También disponible en español In a new statement, the New York City Bar Association expressed concern about the recent announcement that Costa Rica’s Executive branch plans to cut more than US$59 million from the national judicial budget. It also raised the alarm about continued vacancies on a key chamber of Costa Rica’s Supreme Court, where the government’s failure to appoint alternate justices has left the chamber unable to decide cases when sitting justices have recused themselves. The City Bar observed that both issues are “part of a broader pattern of Executive pressure on judicial independence” in Costa Rica. The statement... read more
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City Bar Statement Expressing Concern over the Budgetary and Operational Dismantling of the Judiciary in Costa Rica
Posted on August 11, 2026
Vance Center Submits Amicus Brief to Guatemala’s Constitutional Court to Uphold Anti-Corruption Policies
Posted on September 3, 2025On September 3, 2025, the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association along with a group of civil society organizations – Acción Ciudadana, Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos, Diálogos A.C., Asociación Consejo Nacional Empresarial, and Involúcrate Guatemala – filed an amicus curiae brief to the Constitutional Court of Guatemala for the Case Regarding Governmental Agreement Number 133/2024. The amicus brief argues that Guatemala’s Constitutional Court should issue a ruling declaring an earlier action of partial unconstitutionality without merit and upholding the constitutionality of the Agreement’s Article 9(d)(ii), which ensures greater transparency and... read more