Press JSCA The first round will be held on August 5. Eleven teams from various Chilean universities will participate in the first round of the V and VI National Procedure Law Seedbed Competitions on Thursday, August 5. The main objective of the competition, which is organized by the Justice Studies Center of the Americas, the Universidad Diego Portales (UDP) Law School Procedure Law Department and the Chilean…
Press JSCA Join us on July 20 at 3:00 p.m. Paraguay-Chile time. The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), the Judicial Research Center (CEJ), the Paraguayan Bar Association and the Paraguayan Judges’ Association invite all members of the public to participate in the webinar “Civil Procedure Reform in Paraguay: Challenges in Light of the Latin American Experience,” which will be held July 20 at 3 p.m. …
Press JSCA The research focuses on the current state of prisons in 10 countries in the region. The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Rule of Law Program for Latin America and Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch present the Spanish-language publication “Prison Systems and Sentence Execution in Latin America: A Regional Perspective and Approaches.” The publication, which was edited by JSCA Training Director…
Press JSCA World Sexual Diversity Day and International LGBTIQ+ Day, which were celebrated on June 25 and 28, respectively, commemorate the Stonewall riots that took place in June 1969, launching the modern movement for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people. Since then, this movement has made important progress towards the recognition of the human rights of members of the LGBTIQ+ community. The…
Press JSCA The Director of Research and Projects of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), Marco Fandiño, discussed some of the misconceptions about trial by jury that have circulated in the region over the years in a column published in La Tercera. Fandiño stated, “Latin American juries have a unique history that is related to the processes of independence and decolonization.” He added, “The evidence…
