ANNUAL REPORT 2019

COMMITTEE ON JURIDICAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIIRS - OAS | MAY 2020

Justice Studies Center of the Americas

CEJA at a

Glance in 2019

7 Technical Assistance in 6 countries in the region2 Comparative Studies completed9 Studies in progress1 Technical Assistance as part of an GS-OAS Mission or Program (MACCIH)400 people trained (operators, academics) 52% women12 Publications26,629 CEJA documents downloaded from our Virtual Library only this year.1 Dual Gender Equality Policy, this is, transversal and specialized.

01| RESEARCH AND PROJECTS

SUPPORT AND

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

▶ 1.1 Improving access to civil justice in Latin America

Technical assistance for civil procedure reform in Chile. A technical proposal was drafted for an empirical study on the role of local police courts at the national level at the request of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.

Technical assistance for civil procedure reforms in Chubut. The framework agreement was signed and an agenda was agreed to with the Inter-Branch Commission. As part of this, JSCA submitted the proposed General Procedure Code, which the Inter-Branch Commission used as the basis for its work on the drafting of a proposed bill. The proposed bill was published on April 24, 2019. In addition, training activities on litigation and hearing management were held for judges and court officials.

SUPPORT AND

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Technical assistance for the implementation of pilot plans in Peru (Lima and Arequipa). Development of the final management model, discussion and physical training for stakeholders. We are working on the recommendations for implementation, protocols, documents, manuals and other instruments for the launch of the pilot. Given the positive results that the pilot project has had in Arequipa, numerous courts in Peru have asked to join the project. This led to the creation of a National Commission to extend the use of oral procedures to the entire country (resolution attached) by the Chief Justice of the National Court.In that context, the Corporate Oral Civil Procedures Module was opened in Trujillo on May 30. The module currently employs three civil judges.

SUPPORT AND

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Technical assistance for the implementation of a judicial office in Montevideo. A new management and optimization model was designed for certain processes. The assistance products have been submitted. The Commission members have participated in judicial office meetings in Argentina

We expect the pilot project to be launched in 2020.

Support for the implementation of an observatory to monitor the performance of Nicaragua’s new civil procedure code. The final report was submitted to the Supreme Court with recommendations for the implementation of the Observatory and methodologies to be used.

SUPPORT AND

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Technical assistance for the implementation of pilot plans in Cochabamba (Bolivia). A design and proposal were developed for a new management and oral procedures model for six civil courts in the city of Cochabamba. Training activities on judicial management, oral procedures and litigation were held. Due to the change in the Chief Justice of the Cochabamba Departmental Court and the need reported by judicial operators regarding regulation of the changes that the project proposed, this effort has been suspended. The criminal procedure abbreviation law was recently issued and provides for hearing management offices. We are contacting political stakeholders in order to revisit the implementation of this project.

SUPPORT AND

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Civil Judicial Office Pilot Project in Santa Rosa (Argentina).We worked with the La Pampa Judiciary to conduct an assessment validation and meetings to move forward with a pilot project for a judicial office for five civil courts in Santa Rosa, Argentina.

Brazil is the only country in the region that maintains a mixed criminal trial system. The system dates back to a 1941 legal decree promoted by the dictatorship of Getulio Vargas.Brazil has been a priority country for JSCA since 2014. The Center has developed a strategy divided into three main areas: (a) organization and participation in seminars in 10 states; (b) organization of training programs with local institutions in five states; and (c) publications such as “Challenging the Inquisition,” which includes articles by graduates of JSCA training programs.

RESEARCH.

• Comparative study of civil procedure codes in Latin America.The study will be structured around three components:

• (i) A comparative analysis of reformed codes introduced in LatinAmerica over the past ten years, which contains a descriptivecomponent as well as critical and proactive components. JSCA outlinesits position and offers proposals in this section.

• (ii) Country sections that can serve as inputs for reading the firstcomponent and for summarizing the main elements of each Code.

• (iii) JSCA Model Code Bill (General Procedure Bill).

