Seminars and Events

Experience and Impact by States

Commitment and experience in transforming the justice systems of the Americas

Find here the studies that the Justice Studies Center of the Americas.

Reform of Criminal Justice and Penitentiary Systems

National Procedural Law Seedbed Competition (2021)
Virtual Seminar Series: The criminal justice system in Chile in the face of the social uprising in October (2020)
Trial by Jury in Chile? (2020)
20 Years After the Criminal Procedure Reform: Achievements, Criticisms and Challenges, November 24 (2020)
Conference “The statement of the co-defendant, intervention of experts and recognition of persons in the criminal process” (2019)
IV National Competition “Seedbeds of Procedural Law” (2019)
Seminar presenting the study “Challenges of Criminal Procedure Reform in Chile: Retrospective analysis of more than a decade” (2018)
International Competition of Papers on Evidentiary Activity in Oral Systems (2018)
Seminar “Superior Courts and Non-Criminal Procedural Reforms” (2017)
CEJA participated in the 8th International Conference on Crime Analysis (2017)
Second Chilean version of the Procedural Law Seedbed Competition (2017)
Seminar on Challenges of the Criminal Enforcement Control System (2015)
CEJA participated as an invited speaker at the VI International Conference on Crime Analysis (2015)
CEJA presented the study on the autonomy model at the International Seminar “Autonomous Criminal Defense: A Look to the Future 15 Years After the Reform” (2015)
CEJA presented “The challenges in the application of the American Convention on Human Rights: Reasonable time/ Right to defense / Preventive detention, at the IV Student Congress of Human Rights of the University of Chile (2014)
CEJA participated as a speaker at the Public Security Summit in Chile (2014)
CEJA participated in the Congress 10 years of the implementation of the Criminal Procedure Reform in the eighth region (2013)
CEJA participated in the High Command and Management Team Meeting of the Chilean Investigative Police (2013)
CEJA participated in the International Seminar “Current and future challenges of criminal prosecution and care for victims and witnesses in Chile” (2013)
International Seminar “Experiences on Pretrial Services” (2012)
Colloquium “Challenges for the investigation and prosecution of complex crimes” (2012)
CEJA participated in the Talk on sentence enforcement systems in France (2012)
CEJA participated as an exhibitor in the Seminar “Production and Management of Information for Public Security” (2012)
CEJA participated in the teaching of law organized by the Faculty of Law of the UDP (2011)
CEJA participated in the Procedural Reform Conference (2011)
CEJA participated in the university colloquium on “Confidential witnesses, the guarantees of the accused and the prosecution of crime” (2011)
International Seminar “Justice Reforms in Latin America”. (2008)
Second Patagonian Conference on Contemporary Criminal Law. (2006)

Reform of Civil and Family Justice

Seminar launching the study “Case Management and Flexibility of Civil Processes: Obstacles and opportunities in Chile” (2021)
CEJA inaugurated and participated in the Seminar “The System of Resources and the Reform of Civil Justice in Chile” (2016)
CEJA delivered the Colloquium “Orality in civil proceedings: a practical approach to its problems and difficulties” (2013)
CEJA participated in the seminar on reforming the enforcement system in labor proceedings (2013)
CEJA participated in the International Seminar on Civil Justice Reform, a vision from comparative law (2013)
International Congress on Reforms to Civil Justice in Latin America (2012)
CEJA participated in the International Seminar on Labor Procedural Reform (2011)
Seminar Series “The transformation of Civil Justice in Ibero-America: content and challenges” (2010)
International Seminar “Innovation in Civil Justice” Santiago, Chile, May 14 and 15 (2008):
Seminar “International Experiences for Civil Justice Reform”. (2006)

Judicial Independence and Integrity

Regional Conference: “Strengthening Judicial Independence in the Americas” (2022)

Government and Judicial Management

International Seminar “Case Management as a mechanism for flexibility and efficiency in the judicial process” (2019)
CEJA participated in the Conversation on aspects of police management and modernization in Latin America (2016)

Judicial Information, Information Technologies and Transparency

Participation in Workshop on Judicial Ethics, Open Justice and Judicial Transparency, organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (2024)
Seminar on procedural law, entitled “Digital Processing Law. The Voice of the Actors” (2016)
Leonel González, CEJA training coordinator, participated in the Seminar on the New Electronic Processing Law of Chile (2016)
CEJA participated as an exhibitor at the V Justice and Technology Fair, within the framework of the XVII Ibero-American Judicial Summit (2014)
Ricardo Lillo, coordinator of the management and information area of CEJA, participated in the III International Seminar of the Council for Transparency of Chile entitled “Impact of the Right of Access to Information on Citizen Participation” (2012)
CEJA participated in the 1st Seminar on Legal Information and Services (2011)
First International Seminar on e-Justice (2011)

Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

Presentation at the Closing Ceremony of the Diploma in Negotiation and Mediation at the University of Chile (2024)
Seminar on the “integration of ADR in the design of the Civil Process (2021)
Medication in Chile: experiences and areas of development (2020)
Webinar presenting the Final Report of the Project “Alternative Mechanisms to Promote Access to Justice in Latin America” (2016)
Colloquia on Collaborative Conflict Resolution (2015)
Webinar on Alternative Dispute Resolution in the United States and Latin America (2015)
CEJA participated in the International Seminar “Alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and small claims system” (2012)

Access to justice, vulnerable groups and gender

Webinar on Access to Justice for Persons Deprived of Liberty in Southern Cone Countries. (2022)
International Seminar: “Gender equality in access to justice from an intersectional approach” (2022)
VII National Competition for Students of Procedural Law – Indigenous Justice. (2022)
Presentation seminar of the “Protocol for access to justice for older adults” (2021)
Colloquium on “legal needs and courses of action of the citizen in the face of barriers to justice” (2021)
CEJA participated as a speaker at the “Justice for Small Causes” Seminar (2015)
Inter-American Seminar on Gender and Justice (2003)
Workshop for Civil Society Organizations on the Women’s Courts Guide (2003)

Others

CEJA participates in the Central University of Chile’s lecture series “Legal Challenges in the Americas and the Role of Multilateral Forums”. (2023)
CEJA held a lecture on “Legal Challenges in the Americas and the Role of Multilateral Forums” (2023)
Meeting with the Public Criminal Defense Office of Chile. (2022)
Study visit program to Chile (2022)
Webinar on Constitutional Dialogue between Chile and Canada (2021)
Virtual seminar “Defense in Police Units: projections and challenges (2021)
Social unrest and human rights crisis in Chile (2020)
CEJA participated as a speaker at the Chilean Public Law Conference (2014)
CEJA participated in the IV Human Rights Congress (2014)
International Course: Tools to Address the Most Frequent Causes of Error in the Conviction of Innocent People (2013)
4th Alumni Network Meeting (2010)
Visit of a delegation of high-ranking officials from Haiti. (2009)
Visit of a delegation from the Council of the Judiciary and Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. (2009)
Visit to oral trial courts with the commission of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic of Mexico. (2003)
XXXIII Regular Session of the OAS General Assembly. (2003)
Signing ceremony of the Headquarters Agreement between the Government of Chile and CEJA. Formal presentation of CEJA. (2000)