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OAS Organizes Hemispheric Meeting in Colombia of National Authorities on Access to Justice

  December 9, 2014

The Organization of American States (OAS) will organize, on December 10 and 11, in Cartagena, Colombia, a Technical Meeting of the Justice Ministries of the Americas on Legal Cooperation in Access to Justice, with the purpose of exchanging information and experiences on access to justice and formulating recommendations to strengthen hemispheric legal cooperation in that area.

The meeting, to be held at the Training Center of the Spanish Cooperation Agency (AECID), is being organized under the aegis of the Inter-American cooperation process known as the Meetings of Ministers of Justice or Other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA). Participants will include authorities responsible for leading access to justice policies in OAS member states and representatives of OAS agencies and other international organizations, civil society organizations, the private sector, and academics focused on the issue.

During the event, participants will exchange information on recent legal developments in the field in the Americas, dealing with such issues as alternative methods for resolving disputes, and institutions for bringing justice closer to the public, such as integrated centers for justice and legal assistance. Guests will make presentations on innovative programs and successful experiences with using new technologies to facilitate access to justice, such as connectivity tools for communications between parties and conflict resolution, on-line legal services, videoconference hearings, electronic notifications, and case electronic files.

WHAT: Technical Meeting of the Justice Ministries of the Americas on Legal Cooperation in Access to Justice

WHEN: December 10 and 11, 2014

WHERE: Training Center of the Spanish Cooperation Agency (AECID), Cartagena, Colombia

Reference: AVI-259/14