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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
- Challenges for the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Latin America. (2023)
- Study “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)
- Journal No. 23 “Judicial Systems, a perspective on the administration of justice (Criminal Analysis)”. Article “Latin American Experiences: Mexico” (2020)
- Journal No. 21 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Litigation and the hearing system)”. Article “Litigation of Precautionary Measures in a hostile environment: the Mexican experience” (2018)
- Executive Summary of the General Report Monitoring the Implementation Process of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico . (2012)
- Report on the experiences of Latin American countries in the investigation of complex crimes (2012)
- Problems surrounding the criminal investigation of complex crimes in Mexico . (2012)
- Monitoring Criminal Procedure Reforms: studies, publication and dissemination (2012)
- General Report on Monitoring the Implementation Process of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico . (2011)
- Comparative Study: The Impact of Procedural Reforms on Pretrial Detention in Mexico . (2011)
- Report on the prosecution of complex crimes. Capabilities of criminal justice systems in Latin America . (2010)
- Precautionary Measures Programs: Experiences in Balancing Presumption of Innocence and Citizen Security , Martin Schonteich and Denise Tomasini-Joshi, – Open Society Institute. (2010)
- Monitoring and Evaluation Reports on Criminal Procedure Reforms. (2010)
- Study “Criminal justice systems facing crimes of serious social impact”. (2010)
- Publication of the study “Criminal justice systems facing crimes of serious social impact”. (2010)
- Publication of Monitoring and Evaluation Reports on Criminal Procedure Reforms. (2010) National criminal prosecution of international crimes in Latin America and Spain (2010)
- Dissemination Manual on Gender Issues in Criminal Justice in Latin America. (2010)
- Monitoring Criminal Procedure Reforms: studies, publication and dissemination. (2010)
- Report on the prosecution of complex crimes. Capabilities of criminal justice systems in Latin America . (2010)
- Study on the recourse regimes in the accusatory criminal procedural systems in the Americas. (2009)
- Criminal justice systems facing crimes with serious social implications. (2009)
- Challenges of Pretrial Detention in Criminal Procedure Reform. (2008)
- Report on the Mexican Criminal Justice System. (2008)
- Journal No. 2 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Alternative dispute resolution)”. Article “Criminal justice and prison overcrowding. Possible responses” (2002)
State of Mexico
Mexico City
- A study was conducted with CIDE University on the state of criminal justice in Mexico City. (2002)
State of Nuevo León
- Publication on “Adversarial criminal justice in Latin America, towards conflict management and the strength of the law” (2018)
- Precautionary Measures Programs: Experiences in balancing presumption of innocence and citizen security. (2010)
State of Chihuahua
- Monitoring Criminal Procedure Reforms: studies, publication and dissemination (2012)
- Executive Summary of the General Report Monitoring the Implementation Process of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico (2012)
- Chihuahua Report on the Adversarial Accusatory System (2012)
- Monitoring Criminal Procedure Reforms: studies, publication and dissemination (2011)
- General Report Monitoring the Implementation Process of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico (“2011”)
State of Oaxaca
- Monitoring Criminal Procedure Reforms: studies, publication and dissemination (2012)
- Executive Summary of the General Report Monitoring the Implementation Process of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico (2012)
- Oaxaca Report on the Adversarial Accusatory System (2012)
- Monitoring Criminal Procedure Reforms: studies, publication and dissemination (2011)
- General Report Monitoring the Implementation Process of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico (“2011”)
State of Zacatecas
- Monitoring Criminal Procedure Reforms: studies, publication and dissemination (2012)
- Executive Summary of the General Report Monitoring the Implementation Process of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico (2012)
- State of Zacatecas Report (2012)
- Monitoring Criminal Procedure Reforms: studies, publication and dissemination (2011)
- General Report Monitoring the Implementation Process of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico (2011)
State of Morelos
- Monitoring Criminal Procedure Reforms: studies, publication and dissemination (2012)
- Executive Summary of the General Report Monitoring the Implementation Process of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico (2012)
- State of Morelos Report – Adversarial Accusatory System (2012)
- Monitoring Criminal Procedure Reforms: studies, publication and dissemination (2011)
- General Report Monitoring the Implementation Process of the Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico (2011)
Reform of Civil and Family Justice
- 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)
- Comparative study of civil procedural codes in Latin America (2020)
- Publication on “Civil Conflict and Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America” (2019)
- Publication on “The role of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in non-criminal cases in Latin America” (2018)
- Civil Conflict and Barriers to Justice in Latin America. Housing and Land Report (2018)
- Study on civil justice systems in Latin America that have not been reformed (2018)
- Compendium of Housing and Land Case Studies (2018)
- Comparative study of civil procedural codes in Latin America (2018)
- Publication on “Access to Civil Justice: Connections between Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada” (2018)
- Publication on “Civil Conflict and Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America” (2018)
- Publication in paper and digital format of the book “Experiences of Innovation in the Civil Justice Systems of Latin America” (2017)
- Paper and digital publication of “Manual of Civil Mediation” (2017)
- Paper and digital publication of “Manual for Conducting Civil Hearings” (2017)
- Multidisciplinary Dialogue on the New Civil Justice in Latin America (2017)
- Paper and digital publication of “Manual of Civil Litigation” (2017)
- Publication in print and digital format of the study “Multidisciplinary Dialogue on the New Civil Justice of Latin America” (2017)
