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Antigua y Barbuda
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Argentina
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Bahamas
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Barbados
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Belice
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Bolivia
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Brasil
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Canadá
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Chile
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Colombia
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Costa Rica
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Cuba
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Dominica
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Ecuador
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El Salvador
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Estados Unidos
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Granada
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Guatemala
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Guyana
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Haití
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Honduras
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Jamaica
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México
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Nicaragua
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Panamá
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Paraguay
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Perú
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República Dominicana
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San Cristóbal y Nieves
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San Vicente y las Granadinas
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Santa Lucía
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Surinam
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Trinidad y Tobago
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Uruguay
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Venezuela
Experience and Impact by States
Commitment and experience in transforming the justice systems of the Americas
Studies, Research, and Publications
Find here the studies that the Justice Studies Center of the Americas.
Reform of Criminal Justice and Penitentiary Systems
- Cooperation for the investigation and prosecution of transnational organized crime in Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Argentina. (2024)
- Citizen and participatory survey for the design of the Criminal Policy for Criminal Prosecution of the Public Ministry of Chile (2024)
- Challenges for the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Latin America (2023)
- Effective Criminal Defense with a Gender Perspective in Latin America (2022)
- Penitentiary Systems and Criminal Enforcement in Latin America. A regional perspective and options for addressing the issue. (2021)
- Autonomy of the Public Criminal Defense Office. (2021)
- Journal No. 23 “Judicial Systems, A Perspective on the Administration of Justice (Criminal Analysis)”. Article “Latin American Experiences: Chile” (2020)
- Regional dialogue on access to justice and due process in the accusatory system . (2020)
- Jury trial in Chile. (2020)
- Exploratory Study on Local Police Courts in Chile (2019)
- Adversarial Criminal Justice in Latin America: Towards Conflict Management and the Strength of the Law (2018)
- Study “Challenges of Criminal Procedure Reform in Chile: Retrospective Analysis of More Than a Decade” (2017)
- Study “Evaluation of the Criminal Procedure Reform ten years after its implementation throughout the country” (2016)
- Project to monitor judicial reform processes in Latin America: Chile (2016)
- Evaluation of Judicial Reform in Latin America (2015)
- Judicial Reform in Latin America. An Assessment. English version (2015 )
- Comparative Study of Criminal Justice Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (2014)
- Study on the current situation of labor justice reform in Chile and Peru (2013)
- Publication of the research “ Challenges for the Investigation and prosecution of crimes with a certain complexity ” (2013)
- Information management and crime analysis within the framework of criminal prosecution for crimes (2012)
- Report on the experiences of Latin American countries in the investigation of complex crimes (2012)
- Study on the empirical functioning of personal precautionary measures in Chile (2011)
- The System of Precautionary Measures in Chile. Analysis of its Functioning between 2005 and 2010 (2011)
- Chile: The system of precautionary measures in Chile – Analysis of its operation between 2005-2010 (2011)
- Pilot Project of Precautionary Measures Chile. (2011)
- Justice Reforms in Latin America: Experiences of Innovation (2010)
- National criminal prosecution of international crimes in Latin America and Spain (2010)
- Prosecution of Complex Crimes – Capabilities of Criminal Justice Systems in Latin America (2010)
- Challenges in the Criminal Prosecution of Complex Crimes. (2010)
- Challenges for the investigation and prosecution of complex crimes in countries of the Americas. National Report Chile. (2010)
- Light and shadow in the Chilean criminal procedure reform: the role of the Public Prosecutor’s Office. (2009)
- Chile: Pretrial Detention in Chile: The Impact of the Criminal Procedure Reform and its Subsequent Changes (2009)
- Journal No. 15 “Judicial Systems. A perspective on the administration of justice (Criminal Investigation – Judicial Structure)”. Article “Comments on the report for Chile. Challenges for the investigation and prosecution of complex crimes in countries of the Americas” (2008)
- Issue No. 15 of the journal “Judicial Systems. A perspective on the administration of justice (Criminal Investigation – Judicial Structure)”. Article “Challenges in the prosecution of common crimes in Chile: reflections based on empirical research” (2008)
