In 2014, JSCA published the report “Evaluation of the Impact of the New Management Model of Guatemala’s Public Prosecution Service” with funding from the Open Society Justice Initiative. It addressed the organizational changes implemented during the term of Prosecutor General Claudia Paz y Paz.

To that end, the research team visited the public prosecution services in Guatemala City, Chiquimula, Chimaltenango, Mixco and Villanueva and met with key stakeholders from the Guatemalan judicial system and members of the public prosecution service.

The report describes the Guatemalan public prosecution service, mentioning key milestones in its recent history and the main characteristics of the institution’s classic organizational model.

It also offers an analysis of the Prosecution Management Model following the passage of the public prosecution service’s 2011- 2014 Strategic Plan. Finally, Germán Garavano offers an assessment of the impact based on four variables using the institution’s operations data.