Date: March 6, 2006

Sponsored by:
The rule of Law along the U.S. - Mexico Border an appraisal of penal law in Mexican States Baja California - Chihuahua - Coahuila Joan B. Kroc Peace & Justice, USD
Theatre & Rotunda
Monday March 6, 2006
8:00am - 12:30pm

Description:
The Justice in Mexico Project at the Trans-Border Institute of the University of San Diego held a seminar on comparative analysis of penal justice in Mexican states. The TBI hosted a recognized group of specialists that discussed the cases of three border states: Coahuila, where an important reform was implemented in 2000; Chihuahua where an ambitious reform proposal was recently submitted to the state Congress; and Baja California, where the discussion about reforming the penal system is still in a preliminary stage

Agenda :

8:00 - 8:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:40	Presentation by Dr. David Shirk Trans-Border Institute
8:40 - 9:10	Diagnostic of crime at the US-Mexico Border by Dr. David Shirk Trans-Border Institute
9:10 - 9:40	The Current Status of the Criminal Law in Mexico by Guillermo Zepeda Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo, AC (CIDAC)
9:40 - 10:00	Break
10:00 - 10:30	Criminal Law in Coahuila: Evaluating the Reform by Antonio Berchelmann Law School, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila
10:30 - 11:00	Criminal Law in Chihuahua: Assessing the Initiative to Reform the Justice System by Heliodoro Araiza and Jorge Lugo Law School, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
11:00 - 11:30	A Pending Case: Criminal Law in Baja California by Maria Candelaria Pelayo and Daniel Solorio Law School, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
11:30 - 12:15	Comments and Questions (with the collaboration and Comments Luis D. Ortiz Salinas - Attorney General Office, State of Nuevo Leon )
12:15 - 12:30	Closing Remarks