{"id":25713,"date":"2026-10-20T17:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T21:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/?post_type=mec-events&p=25713"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:26:42","slug":"strengthening-participation-and-justice-in-the-fight-against-corruption-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/event\/feed\/strengthening-participation-and-justice-in-the-fight-against-corruption-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening Participation and Justice in the Fight Against Corruption in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can we ensure that people and communities affected by corruption can meaningfully participate in efforts to secure justice and reparations? Join us for a discussion with civil society organizations and experts from across the region to discuss ways to strengthen civic participation, access to justice, and coordination among regional and international human rights and anti-corruption mechanisms.<\/p>\n

Panelists:<\/p>\n

– Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Veramendi Villa<\/strong>, Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Officer, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
\n– Tania Reneaum Panszi<\/strong>, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
\n– Jos\u00e9 Ugaz<\/strong>, President of Pro\u00e9tica, Transparency International\u2019s Peruvian chapter
\n– In\u00e9s Selvood<\/strong>, Coordinator of the International Open Justice Network (RIJA)
\n– Moderator: Naomi Roht-Arriaza<\/strong>, Co-Chair of the Victims Working Group of the Global Civil Society Coalition for the UNCAC and Chair of DPLF\u2019s Board of Directors<\/p>\n

\n

Please note that this event will be conducted entirely in Spanish.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026<\/strong>
\nTime: 5:00 p.m. (Panama and Lima) \/ 6:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C.) \/ 4:00 p.m. (Mexico and Central America)
\n<\/strong>How to attend:
\nIn person:<\/strong> Holiday Inn Hotel, Ave. Omar Torrijos Herrera, Clayton, Panama Canal, Panama City
\nVia Zoom:<\/strong> Register here.<\/a><\/p>\n

This event is held in conjunction with the Regional Workshop on Anti-Corruption and Human Rights for Civil Society Organizations in Latin America, organized by OHCHR and the Global Civil Society Coalition for the UNCAC, and the 197th Period of Sessions of the IACHR.<\/p>\n

Organizers:<\/strong> Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), International Open Justice Network (RIJA), Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), TOJIL, Cyrus R. Vance Center, Lawyers Without Borders Canada, Pro\u00e9tica (Transparency International\u2019s Peruvian chapter), Todos por Medell\u00edn, and the Global Civil Society Coalition for the UNCAC.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How can we ensure that people and communities affected by corruption can meaningfully participate in efforts to secure justice and reparations?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":25714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"mec_category":[792,800,804,805,806,807,818,808,809,794,810,795,796,811,797,803,798,799,812,813,814,815,816],"mec_speaker":[],"mec_tag":[],"class_list":["post-25713","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-america-central","mec_category-america-del-norte","mec_category-america-del-sur","mec_category-argentina","mec_category-bolivia","mec_category-brasil","mec_category-caribe","mec_category-chile","mec_category-colombia","mec_category-costa-rica","mec_category-ecuador","mec_category-el-salvador","mec_category-guatemala","mec_category-guyana","mec_category-honduras","mec_category-mexico","mec_category-nicaragua","mec_category-panama","mec_category-paraguay","mec_category-peru","mec_category-surinam","mec_category-uruguay","mec_category-venezuela"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/25713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25713"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/25713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25722,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/25713\/revisions\/25722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=25713"},{"taxonomy":"mec_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_speaker?post=25713"},{"taxonomy":"mec_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dplf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_tag?post=25713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}