Study on the state of the practice of law in Latin America.• We currently lack a full understanding of the reality of practicing law in Latin

America. This means that there is a need to study how the legal profession isbeing practiced in the region.

• The final product will focus on the report on the state of the practice of law intwo main areas: academic training and the ethical dimension of the practiceof law, including protecting it from possible threats.

RESEARCH.

Exploratory study on local police courts in Chile• The main goal of this study was to describe the current work of local police courts

in Chile, identifying elements that would support efforts to add neighborhood, community and civil small claims matters to their jurisdiction.

• The methodology applied was mainly qualitative, though official statistics also were used. Gender was considered to be a cross-cutting factor along with at-risk groups and user satisfaction. The sample covered nine local police courts in four regions in the northern, central and southern regions of the country.

Comparative study on civil justice system reforms: Australia and CanadaThe first version of this study evaluated civil procedure reforms in Germany, Uruguay and Spain. The second focused on Australia and Quebec, Canada.

This publication includes a Spanish translation of the Quebec Civil Procedure Code.

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• Study on the impact of surveys on legal needs in Latin America• Study on civil justice systems in Latin America that have not undergone

reforms• Study on the use of oral procedures in civil justice• Study on the incorporation of the gender approach into justice systems in

Latin America• Study on the application of rules of evidence in civil justice based on the

experience of Puerto Rico• Study of the civil justice system in Australia• Study of the civil justice system in China• Study of the civil justice system in Japan• Thematic reports based on the work of the Observatory on Civil Conflict and

Access to Justice (OCCA)

INTERNSHIPS

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• Two interns from Argentina and Brazil were selected andcompleted their internship at York University in March 2019.

• Two attorneys (one female and one male) were selected forthe fourth edition of research internships at Osgoode LawSchool (York University, Toronto, Canada). The program ranMarch 2-13, 2020.

• The internships lasted for two weeks and was designed tosupport civil procedure reform processes in Latin America andthe Caribbean.

OBSERVATORY

.• Comprised of a network of local observatories in eight LatinAmerican countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, ElSalvador, Mexico, Nicaragua and Paraguay) and the regionalobservatory, JSCA.

• The goal is to gather and organize data on civil conflicts andbarriers to access to justice, studying their impact on thegeneral population and at-risk groups.

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• JSCA drafted a study on the criminal justice system’streatment of more complex cases and those with greater socialimpact. It includes both ordinary and national jurisdictions and isdivided into four stages:

Stage 1: Research design. Complete.Stage 2: Information. Ongoing.

First site visit to Tegucigalpa and La Ceiba (February 2018). Weinterviewed Judicial Branch and police representatives in both citiesas well as academics and experts from civil society.Second site visit to San Pedro de Sula and Santa Rosa de Copán (April2018). We interviewed judges and observed professional court andsentencing hearings in ordinary and national jurisdiction entities.

1.2 Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH)

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Third site visit. Due to changes within the mission and security issuesin the country, we requested an extension for this project. Weextended the data gathering stage to August 2018 and postponed thesubmission date of the final report until December.• JSCA’s team developed a document and legislative review report atthe same time, which addresses recent legislative changes and priorresearch on Honduras’ criminal justice system.• Stage 3: Development of report and recommendations for theHonduran justice system.• Stage 4: Feedback and dissemination of results. The report will besubmitted in December and workshops will be held with justicesystem entities.

IMMERSION PROGRAM

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JSCA received a delegation from the INL Panama Justice Program for one week. The delegation members are Jhon Riaño, Aida Jurado and Anarella Natis (Panama Judiciary) and Ricardo González (SPA and Public Prosecutor’s Office Academy).

Visits to the Chilean Justice Center were scheduled so that participants could meet with complex crimes prosecutors from the SACFI system, talk with judges and observe hearings.

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JSCA organized a visit by a delegation of Haitianofficials to Santiago de Chile. The goal of the visit wasto give participants an opportunity to learn about theoperation of the criminal justice system, judiciaryand its administrative corporation, publicprosecutor’s office, public defense institute, theJustice Commissions of both chambers of Congressand the Chilean Bar Association.