- Journal No. 14 “Judicial Systems. A perspective on the administration of justice (Preventive Detention)”. Reports “The costs of preventive detention in Chile” (2007)
- Issue No. 14 “Judicial Systems. A perspective on the administration of justice (Preventive Detention)”. Debate “The situation of preventive detention in Latin America. The cases of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador” (2007)
- Criminal Policy Working Group. (2007)
- Study on intelligent pursuit and community networks in the eastern area of Santiago. (2007)
- Comparative Study of Judicial Reforms in Latin America. (2006)
- Issue No. 11 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Justice and Corruption)”. Interview “Achievements and challenges of the Chilean Public Prosecutor’s Office one year after the implementation of the procedural reform in the metropolitan region” (2006)
- Journal No. 11 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Justice and Corruption)”. Dossier “The Inter-American Convention against Corruption and the crimes foreseen. Adaptation and criminal norms by the signatory countries (Chile)” (2006)
- Journal No. 8 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Possibilities and limitations of comparison in the judicial systems of the Americas)”. Article “Access to judicial information in Peru, Chile and Argentina” (2005)
- Empirical Evaluation of the Chilean Criminal Procedure Reform. (2005)
- Comparative Report: Monitoring Project of Judicial Reform Processes in Latin America 2005
- The New Public Criminal Defense (2004)
- Comparative report on the evaluation of the Criminal Procedure Reform from a Gender Perspective (First phase: Chile, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala) (2004)
- Monitoring of criminal procedure reforms, Gender and criminal procedure, Judicial Statistics, Case law on children’s rights, Access to Information, CSO Network, Justice and Civil Society. (2003)
- Comparative report: Monitoring project of judicial reform processes in Latin America: August (2003 )
- Printed publication of the Second Evaluation of the Criminal Procedure Reform of Chile. (2003)
- Index and basic contents of the proposal for Empirical Evaluation of the Criminal Procedure Reform of Chile (2003)
- Follow-up study of criminal procedural reforms. (2002)
- Journal No. 1 “Judicial Systems. A perspective on the administration of justice (Crisis in judicial training?)”. Article “Interinstitutional Training in the Reform of Criminal Justice in Chile” (2002)
- Journal No. 1 “Judicial Systems. A perspective on the administration of justice (Crisis in judicial training?)”. Dossier “Judicial Training in America (Chile)” (2002)
- Indigenous rights and the new criminal procedure system (2001)
- Monitoring of criminal procedural reforms (2001)
Reform of Civil and Family Justice
- Publication on “Civil Conflict and Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America” (2019)
- Judicial Government Independence and Strengthening of the Judiciary in Latin America (2019)
- Civil Conflict and Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America. Report on Couple and Family Relations (2019)
- Consumer Report. Civil Conflict and Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America (2019)
- Civil Conflict and Barriers to Justice in Latin America. Housing and Land Report (2018)
- Publication on “Access to Civil Justice: Connections between Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada” (2018)
- Experiences of Innovation in Civil Justice Systems in Latin America (2017)
- Multidisciplinary Dialogue on the New Civil Justice in Latin America (2017)
- Orality in civil proceedings in Latin America. Reflections based on practical observation (2013)
- Exploratory research on civil execution in Latin America (2013)
- Report on the functioning of the labor justice reform in Chile (2013)
- Bases for the reform of the enforcement system in labor proceedings. Executive Report (2013)
- Study on the current situation of labor justice reform in Chile and Peru (2013)
- Contributions to a dialogue on access to justice and civil reform in Latin America (2013)
- The effectiveness of labor legislation and the role of labor inspection (2012)
- Study on the current state of labor justice reform in Latin America (2012)
- Challenges for the Investigation and Criminal Prosecution of Crimes with a Certain Complexity (2012)
- Study analyzing the trajectory of civil cases in the civil courts of Santiago (2011)
- Preparation of a study on labor justice reform (2011)
- The Transformation of Civil Justice in Ibero-America: Contents and Challenges (2010)
- Record of Orality in other subjects (2010)
- Report on the labor procedural reform in Chile (2009)
- Foundations for a Reform of Civil Justice. (2008)
- Journal No. 13 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Supreme Courts)”. General Notes “Rules of costs and pecuniary sanctions: an economic analysis for the civil procedural reform in Chile” (2008)
- Civil Justice: Perspectives for Reform in Latin America (2008)
- Building Justice. State-Civil Society Collaboration for Access to Justice and Democratic Governance (2008)
- Book “New civil justice for Latin America: contributions to reform”. (2007)
- Exploratory Study on the functioning of orality in the family courts of the Metropolitan Region (2007)
- Trends in family law processes in Latin America (2006)
- Family Study: Parentage and Alimony (Chile). (2006)
- Myths and Realities of the Chilean Labor Market (2005)
- The second instance in labor matters (2005)
- Labor justice in Chile: Reality and perspectives (2004)
- On the principles and rules of the new Chilean civil procedural model (2003)
Judicial Independence and Integrity
- Regional Study: Independence of Justice Operators in the Americas. Regional Situation and Challenges for Democratic Defense (2023)
- Judicial Governance, Independence and Strengthening of the Judiciary in Latin America (2018)
- Efforts to increase judicial independence and impartiality in Latin America (2016)
