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JSCA, DPLF and Universidad de Chile Human Rights Center to hold seminar entitled “Standards of judicial investigation of serious human rights violations in contexts of social protest in Latin America”

Date : April 23, 2021

National and international human rights experts will take part in the activity. The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) and the Universidad de Chile Human Rights Center invite anyone interested to participate in the seminar “Standards of judicial investigation of serious human rights violations in contexts of social protest in Latin America.” The event will be held…

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Comparative Analysis of Civil Justice Reforms in Latin America

Date : March 19, 2021

Download the publication here With the financial support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC), we are pleased to announce the translation of the first section of the text “Comparative study on civil procedure reforms in Latin America.” The main purpose of this translation is to present a comparative vision of the civil justice reforms that have taken place in Latin America since the entry into force…

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JSCA is accepting applications for a virtual research internship at Osgoode Law School

Date : March 5, 2021

PRESS/JSCA In the context of the project “Improving Access to Civil Justice in Latin America,” which is financed by Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) invites all interested parties to apply to the virtual research internship at Osgoode Law School (York University, Toronto, Canada), which will be held June 21 through July 2 of this year.   This program…

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Jaime Arellano: “Some countries started thinking about collaborative mechanisms for reestablishing judicial services because without them, there is no access to justice.”

Date : March 3, 2021

PRESS/JSCA One of the main challenges facing the justice system today is related to the degree to which sentences are enforced. This was noted by our Executive Director, Jaime Arellano, in an interview published in the journal Access to Justice in Times of Pandemic. (in spanish) He discussed the need to create alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in order to guarantee timely access to justice for…

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JSCA to hold virtual seminar to launch the study “The practice of law in Latin America: In search of an agenda.”

Date : February 25, 2021

The activity will be broadcast via JSCA’s YouTube Channel. The virtual seminar “The practice of law in Latin America: In search of an agenda” will be held next Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The presentation will focus on the results of the research that the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) conducted in five countries in the region during 2020. The event is directed at…