Project to Strengthen the Haitian Justice System

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DIRAJus project for German Cooperation Agency/GIZ Identification of experiences relatedto economic, social, cultural and environmental rights in San Salvador Protocol signatorycountries and others.Objective: To achieve greater involvement of national justice entities in the implementationand protection of such rights based on the updating and restructuring of the San SalvadorPact consensuses.The desired results are outlined below:1. To identify litigation and/or other experiences aimed at addressing emblematiccases involving these rights using other means.2. To map out the parties’ approach to the cases as part of their efforts to seekrecognition within or outside of the Judiciary.3. To explore the foundation of judicial or extra-judicial decisions on recognition orrejection of such rights.4. To contextualize the results with the minimum responsibilities assumed by therespective states in regard to these rights.5. To draft a document containing recommendations on how to build indicators tomonitor the performance of the judicial system in regard to these rights.

1.3 DIRAJus project for German Cooperation Agency/GIZ

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• JSCA and the DIRAJus project invited professionals, specialists,academics and other individuals as well as groups, institutions andorganizations that promote and defend economic, social, culturaland environmental rights in Latin America and the Caribbean to aregional dialogue on their experiences regarding the role ofjurisdictional systems in the protection of said rights.

• Following an intense process of reviewing over 60 proposals fromvarious Latin American and Caribbean countries, a committeecomprised of JSCA and GIZ representatives selected 20 proposalsfrom nine countries in the region.

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Brazil held the VI Conference on Women in Civil Procedure with the Brazilian Procedure Law Institute(IBDP) in Brasilia. This activity was created to promote and strengthen women’s participation indiscussions of topics related to civil procedure in Brazil. The event featured the special participation ofArgentine judge María Marta Nieto, who presented on the Chubut General Procedure Code in Argentinaand the technical assistance that JSCA provided.

1.4 Brazilian Procedure Law Institute (IBDP)

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The case management seminar was held on August 6 and was attended by many Chileanand international professionals. The seminar was divided into two parts. The first offered acomparative international vision of the application of case management. It consisted ofpresentations by three renowned experts from Croatia, England and Brazil. The secondpart focused on the possibility of incorporating this tool into the civil procedure reformthat is being developed in Chile. The event included the participation of important Chileanacademics and members of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and representativesof the Chilean Supreme Court’s Research Directorate.

The international specialists were Alan Uzelac (Croatia), Gisele Góes (Brazil) and JohnSorabji (England).

This seminar was attended by 64 people, 37 of whom were women (58%).

International Seminar “Case Management as a Mechanism of Flexibility and Efficiency of the Judicial Process”

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The directors of judicial offices met for the thirdconsecutive year. This meeting included entities thatcover non-criminal matters and those working in thefederal justice system.

The event was organized by the Institute for ComparativeStudies in the Criminal and Social Sciences and theNeuquén Superior Court.

III National Meeting of Judicial Offices in Argentina

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General overview

In 2018, JSCA evaluated criminal procedure reforms in Latin America with the support of theFundación Konrad Adenauer Rule of Law for Latin America Program. The effort culminated in thepublication Adversarial Criminal Justice in Latin America, which was launched in Panama inNovember 2018.

Structure and findings

The study contained 21 country reports and covered three areas: oral procedures and quality oflitigation, protection of the guarantee system, and organization and functioning of institutions.JSCA used all of this information to develop a comprehensive analysis of the situation in theregion. We also created a work plan that will guide the institution’s efforts and strategies in thecoming years.

Adversarial Criminal Justice in Latin America Project

02| TRAINING

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August 5-9 (in situ)August 10- November 22 (distance learning)March 2020 (in situ)

The program’s objective is to transmit information about thefundamental pillars that should be considered when discussingcivil justice reform in the countries of the region. It also allowsparticipants to develop the basic skills necessary to work in thisnew context.

IV Inter-American Training Program on Civil Justice Reform in Latin America

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The program was attended by 28 justice system operators from LatinAmerica, 12 women and 16 men. The participants came fromArgentina (15), Ecuador (6), Uruguay (2), Peru (2) and Chile (2). Therewere 11 prosecutors, 7 judiciary members, 5 private attorneys and 3public defenders.

