Sandra Araneda The Board of Directors of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) voted unanimously to elect Jenny Willier Murphy as its new President for 2021-2022 on December 11, 2020. During its XLII meeting, the Board also elected Daniel Petrone as its Vice President. Petrone served as the entity’s President for the past two years. JSCA was created in 1999 by the Organization of American…
Sandra Araneda The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has set a public hearing for December 4. The body will analyze the role of public prosecutor’s offices in the protection of human rights in Latin America. The request for the hearing, which has the support of JSCA and has been strongly encouraged by regional judicial institutions and NGOs* from 12 countries -such as the DPLF, ACIJ, INECIP…
Sandra Araneda Earlier this week, a report on the situation of access to justice in the context of the pandemic from the perspective of organizations and individuals who interact with judicial services in Latin America was published by ACIJ, Argentina in partnership with entities such as JSCA, DeJusticia, FIMA, LABÁ, the Legal Empowerment Network, the Due Process of Law Foundation and Justice for All. The report analyzes…
Sandra Araneda Column written by the Executive Director of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas, Jaime Arellano, and published in the Chilean newspaper La Segunda on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. When the health emergency was decreed, the region’s judiciaries continued to offer essential services. Priority was given to criminal cases related to individuals’ freedom and other guarantees as well as gender violence, family matters related to…
Sandra Araneda The emergency taught us that all countries should invest more in information technologies and in guaranteeing Internet access.* *Interview with journalist Diana Lastiri published by Mexico’s El Universal newspaper on November 12, 2020. Latin American justice systems were completely paralyzed for several days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mexico was no exception, and the situation has taught its judicial branches several lessons according to Justice…
