Director of Studies, Gherman Welsch, held a meeting with the National Public Defender of Chile, Carlos Mora, his Chief of Staff Claudia Vergara and the Chief of Studies of the Ombudsman’s … Read more
The President of the Board of Directors of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), Jenny Willier Murphy, participated today on behalf of JSCA in the International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation’s 150th anniversary, which is celebrating the Foundation’s past, present and future contributions to criminal justice and prison systems. President Jenny Willier Murphy introduced … Read more
The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) will participate in the IX Summit of the Americas 2022, which will take place in June 2022 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Summit will bring together the Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the Organization of American States (OAS) to address … Read more
On May 12, 2022, JSCA Executive Director Nataly Ponce participated in the International Symposium on Best Practices for Combating Public Corruption, which was held in Cartagena, Colombia. The event was organized by the US Embassy in Bogotá and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL). Ms. Ponce was part of the panel … Read more
The Lima Chamber of Commerce invited JSCA Executive Director Nataly Ponce to participate in the IV International Forum on Public and Business Safety “Safety: A Fundamental Pillar for Growth and Development” on April 26, 2022. The purpose of the event was to present the main progress to date on and challenges related to justice and … Read more
JSCA Executive Director Nataly Ponce traveled to Berlin March 21-25, 2022 at the invitation of the German Federal Foreign Affairs Ministry to participate in several activities in the context of the Center’s collaboration with the German government. Ponce served as a panelist at the meeting of the Women United Network for Latin America, the Caribbean … Read more
Today our Executive Director, Nataly Ponce, met with the National Prosecutor of Chile, Jorge Abbott. Among other topics, they discussed the criminal analysis system and investigative focuses, as well as the gender policy of the Chilean Public Prosecutor’s Office, the use of pretrial detention and the situation of women in the context of criminal prosecution. … Read more
On February 22, 2022, JSCA participated in the workshop with agencies and the OAS General Secretariat for the construction of the Strategic Plan 2022-2026 of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The purpose of the activity was to reflect in a participatory manner on collaborative actions to complement the mandates of the OAS human … Read more
The Governor of Chaco , Argentina, Jorge Capitanich, together with JSCA’s Director of Training, Leonel González, evaluated the plan to modernize Chaco’s justice system. They also discussed the need to analyze strategies and options in the criminal procedure system and the development of projects for the Civil Jury Manual and Diploma in Jury Trials. The … Read more