VI Certificate Program on Oral Criminal Litigation, Washington, D.C. (June)

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The program was attended by 40 justice system operators (16women and 23 men) from the states of de Bahía, Paraná, RioGrande do Sul, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina andSão Paulo. There was also one participant from Peru. There were 6public defenders, 5 students, 1 course coordinator, 26 attorneysand 1 professor.

III Brazilian Program on Criminal Procedure Reform Curitiba, Brazil

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• JSCA-UNODC-INCL training program in Salta and Jujuy.

• Litigation and strategy workshops for the adversarial criminaljustice system based on cases, litigation practices and role-playingof hearing management as well as integrated mock hearings.

• During the first stage (November 2018), the work focused onpretrial hearings.

• The program was attended by 33 people (14 men, 19 women),including 3 prosecutors, 4 defense attorneys, 3 high court justices,4 lower court judges, 13 court staff such as clerks and 6 supportstaff.

Litigation Program for Federal Procedure Reform in Argentina (Salta and Jujuy)

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• This event was organized in collaboration with theUS Embassy in Argentina with the support of theUniversidad Católica de Salta Faculty of LegalSciences (April).

• Over 100 people participated in the event. All ofthem were from Argentina, and the group includednational and Salta province justice officials andacademics from Salta.

Seminar on Challenges of the Implementation of the New National Criminal Procedure Code in Salta and Jujuy, Argentina.

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• Forty-two Mexican nationals participated in this course, including 16 women and 26 men. All ofthem are Mexican first instance judges and court magistrates.

Training course for judges on civil oral hearing litigation . Puebla, Mexico

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• This course was focused on providing tools and skills for oral litigation and civil hearing managementin the context of the new General Procedure Code in Chubut, Argentina. A total of 67 Argentineparticipants completed the course (37 women and 30 men). All of the participants were judges andcourt officials.

Oral litigation for trial hearings course (Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina).

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• JSCA virtual courses are offered through the CEJACAMPUS platform, allowing people anywhereto access the contents and discussions on various aspects of civil and criminal justice. The modeof the courses allow participants to adjust the schedule to meet their needs.

Virtual Courses

This course was completed by ten people (5 men and 5women). The participants were practicing attorneys,professors and judicial officials from Mexico, Argentina,Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay.

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This course was completed by 31 people (14 women and 17 men).There were 26 from Peru, 2 from Costa Rica, and 1 each fromArgentina, Mexico and Guatemala. The participants were practicingattorneys, judges and judicial officials.

This course was attended by 19 people (10 men and 9 women), all ofthem judges. The participants came from Peru, Ecuador, ElSalvador, Panama, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.

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This course was attended by 31 people (18 women and 13 men).Thirty are from Mexico and are security officials from CiudadJuárez who are currently implementing a drug treatment courtproject. The other participant is a Peruvian national who worksin the area of legal defense.

• Pretrial Services• Pretrial Detention in Latin America• Gender and Justice: New discussions• Challenges to the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Latin America

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Formosa, ArgentinaJune 24Organized by the Formosa Province Judiciary. The replicawas organized by a graduate of the 2018 version of the Inter-American Training Program for Civil Justice Reform. PaolaCeleste Falco now works in the Hearing Management Officefor Civil and Commercial Cases.Derecho de Chile

The judicial office as an instrument in civil justice reform and its impact on litigation

REPLICAS Chubut, ArgentinaSeptember 2-4Organized with UNSJB and the Comodoro and Sarmiento Bar Association. A seminar was held to discuss the proposed bill for a General Procedure Code. In addition, a course on litigation techniques for attorneys from Trelew, Esquel and Madryn was offered.

Mexico CityAugust 26-30Organized with the Mexico City Supreme Tribunal throughits Judicial Research Institute. Judges from the courtsparticipated in the activity.

