The Right to Access to Justice: A Pillar of Democracy and Social Peace One of the key strategic lines developed by JSCA during this period involved efforts to guarantee access to justice for all of the region’s inhabitants. In 2016, we sponsored a regional competition entitled “Contributions to Building an Inter-American Repository on the Right to Access to Justice.” The competition was held to unify…
Research and Projects | Development of Two Litigation Manuals for Costa Rica’s New Civil Justice System
Development of Two Litigation Manuals for Costa Rica’s New Civil Justice System JSCA and Costa Rica’s judiciary presented the “Litigation Manual for Oral Hearings in Costa Rica’s New Civil Justice System” for attorneys and the “Manual for Oral Hearing Management in Costa Rica’s New Civil Justice System” for judges. Once approved by the country’s Legislative Assembly, the new Civil Procedure Code entered into force. It…
Research and Projects | Promoting the Installation of Judicial Offices in Argentina and Bolivia: The Key to Civil Justice Modernization
Promoting the Installation of Judicial Offices in Argentina and Bolivia: The Key to Civil Justice Modernization In April 2019, the La Pampa Province Superior Court signed a general collaboration agreement with JSCA as well as a specific agreement to implement a civil judicial office in Santa Rosa to support five civil and commercial courts that operate in the capital. This improved civil oral procedures and…
Research and Projects| A New General Procedure Code for Chubut Province (Argentina)
A New General Procedure Code for Chubut Province (Argentina) In 2018, JSCA’s team began to develop a draft law for a General Procedure Code in Chubut. The goal was to move towards a comprehensive civil and commercial, family, labor and contentious-administrative justice reform in the province. An Inter-Branch Commission was formed that consisted of representatives of the province’s Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches. Its mandate…
Research and Projects | The Implementation of Oral Litigation Techniques in Mexico’s Federal District Oral Civil Courts
The Implementation of Oral Litigation Techniques in Mexico’s Federal District Oral Civil Courts JSCA and the Mexico City judiciary executed a pilot project to implement oral litigation techniques in oral civil courts in Mexico City. The initiative was implemented in 2019 with funding from GAC. The goal of this collaboration was to implement a pilot project in a group of civil courts in Mexico’s Federal…