- Guidelines for promoting judicial independence and impartiality: Initiatives to improve judicial independence in Latin America: A comparative perspective (2002)
Government and Judicial Management
- Study “Evaluation of the effects of the application of the Promotion Processes of the Public Ministry of Chile”. (2023)
- Report on the Evaluation of the Chilean Justice System in the Face of Human Rights Violations Occurring in the Context of Social Protest (2020)
- Judicial Governance, Independence and Strengthening of the Judiciary in Latin America (2018)
- Issue No. 19 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Administration of Justice and Crimes Against Humanity)”. Article “Chilean experience in the prosecution of cases involving human rights violations” (2015)
- Issue No. 18 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (The New Hearing Management Offices)”. Article “Judicial Management in the Family Courts of Santiago, Chile” (2014)
- Issue No. 18 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (The New Hearing Management Offices)”. Article “The “Case management” system and its application in the Chilean context” (2014)
- Proposal for the establishment of courts for small claims in Chile (2013)
- Systematization of municipal management in citizen security in vulnerable neighborhoods (2012)
- Studies on collection and enforcement methods in the US and Canada (2011)
- Experiences in Risk Assessment and Monitoring in Chile (2010)
- Project on the relevance and possibility of implementing Neighborhood Courts in Chile (2008)
- Journal No. 13 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Supreme Courts)”. General Notes “Effective alternative solutions: the experience of drug treatment courts in Chile” (2008)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2008 – 2009. (2008)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2006 – 2007. (2007)
- Public Defender’s Office Management Model (2007)
- Study ‘Implementation of the First Reception Room Model for Victims of Sexual Crimes’ in the Metropolitan Region of Chile. (2007)
- Journal No. 12 “Judicial Systems. An integral perspective on the administration of justice (Other justices)”. Winning work of the judicial systems award for young authors “Conditional suspension of proceedings. Empirical study in the Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor’s Office, North Central Zone” (2007)
- Report on Compliance with the Mandates of the Summits of the Americas. (2006)
- Study ‘Management models in the Public Prosecutor’s Office for the first coordination with the police within the framework of the criminal procedure reform. Study of four experiences in Santiago de Chile’. (2006)
- Exchange action “Methodologies and tools for the improvement of the processes of registration, collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of statistical information”. (2006)
- Judicial Governance: The Chilean Case (2005)
- Selection of people under the Competency-Based Management model Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor’s Office – North Central (2005)
- Comparative Study on Budget Management (2005)
- Proposal for an institutional framework for the State evaluation system (2004)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2004-2005. (2004)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2002-2003. (2003)
- Journal No. 5 “Judicial Systems. A perspective on the administration of justice (Judicial management and court administration)”. Article “Administration of Criminal Justice: The Experience of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Chile” (2003)
- Proposal: An ombudsman for Chile (2003)
- On the principles and rules of the new Chilean civil procedural model (2003)
Judicial Information, Information Technologies and Transparency
- Civil Society Monitoring of the Quebec Action Plan – Chile Report (2024)
- Issue No. 24 “Judicial Systems. An integral perspective on the administration of justice (Justice and Technology). Article “Electronic Judicial Processing in the Judiciary of Chile” (2021)
- State of Justice in Latin America under COVID-19: General measures adopted and use of ICTs in judicial processes (2020)
- Publication Third Version of the Online Judicial Services Index, ISJL (2018)
- Experiences of Innovation in Civil Justice Systems in Latin America (2017)
- Version 10 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2016–2017)
- Publication of the Second Version of the Online Judicial Services Index, ISJL (2016)
- Version 9 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2014)
- Version 8 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2012)
- Information management and crime analysis within the framework of criminal prosecution for crimes (2012)
- Version 7 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2011)
- Publication of the First Version of the Online Judicial Services Index, ISJL (2011)
- Version 6 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2010)
- Version 5 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2009)
- Version 4 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2008)
- Building Justice. State-Civil Society Collaboration for Access to Justice and Democratic Governance (2008)
- “Ibero-American Plan for Judicial Statistics” (PLIEJ).(2008)
- White Paper on the use of technology in justice. (2008)
- Judicial Indicators Project for Ibero-America. (2007)
- Version 3 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2007)
- Version 2 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2006)
- “Comparative study on budgetary and administrative management of courts and tribunals and statistical treatment of information on the functioning of the judicial system” developed for the Secretariat for Judicial Reform of Brazil. (2006)
- Victims – Problems and Dissatisfactions Good Practices and Innovations (2006)
- Situation of Access to Information, Social Participation and Environmental Justice in Chile (2005)
- Civil society and judicial reform in Latin America (2005)
- Version 1 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2004)
