An important strategy when modifying the practices of civil justice system operators involves providing technical assistance to countries. A key element of this process is reaching robust institutional agreements that allow technical assistance to be provided. For example, Costa Rica’s Supreme Court established an institutional agreement to generate two manuals on practical skills related to oral civil proceedings for judges and attorneys, respectively.

Technical assistance initiatives aimed at addressing civil procedure reforms in a strict sense also were executed. One of the most ambitious of these was the development of a General Procedure Code for the Argentine province of Chubut. The code was not implemented due to the economic crisis that the province is facing, but it does serve as a reference for other procedure codes that have been developed in Latin America due to its particularly innovative contents and the incorporation of new concepts such as class actions, judicial precedent and collaborative dispute resolution mechanisms.

Technical assistance also has focused on partial justice system reforms such as collaborative mechanisms. In Chile, JSCA participated in the validation and technical review of the civil and commercial mediation law promoted by the Justice and Human Rights Ministry. The Center also contributed to the development of the use of trial by jury in civil and commercial matters in the Argentine province of Chaco. It was the first law in Latin America to regulate that institution.