Judicial Experts
Conference in Costa Rica
Judicial experts,
including judges,
prosecutors and lawyers
from various Latin
American countries are
joining in a conference
of the Instituto
Latinoamericano de
Naciones Unidas para la
Prevención del Delito y
el Tratamiento del
Delincuente (ILANUD).
Japan, with one the
lowest crime rates in
the world, is the focus
example for penal
reforms. During the next
10 days, Costa Rica's
Fiscal General (chief
prosecutor), Francisco
Dall'Anese, and Luis
Paulina Mora, president
of the Supreme Court of
Costa Rica, will be
among the scheduled
speakers.
The role of public
defenders and
prosecutors will be
analyzed and discussions
are to focus on the main
problems of the justice
system in Latin America.
The biggest problem in
Costa Rica, though it
has one of the best
penal systems in Latin
America, it lacks public
defenders.
ILANUD was established
in 1975, in compliance
with Resolutions of the
Economic and Social
Council of the United
Nations and ratified by
the Costa Rican Congress
on December 1977, in
recognition of the
importance of regional
and interregional
cooperation, assisting
the international
community in
strengthening
international
cooperation in the
crucial area of crime
prevention and criminal
justice.
Located in San José, the
main objective of the
Institute is to
collaborate with the
governments in the
balanced economic and
social development of
the Latin American and
Caribbean countries
through the formulation
and incorporation into
national development
plans of adequate
policies in the field of
crime prevention and
criminal justice.
The services include
research, training and
technical assistance in
designing and
implementing programs
and projects in the
field of crime
prevention and criminal
justice. |
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