- Collection of statistical information and generation of justice indicators. (2004)
- Civil Society Monitoring of the Implementation of the Quebec Action Plan: MERCOSUR Results (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) (2004)
- Civil society monitoring of the implementation of the Quebec Action Plan: Chile Report (2004)
- Presentation of the book ‘Justice and Civil Society – the role of civil society in judicial reform, case studies in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru. (2003)
- Presentation of the book ‘Justice and Civil Society – the role of civil society in judicial reform, case studies in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru. (2003)
- Study on the role of Civil Society in judicial reforms. (2002)
- Changes in the justice system and civil society (2002)
- Civil Society Organizations and the Judicial System: Report on Chile (2002)
- A regional study that seeks to explore the possibilities that exist today to promote modernization programs for judicial systems through coordinated and ongoing action by organized civil society. (2001)
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
- Study on Negotiated Justice in the United States, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. (2022)
- Journal No. 20 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Alternative dispute resolution mechanism)”. Article “Citizen Justice Centers: a proposal from the Judiciary of Chile” (2017)
- Peaceful conflict resolution and school mediation project: Executive Summary: Diagnosis of school coexistence in educational centers of Cerro Navia (2014)
- Peaceful conflict resolution and school mediation project: Qualitative-exploratory study: Diagnosis of school coexistence in educational centers of Cerro Navia (2014)
- Divorce process and family mediation: The influence of emotions on agreements in the context of family mediation (2014)
- Project on the relevance and possibility of implementing neighborhood courts in Chile (2008)
- Expanding the scope of arbitration through the expansion of institutional arbitration (2008)
- Criminal mediation and restorative agreements: Potential applications and principles involved (2004)
- Journal No. 2 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Alternative Dispute Resolution)”. Article “Family Mediation in Chile. The experience of the Conflict Resolution Program attached to the Courts” (2002)
- Journal No. 2 “Judicial Systems. An integral perspective on the administration of justice (Alternative dispute resolution)”. Dossier “Alternative dispute resolution in America (Chile)” (2002)
Access to justice, vulnerable groups and gender
- Effective Criminal Defense with a Gender Perspective in Latin America (2022)
- Regional dialogue on access to justice and due process in the accusatory system . (2020)
- Civil Conflict and Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America. Report on Couple and Family Relations (2019)
- Measuring to decide. Surveys of legal needs and public policies for access to justice (2019)
- Consumer Report. Civil Conflict and Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America (2019)
- Publication “The dialogue on the jurisdictional protection of the rights to health, education, work, social security and a healthy environment in Latin American countries” (Environment Report) (2019)
- Publication “The dialogue on the jurisdictional protection of the rights to health, education, work, social security and a healthy environment in Latin American countries” (Health and Food Report) (2019)
- Publication “The dialogue on the jurisdictional protection of the rights to health, education, work, social security and a healthy environment in Latin American countries” (Report on Labor, Social Security and Education) (2019)
- Compendium of Housing and Land Case Studies (2018)
- Publication on “Access to Civil Justice: Connections between Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada” (2018)
- Executive Summary Civil Conflict and Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America – Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America Housing and Land Report (2018)
- Civil Conflict and Barriers to Justice in Latin America. Housing and Land Report (2018)
- Children victims of crime in Chile (2016)
- Contributions to a dialogue on access to justice and civil reform in Latin America (2013)
- Building Justice. State-Civil Society Collaboration for Access to Justice and Democratic Governance (2008)
- Community Service for Young Offenders in Chile and the Prevention of Recidivism (2008)
- Criminal Procedure Reform and Indigenous Peoples. (2006)
- Report on Criminal Procedure Reform and Indigenous Peoples – October (2006 )
- Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Criminal Procedure Reform: Cases of Chile and Guatemala (2006)
- Situation of children in Chile (2005)
- Human Rights of Sexual Minorities (2005)
- Victimization in young people (2004)
- Case law on the rights of children. (2004)
- Comparative report on the evaluation of the Criminal Procedure Reform from a Gender Perspective (First phase: Chile, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala) (2004)
- Sexual offenses and injuries. Gender violence in the criminal procedure reform in Chile: Final Report (2004)
- Indigenous Justice and Judicial Reforms. (2004)
- Women’s Rights Tribunals in Chile: An Evaluation of the Tribunals Organized by the Women’s Institute Foundation of Chile (2003)
- Trajectories and social representations: Young law offenders, between recidivism and social reintegration (2003)
- Case study: roles and status of Mapuche women today, in Huentelolen (2003)
- Monitoring of criminal procedure reforms, Gender and criminal procedure, Judicial Statistics, Case law on children’s rights, Access to Information, CSO Network, Justice and Civil Society. (2003)
- The principle of access to information in Chile: Results of the access to information research in Chile (2002)
- Indigenous rights and the new criminal procedure system (2001)