Democracy and the Rule of Law in Latin America

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This Panel Discussion will build on the opening presentation and address some of the main rule of law challenges currently affecting Latin America, including the role of organized crime, impunity, corruption, human rights, the role of the state, and natural resource use.

Speakers

Carlos D. Mesa

Former President of Bolivia

Catalina Botero Marino

Former Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression,
OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; DeJusticia

Carlos Ayres Britto

Former Justice of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF)

Kevin Casas Zamora

Senior Fellow & Program Director,
Peter D Bell Rule of Law Program, Inter American Dialogue

Moderator

Ronaldo Macedo Jr

Senior Assistant to Attorney General´s Office
of the State of São Paulo, Professor FGV Direito São Paulo Chair