Judicial Reform in Mexico: Why it is Needed and Where Things Stand
In June 2008, Mexico adopted a series of far-reaching constitutional reforms designed to transform its criminal justice system from one based primarily on written record to a more open adversarial system of justice where trials are oral and public, and a presumption of innocence is clearly established. The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute and the University of San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute hosted a lively discussion of these reforms, why they are needed and how the implementation of reforms has proceeded.
Speakers
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Eric L. Olson
Global FellowDirector of the Central America-D.C. Platform, Seattle International Foundation -
Ernesto Canales
President, Canales y Asociados and Founder, RENACE -
Diana Villiers Negroponte
Public Policy FellowAdjunct Professor, The George Washington University -
Ana Laura Magaloni
Professor, Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE), Mexico -
Layda Negretre
México Evalúa -
Octavio Rodriguez
Program Coordinator of the Justice in Mexico Project, University of San Diego -
Guillermo Zepeda
Director of Studies, Program to Support Security and Justice at USAID/Mexico. -
Matthew C. Ingram
Assistant Professor, University of Albany, SUNY -
Hugo Concha Cantú
Former Chief of Staff for the Executive Secretary of the Coordinating Council for Implementation of the Criminal Justice System, Ministry of Interior (SEGOB/SETEC) -
Carolina Villadiego
Center for Judicial Studies in the Americas (CEJA) -
Robert Varenik
Director of Programs, Open Society Justice Initiative -
Mtro. Rommel Moreno Manjarrez
Head of the Special Department for the Implementation of the Adversarial Criminal Justice System, Office of the Attorney General (PGR) -
Catherine Cortez Masto
Nevada Attorney General