Sandra Araneda The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) announces the formulation of its 2022-2025 Strategic Plan through a broad participatory process directed at identifying the main needs and priority topics of the justice systems of the countries of the Americas and, in that context, the role that JSCA will play in the coming years to strengthen justice in the hemisphere. JSCA invites governments, justice system…
Press JSCA 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 and Germany (Red de Mujeres Unidas, UNIDAS). Germany’s Federal Foreign…
Press JSCA 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. Both authorities agreed on the importance of promoting systems of…
Press JSCA 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 rights bodies on common issues, taking into account current challenges…
Press JSCA 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 meeting was held on the afternoon of Monday 21, via…
