Subject: TOMORROW: Future of the Rule of Law, CICIG, and Justice Reform in Guatemala
From: "CSIS Americas and the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:56:09 +0000
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Future of the Rule of Law, CICIG,
and Justice Reform in Guatemala
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CSIS Americas & the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development host
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** Future of the Rule of Law, CICIG, and Justice Reform in Guatemala
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Opening remarks by
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** Representative Norma Torres
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** (D-CA)
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** Featuring an expert panel with
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** Brittany Benowitz
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** Chief Counsel, Center for Human Rights,
American Bar Association
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** Ambassador William Brownfield
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** Former Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs;
former Ambassador to Venezuela, Colombia, and Chile;
CSIS Senior Adviser
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** Leah Campos
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** Former HFAC Senior Advisor for Western Hemisphere
under Chairman Royce
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** Claudia Escobar
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** Guatemalan Judge
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** Peter Lamport
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** Guatemalan Business Leader and Former Minister
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** Mark L Schneider
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** Former Assistant Administrator of USAID for Latin America and the Caribbean
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** Moderated by
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** Michael A. Matera
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** Director and Senior Fellow, Americas Program
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** Daniel F. Runde
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** Senior Vice President; William A. Schreyer Chair and Director, Project on Prosperity and Development
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** Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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** 10:00 am - 11:30 am
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** RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
45 INDEPENDENCE AVE SW, WASHINGTON DC 20515

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*Please note this event will take place at the Rayburn House Office Building*

Please join us for a Capitol Hill public briefing on the threats to the rule of law and to the future of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) on Wednesday, January 30 from 10:00-11:30 a.m. in Room 2200 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales recently ordered the expulsion of CICIG, a UN-sponsored independent investigative commission responsible for working with Guatemalan institutions to curb corruption and organized crime in Guatemala. His order gave CICIG international investigators and prosecutors 24 hours to leave the country. Since 2006, the combined efforts of CICIG and a strengthened Guatemalan attorney general’s office and judiciary have resulted in the national homicide rate declining by more than a third and convictions of cartels, organized crime, and official corruption increasing four-fold.

For the past decade, the U.S. has been a key stakeholder in partnering with Guatemala in strengthening law enforcement and the justice system to help control drug and human trafficking and reduce push factors that drive forced migration. Guatemalan and international experts have recently expressed grave concerns that the Morales Administration’s attacks on CICIG, the constitutional court (after it suspended the CICIG expulsion order), and the civilian national police will undercut those efforts.

Representative Norma Torres (D-CA) will deliver opening remarks.  An expert panel including Brittany Benowitz, Chief Counsel, Center for Human Rights, American Bar Association; Ambassador William Brownfield, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and former Ambassador to Venezuela, Colombia, and Chile; Leah Campos, Former HFAC Senior Advisor for Western Hemisphere under Chairman Royce; Guatemalan Judge Claudia Escobar; Guatemalan business leader and former minister Peter Lamport; Mark L Schneider, former Assistant Administrator of USAID for Latin America and the Caribbean; and others will follow.

This event is in collaboration with Americas Society and Council of the Americas; American Bar Association, Center for Human Rights; Inter-American Dialogue; Seattle International Foundation; Washington Office on Latin America.

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For more information please contact Sarah Baumunk (mailto:[email-masked]) 202-775-7326
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