The judicial office as an instrument in civil justice reform and its impact on litigation

REPLICAS Chubut, ArgentinaSeptember 2-4Organized with UNSJB and the Comodoro and Sarmiento Bar Association. A seminar was held to discuss the proposed bill for a General Procedure Code. In addition, a course on litigation techniques for attorneys from Trelew, Esquel and Madryn was offered.

III Program on US Justice InnovationsNew York, USJune 15-19 This in situ training program was held in New York for attorneys, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and litigators from Latin America. The goal was to develop theoretical, analytical and practical skills in order to understand the new challenges in the area of justice reform in the region.

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International Forum on Judicial Independence in the Context ofthe Sustainable Development GoalsSan José, Costa RicaJuly 18-19

Meeting with the Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice and JudicialAcademy DirectorOhio, USJuly 18JSCA Training Director Leonel González met with Ohio Supreme Court ChiefJustice Maureen O’Connor and Judicial Academy Director Christy Tull toExchange ideas about judicial government in the US and JSCA’s researchon the region.

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IV National Criminal Procedure Law Seedbed CompetitionSantiago, ChileAugust 19-20The topic of this fourth version of the competition was “The Justice System and theGender Perspective.” The Universidad Alberto Hurtado team won first place for itsproject “Gender Stereotypes in Judicial Procedure: Latin American ComparativeCritical and Legal Analysis.”

Seminar on Gender Biases in the Legal WorldIn the context of the IV National Criminal Procedure law Seedbed Competition, thisseminar was held on August 20 in the Supreme Court’s Salon of Honor. The event wasattended by renowned judiciary authorities and Chilean law students.e la Ciudad de México.e

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6th Meeting of the Oral and Mercantile Civil Judges NetworkMexico CitySeptember 5-6Organized with CONATRIB and the Mexico City Supreme Court. The conferencefocused on the main trends in civil procedure law and the new role of judges inmanaging civil cases. The course was offered to Mexican civil judges.e la Ciudad de México.e

XLII National Courts ConferenceMexico CitySeptember 5

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Module on criminal litigation skills in adversarial systems at Universidad de Cuyo, ArgentinaMendoza, ArgentinaSeptember 8JSCA Executive Director Jaime Arellano participated as an invited instructor in the master’s degree program in Magistrature and Judicial Management at Universidad de Cuyo Law School (Mendoza, Argentina), where he taught the module on criminal litigation skills in adversarial systems.

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XXX National Procedure Law ConferenceSan Juan, ArgentinaSeptember 12-14JSCA participated in the conference organized by the San Juan Court of Justice and the Argentine Procedure Law Association.

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IX International Judicial Training ConferenceCape Town, South AfricaSeptember 23-26The International Organization for Judicial Training (IOJT) approved the International Judicial Training Principles in 2017. JSCA Training Area Director Leonel González formed part of the team of experts responsible for drafting them and participated in the inaugural plenary session of the event. He also was confirmed as Vice President of the IOJT for South America.

V Brazilian Training Program for Criminal Procedure ReformSantiago, ChileOctober 1-4 Organized with the support of the Chilean Public Prosecution and Defenders’ Offices, the Oral Trial Court and Guarantee Court and the Investigative Police. The activity was attended by 52 students from Curitiba, Passo Fundo and Rio de Janeiro.

. International Seminar: Regional Dialogue on Access to Justice and Due Process in the Adversarial SystemMexico CityOctober 9-10Organized with the General Directorate of Research, Promotion and Development of Human Rights of the Mexican Supreme Court and the Fundación Konrad Adenauer Program on the Rule of Law in Latin America.

V Latin American Training Program for Judges on Criminal Hearing ManagementSantiago, ChileOctober 21-25

This program was attended by judges from eight countries in the region: Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay.

Forum: New Justice Reform Agenda: Beyond the NormativeBogotá, ColombiaOctober 30Organized with the Corporation for Excellence in Justice and Universidad de los Andes. The meeting was designed to encourage discussion of justice administration reform from a new perspective. This involves complementing discussions focused on theory and regulations that tend to be led by attorneys with conversations about problems in the justice system and the search for solutions from a more practical and interdisciplinary perspective.

