Vance Center Associate Executive Director Jaime Chávez Alor presents to participants during one of the workshops in Guatemala. Photo credit: Vance Center The Vance Center this week completed the “Voces Ciudadanas por la Justicia y la Paz” project, a five-month partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Guatemala. This initiative empowered 65 civil society organizations (CSOs) across Guatemala with essential knowledge and tools to advocate for judicial independence and integrity. The project comprised a 10-session workshop series held in multiple locations over the first few months of 2024. Through a mix of virtual sessions and in-person gatherings, participants from... read more
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Vance Center Concludes Workshop Series for 65 Civil Society Organizations in Guatemala
Posted on April 26, 2024
With 3 Events and 2 Reports, Vance Center Continues Supporting Central American Judicial Associations
Posted on March 15, 2024On March 5, Vance Center Associate Executive Director Jaime Chávez Alor met with members of the Guatemalan Association of Judges for Integrity (AGJI) to assess and discuss initiatives for the upcoming process to select Guatemala’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges. Historically, this process has fallen short of international standards for merit-based appointments, often marred by corruption and undue influence. However, the AGJI and other local partner organizations believe that this year presents a crucial opportunity to break that pattern and introduce a transparent and objective selection process. The Vance Center will support AGJI in its efforts to... read more
Vance Center Launches Project on Women in the Legal Community in Guatemala
Posted on January 16, 2024On January 10, the Vance Center hosted a launch event for a new project, “Strengthening and protecting the role of women in the legal community in Guatemala through network building.” The project seeks to strengthen the role of women in Guatemala’s legal profession, identify solutions to challenges affecting their work, and build capacity for long-term support of women lawyers in the country. Prior to the launch event, the Vance Center distributed a questionnaire to evaluate the current state of women’s participation and visibility in Guatemala’s legal profession. More than 45 respondents answered the questionnaire; those responses formed the basis for... read more
Vance Center Secures New Funding for Regional and Global Work
Posted on November 15, 2023The National Endowment for Democracy has renewed its support for the Vance Center’s ongoing work on judicial independence in Central America and the Caribbean for two more years. NED’s commitment enables the Vance Center to deepen the impact of its initiatives to address and raise awareness around issues and threats affecting judges, within specific countries and at the regional level. These efforts build on more than a decade of Vance Center work to support judges in combating corruption and protecting themselves and their colleagues from threats to their independence and integrity. This work is possible through collaboration with key... read more