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17 Mar

IACHR presents “Report on the Use of Pretrial Detention in the Americas,” with DPLF, the Network for Pre-Trial Justice, and Open Society Foundations

On the 26th of March the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented its Report on the Use of Pretrial Detention in the Americas, which was published in January of this year. The presentation was held during the IACHR’s 150th session period which took place from March 20 to April 4 of 2014. The event […]

18 Dic

Judicial independence in Central America: problems and proposals

Even after several decades of judicial reforms and international assistance for judiciaries, judicial independence, transparency, and more in general, the quality of the administration of justice in Central America still leave much to be desired. A variety of initiatives have been undertaken, and a lot of money has been invested—without tangible results. This indicates that […]

1 Oct

Guidelines for a transparent and merit-based system for the appointment of Supreme Court justices

11 Dic

A guide to rapid assessment and policymaking for the control o corruption in Latin American justice systems

A guide to rapid assessment and policymaking for the control o corruption in Latin American justice systems 2007.

3 Jul

Civil Society’s Role in Combating Judicial Corruption in Central America

15 Jun

Civil Society’s Role in Combating Judicial Corruption in Central America

3 Jul

Controls and skids of judicial corruption Evaluation of judicial corruption and mechanisms to combat it in Central America and Panama

18 Abr

Civil society’s role in combating judicial corruption in Central America

This 2007 report, titled “Civil society’s role in combating judicial corruption in Central America,” was published by Transparency International’s global corruption report, and describes a new wave of monitoring and accountability initiatives in the region. These initiatives are aimed directly at combating corruption in response to the failure of institutional mechanisms to address unethical behaviour in […]

1 Dic

Judicial independence in Central America: problems and proposals

Even after several decades of judicial reforms and international assistance for judiciaries, judicial independence, transparency, and more in general, the quality of the administration of justice in Central America still leave much to be desired. A variety of initiatives have been undertaken, and a lot of money has been invested—without tangible results. This indicates that […]

17 Dic

Aportes #8: Equal Access to Justice

DPLF is the only U.S.-based organization whose mandate is to promote the reform of national justice systems in Latin America with the goal of making them more transparent, independent, accountable, and, above all, capable of delivering justice and protecting the fundamental rights of all people—especially the most vulnerable. To fulfill this mandate, the Judicial Accountability […]