Event on the Co-Defendant’s Statement, Expert Intervention and Recognition of Individuals in the Criminal ProcessSantiago, ChileOctober 29Organized by the Chilean Public Defender’s Office.

II National Meeting of Adversarial Systems

Tucumán, ArgentinaNovember 1

Workshop on Litigation Strategy at Oral TrialSan Salvador de Jujuy, ArgentinaNovember 11Held in the Federal Court of San Salvador in Jujuy, Argentina.

International Conference on Law and CommunitiesBuenos Aires, ArgentinaNovember 4-7Organized by ACIJ, the Human Rights Center, UBA - NAMATI.The objective of this conference, which JSCA participated in, was to highlight, discuss and explore the activities of technical, collective and territorial stakeholders who have proposed legal empowerment and community advocacy strategies. The goal of their efforts is to protect the rights of at-risk populations, specifically residents of segregated urban areas.

Presentation of the Litigation and Evidence in Civil Process Certificate ProgramLa Pampa, ArgentinaNovember 11The program will be offered beginning in 2020 at the Universidad Nacional de La Pampa School ofEconomic and Legal Sciences. It developed in the context of the agreement signed by the university’sleadership and JSCA based on the need for attorneys to acquire the skills needed to handle thelitigation demands of the oral procedure model.

X International Criminal Procedure Law ConferenceTrujillo, PeruNovember 19

This event was organized by the La Libertad Superior Court. The findings of the JSCA and Fundación Konrad Adenauer report on criminal adversarial justice in Latin America were presented.

JSCA-UNODC-INL Training ProgramSalta, ArgentinaAugust 12-15Jujuy, ArgentinaNovember 11-14

Litigation and strategy workshops for the adversarial criminal justice system based oncases, litigation practice and roleplaying of hearing management as well as comprehensivemock hearings.

03| GENDER EQUALITY POLICY

Objective: To incorporate the gender perspective into JSCA’s organizational culture and all institutional activities –staff, processes and activities- as well as the development of research, studies, projects and training activities.To include the gender approach in all JSCA activities and promote specific policies on gender.

JSCA Gender Equality Policy

Balanced hiring.Code of Conduct and Coexistence with a Gender Perspective.Protocol for sexual harassment cases.Development of standards for using inclusive and non-sexist language.Development of tools for judicial decisions with a gender perspective: Manual for judging with a gender perspective.Virtual course on gender and justiceIntroduction of content with gender perspective in all courses.Visual summary of the policy.Calendar of events focused on gender and justice.

Actions and initiativesconducted and indevelopment insupport of JSCA’sgender policy

ORGANIZATION JSCA PROPOSAL ACTION

CIM-OAS Joint work between CIM and JSCA.Meeting between CIM and JSCA Executive Leadership to discuss proposals for working together..

INECIPPresentation of Issue 22 of JudicialSystems Journal. This will be a special issue on gender and justice.

We will collaborate with other organizations and invite them to attend the seminar.

Brazilian Procedure Law

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Prize for Women in Brazilian Procedure Law

Two scholarships for the 2019 Inter-American Training Program were offered. The goal was to showcase women as thinkers, researchers and producers of knowledge.

Judiciary Gender Units Virtual course on gender and justice

Dissemination of list of contacts andpersonalized outreach to share information about the course and invite colleagues to participate in it.

• Connection to gender institutions and units

Socialization workshop on the implementation of the gender policy

• JSCA offered this training to its team. The focus was research methodologies and the gender approach.

The training was offered by Fundación Henry Dunant

It consisted of five modules:

1. Evolution of the concept of gender as a category of analysis2. Social research and gender approach methodology3. Gender approach and sexual diversity in legal research4. Human rights indicators: Gender, gender identity and sexual diversity5. The gender and sexual diversity approach in justice administration

Training Course on Gender, Sexual Diversity and Non-Discrimination in Legal Research

On International Women’s Day, JSCA, as an international agency of the Organization ofAmerican States, called on all sectors of society, especially the justice sector, to fight toprotect the rights that women have won and to use every tool at our disposal to expandthem.

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04| PUBLICATIONS

04| JSCA IN THE PRESS

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