Women and the Rule of Law: A View from the Americas

8:30-9:00 A.M.

Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:15 A.M.

Welcome

Speakers: 

Zaida Arguedas, League of Women Voters

Joan Caivano, Inter-American Dialogue

Joan Winship, International Association of Women Judges

 9:15-10:30 A.M.

Women’s Rights Addressed by the Courts: Perspectives from the Americas 

Moderator:

Hattie Babbitt, Attorney, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon            

Panelists:

Janet Tello, Justice, Supreme Court of Peru

Vanessa Ruiz, Senior Judge, DC Court of Appeals

María Eugenia Villaseñor, Judge, Fifth Court of Appeals, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Commentator:

Macarena Sáez, Fellow, American University, Washington College of Law

10:30-10:45 A.M.

Coffee Break

10:45-12:15 P.M. 

Strengthening Diversity in the Judicial System

Moderator: 

Zaida Arguedas, Deputy Executive Director, League of Women Voters                                                                                                  

Panelists: 

Desiree Bernard, Justice, Caribbean Court of Justice

María Francisca Zapata, Judge, First Supervisory Court of Santiago, Chile

María del Carmen Alanís Figueroa, Judge, Federal Electoral Tribunal, Mexico                                                             

Commentator: 

Gabriela Vega, Gender & Diversity Division,
Inter-American Development Bank

12:15-1:30 P.M.

 Luncheon

 1:30-3:00 P.M.

 The Role of International Law in Promoting Women’s Rights

Moderator:

Catalina Botero, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, Organization of American States, and Former Magistrate, Constitutional Court of Colombia

Janet Tello, Justice, Supreme Court of Peru                               

3:00-3:15 P.M.

 Wrap-up

Keynote Speaker

Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs