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"JUSTICE IN MEXICO: EVALUATING NATIONAL AND LOCAL INITIATIVES"
Monday, April 21, 2008
Joan B. Kroc Theatre
University of San Diego
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider and certified that this activity was approved for MCLE credit in the amount of 8.0 hours of general credit:
Morning = 2.75 hours
Luncheon = 1.25 hours
Afternoon = 4.0 hours
AGENDA
8:00 - 8:30 a.m.: Registration and continental breakfast (Rotunda)
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.: Inaugural Ceremony (Theatre)
- Fr. William Headley, Dean, Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego
- Lic. Remedios Gómez Arnau, Consul General, Mexican Consulate General, San Diego
- Dr. David A. Shirk, Director, Justice in Mexico Project/Trans-Border Institute (TBI), University of San Diego
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Keynote Panel, "Justice Reform and Public Security at the National and Sub-National Levels in Mexico" (Theatre)
Moderator/Discussant: Dr. David A. Shirk, Director, Trans-Border Institute
- Dr. Germán Adolfo Castillo Banuet, Adjunct Director-General, Interior Ministry
- Lic. Marco Tulio López Escamilla, General Coordinator of Judicial Affairs, Public Security Ministry
- Lic. Rommel Moreno Manjarrez, Attorney General, State of Baja California
- Lic. Alberto Capella Ibarra, Public Security Secretary, Municipality of Tijuana
BREAK
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Panel, "Rule of Law Challenges in Mexican States" (Theatre)
Moderator/Discussant: Dra. María Eugenia Suárez, Professor of Anthopology, University of Guadalajara
- Lic. Raúl Carrillo Del Muro, Director, Judicial Training Center, State Supreme Court of Zacatecas (Representative, Red de Justicia)
- Dr. Aarón Castillo Fernández, Professor of Law, Panamerican University (Aguascalientes) (Representative, Red de Justicia)
- Dr. Guillermo Zepeda, Center for Development Research (Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, A.C., CIDAC) (Representative, Red de Justicia)
- Dra. María Candelaria Pelayo, Professor of Law, College of Law, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexicali (Representative, Red de Justicia)
12:00 - 1:15 p.m.: Luncheon Keynote Address, "Access to Justice: the State of Human Rights in Mexico amid Federal- and State-Level Criminal Justice Reform Efforts" (Conference Rooms A - D)
Presenter: Prof. Jorge A. Vargas, Professor of Law, School of Law, University of San Diego
- Dr. José Luis Soberanes Fernández, President, National Human Rights Commission (Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos, CNDH)
BREAK
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.: Panel, “State-Level Reform Initiatives in Mexico” (Theatre)
Moderator/Discussant: Dr. David Fernández Mena, Director, Department of Judicial Sciences, Universidad Iberoamericana Tijuana
- Prof. Heliódoro Emiliano Araiza Reyes, Professor of Law, College of Law, Autonomous University of Chihuahua
- Lic. Rubén Vasconcelos Mendez, Assistant Prosecutor, State Prosecutor’s Office, State of Oaxaca (Representative, Red de Justicia)
- Dr. Francisco Gorjón Gómez, Dean, College of Law and Criminology, Autonomous University of Nuevo León (Representative, Red de Justicia)
- Dr. Antonio Berchelmann Arizpe, Justice, Superior Tribunal of Justice, State of Coahuila (Representative, Red de Justicia)
B R E A K
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.: Afternoon Keynote Address, "Justice Reform and Accountability in Mexico" (Theatre)
Moderator/Discussant: Mr. Robert Donnelly, Coordinator, Justice in Mexico Project
- Mtro. Eduardo Bohórquez, Director, Transparencia Mexicana
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.: Afternoon Keynote Panel, "Justice Reform in Mexico: The Road Ahead" (Theatre)
Moderator/Discussant: Dr. David A. Shirk, Director, Trans-Border Institute
- Dr. Eduardo Bertoni, Due Process of Law Foundation
- Mr. William G. Kaschak, National Center for State Courts
- Mr. Javier Carrasco, Open Society Justice Initiative
- Mr. Juan Ygnacio Reyes-Retana, Baker & McKenzie Abogados, S.C.
- Dr. Carlos Natarén, Researcher, Legal Research Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico (IIJ-UNAM)
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