- Multidisciplinary Dialogue on the New Civil Justice in Latin America (2017)
- Improving Access to Civil Justice in Latin America (2015)
- Publication Contributions to a dialogue on access to justice and civil reform in Latin America (2013)
- Study on Civil Enforcement Systems in Latin America and Europe (2012)
- Study on Orality and Hearing Systems in Non-Criminal Judicial Processes (2012)
- Survey of information on Justice in non-criminal matters in Latin America (2012)
- Foundations for a Reform of Civil Justice. (2008)
- Trends in family law processes in Latin America (2006)
Judicial Independence and Integrity
Government and Judicial Management
- Journal No. 19 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Administration of Justice and Crimes Against Humanity)”. Article “Considerations on the capacity for criminal prosecution of the Attorney General’s Office in Mexico regarding the forced disappearance of students in Ayotzinapa” (2015)
- Publication on “The Judicial Management of the New Civil Courts” (2018)
- Notes on the creation and regulation of local human rights organizations in Mexico (2010)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2008 – 2009 (2008)
- Families and public policies in Latin America: A history of disagreements (2007)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2006 – 2007 (2007)
- Comparative Study on Budget Management (2005)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2004-2005. (2004)
- Report on Justice in the Americas 2002-2003. (2003)
State of Morelos
State of Puebla
State of Sonora
Judicial Information, Information Technologies and Transparency
- Issue No. 25 “Judicial Systems, A Perspective on the Administration of Justice (Judicial Management from Practice)”. Article. “Challenges and Achievements of Judicial Management in Coahuila” (2025)
- State of Justice in Latin America under COVID-19: General measures adopted and use of ICTs in judicial processes (2020)
- Issue No. 22 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Gender, sexual diversity and justice)”. Article “Making judicial rulings transparent in Mexico” (2019)
- Publication Third Version of the Online Judicial Services Index, ISJL (2018)
- 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)
- 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)
- “Ibero-American Plan for Judicial Statistics” (PLIEJ).(2008)
- Version 3 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2007)
- Version 2 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2006)
- Challenges of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Latin America (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)
- Exchange action “Methodologies and tools for the improvement of the processes of registration, collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of statistical information”. (2006)
- Version 1 of the Internet Judicial Information Accessibility Index (IAcc) (2004)
- Judicial indicators for Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico. (2004)
- Civil society monitoring of the implementation of the Quebec Action Plan: Mexico Report (2004)
State of Mexico City
State of Puebla
State of Zacatecas
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
- Journal No. 20 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Alternative dispute resolution mechanism)”. Article “Restorative justice in Mexican “national” laws” (2017)
- Study on Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Latin America in non-criminal matters (2012)
- Journal No. 2 “Judicial Systems. A comprehensive perspective on the administration of justice (Alternative dispute resolution)”. Article “Criminal justice and prison overcrowding. Possible responses” (2002)
- Journal No. 2 “Judicial Systems. An integral perspective on the administration of justice (Alternative dispute resolution)”. Dossier “Alternative dispute resolution in America (Mexico)” (2002)
State of Mexico City:
Access to justice, vulnerable groups and gender
- 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)
- Civil Conflict and Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America. Report on Couple and Family Relations (2019)
- Publication on “Civil Conflict and Barriers to Access to Justice in Latin America” (2018)
- Right of Access to Justice: Contributions to the construction of a Latin American body of knowledge (2017)
- Dissemination Manual on Gender Issues in Criminal Justice in Latin America. (2010)
- Special Report on the Human Rights Situation of Persons with Disabilities (2008)
- Violence against women in Mexico (2004)
- Problems of indigenous law in Mexico (2002)
State of Guerrero:
State of Chiapas:
State of Chihuahua:
State of Tamaulipas:
State of Morelos
- Publication Research on oral trials and sexual crimes against women in the states of Morelos, State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (2012)
- Precautionary Measures Unit for Adolescents of Morelos. (2011)
- Ana Aguilar, Precautionary Measures Unit for Adolescents of Morelos, Mexico (2011)
- Research on oral trials and sexual crimes against women in the states of Morelos, State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (2010)
State of Mexico
- Publication Research on oral trials and sexual crimes against women in the states of Morelos, State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (2012)
- CEJA participated in the presentation of the publication “A critical path from violence to limbo, women survivors of violence in Morelos, Nuevo León and Oaxaca” (2012)
- Research on oral trials and sexual crimes against women in the states of Morelos, State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (2010)
State of Nuevo León
- Publication Research on oral trials and sexual crimes against women in the states of Morelos, State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (2012)
- Research on oral trials and sexual crimes against women in the states of Morelos, State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (2010)
- Research on oral trials and sexual crimes against women in the states of Morelos, State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (2010)
State of Oaxaca
- Publication Research on oral trials and sexual crimes against women in the states of Morelos, State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (2012)
- The protection of the rights of indigenous peoples through a new justice system (2012)
- Research on oral trials and sexual crimes against women in the states of Morelos, State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (2010)
- Research on oral trials and sexual crimes against women in the states of Morelos, State of Mexico, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (2010)
State of Mexico City