Video recordings

The following are video recordings from the Conference. An English summary is provided for each of the videos

Biographies for each of the speaker can be found here

1. Opening Comments

  • Luis Riesgo, Partner-in-Charge, Latin America/Miami Region, Jones Day
  • Oscar Vilhena Vieira, Dean, FGV São Paulo School of Law
  • Sir Jeffrey Jowell, KCMG QC, Founding Director, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law

This video is in English, with some Portuguese. The summary for this session can be found here

2. DISTINGUISHED LECTURE: Democracy and Rule of Law in Latin America

  • Mr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of the Federative Republic of Brazil

This video is in Portuguese. You can read the English summary here

3. The Inter American Dialogue Panel Discussion on Democracy and the Rule of Law in Latin America

  • Ronaldo Porto Macedo Jr, Senior Assistant to Attorney General´s Office of the State of São Paulo, Professor FGV São Paulo School of Law Chair
  • Carlos D. Mesa, Former President of Bolivia
  • Catalina Botero Marino, Co-founder, DeJusticia, former Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression for the OAS (2008-2014)
  • Kevin Casas Zamora, Senior Fellow & Program Director, Peter D Bell Rule of Law Program, Inter American Dialogue

This video is in Spanish and Portuguese. You can read the English summary (here)

4. KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Foundation of the Rule of Law and Crisis of Representation in Latin America

  • Tarso Genro, former Minister of Education and Minister of Justice of Brazil, former Governor of the State of Rio Grande do Sul

This video is in Portuguese. You can read the English summary here

5. Fighting Corruption in Brazil - Perspectives from the inside

  • Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Wilson International Center for Scholars Chair
  • Rodrigo de Grandis, Prosecutor at Brazil's Ministério Público Federal, Professor at FGV Direito SP
  • Beto Vasconcelos, National Secretary for Justice, Ministry of Justice
  • Pierpaolo Cruz Bottini, Criminal Lawyer, Professor, Faculty of Law University of São Paulo

This video is in Portuguese. You can read the English summary here

6. KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Judicial Independence in Brazil - A case study analysis of the National Council of Justice

  • Minister Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, Justice of Brazil's Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF)

This video is in Portuguese. You can read the English summary here

7. Judicial Independence and Accountability

1. Judicial Independence in Latin America: The Implications of Tenure and Appointment Processes

  • Dr. Jan van Zyl Smit, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law see paper here
  • Commentator Dr. Julio Antonio Rios Figueroa, Assistant Professor at the Division of Political Studies at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas (CIDE), Mexico - see comments here

2. A Double-Edged Sword: Judicial Independence and Accountability in Latin America

  • Jessica Walsh, Consultant, International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute; Associate Lecturer, University of Surrey, UK - see paper here
  • Commentator Luciana de Oliveira Ramos, Researcher, FGV Direito São Paulo

This video is in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The summary for this session can be found here

8. Challenges in Tackling and Prosecuting Corruption

  • Mat Tromme, Project Lead & Senior Research Fellow, Global Rule of Law Exchange (Bingham Centre) Chair
  • Gabriel Pérez Barberá, Attorney General for Penal and Economic matters, Federal Court of Appeals of Buenos Aires - see comments here (in Spanish)
  • Claudia Escobar, former Judge of Guatemala, Robert G James Scholar at Risk Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University - see comments here (in Spanish)
  • Heloisa Estellita, Professor, FGV São Paulo School of Law - see comments here (in Portuguese)
  • Eric Snyder, Partner, Jones Day - see powerpoint presentation here (in English)

This video is in English, with some Spanish and Portuguese. The summary for this session can be found here

9. Rule of Law in Unequal Societies

  • Dr. José Gregori, former Minister of Justice of the Federative Republic of Brazil Chair
  • Dr. Octavio Ferraz, Reader in Transnational Law, King's College, London
  • Helena Alviar García, Dean and Full Professor of Law, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
  • Oscar Vilhena Vieira, Dean, FGV Sao Paulo School of Law

This video is in Portuguese. The English summary for this session can be found here

10. Rule of Law and the legal Profession

  • Marcello Hallake, Partner, Jones Day Chair
  • Sergio Bermudes, Lawyer, Sergio Bermudes Advogados
  • Pedro Dutra, Senior Partner at Pedro Dutra Advogados
  • Mario Engler, Professor and Coordinator of the Professional Master at FGV Direito SP

This video is in Portuguese. The English summary for this session can be found View Document

11. Closing Remarks

  • Heloisa Estellita, Professor, FGV São Paulo School of Law
  • Professor Sir Jeffrey Jowell KCMG QC, Founding Director, Bingham Center for the Rule of Law
  • Luis Riesgo, Partner,-in-Charge, Latin America/Miami Region, Jones Day

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