Atlas UCEMA (program in Spanish)

Rule of Law and Institutions in Latin America

Friday, April 15, 2011

Universidad del CEMA

Buenos Aires, Argentina

8:30 – 9:00 Registration

9:00 – 10:30 Rule of Law and Morality

Gabriel Zanotti (Instituto Acton Argentina)

Marcos Aguinis*

Javier El-Hage (Human Rights Foundation)

Moderator: Mauro de Lorenzo* (The John Templeton Foundation)

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 12:15 Rule of Law, National Defense and Personal Security

Eugenio Burzaco (Chief of the Metropolitan Police, City of Buenos Aires

Alberto Carnero (Fundación para el Análisis y los Estudios Sociales, FAES)

Ignacio Ibañez (Organization of American States & Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos)

Moderator: Francisco de Santibañes (Fundación Pensar)

12:15 – 12:45 Lunch

12:45 – 1:45 Discussion: Different Approaches to Improve the Rule of Law

Diego Bunge (Foro de Estudios sobre la Administración de Justicia, FORES)

Flavia Vera (Instituto de Direito Publico de Brasilia)

Moderator: Marcelo de Jesús (FORES)

2:00 – 3:30 Rule of Law and the Free Press

Guillermo Turner (Chile)

Speaker from Clarin*

Deroy Murdock (Atlas Economic Research Foundation)

Moderator: Tristán Rodríguez Laredo (CADAL, GRUPAL)

3:30 – 3:45 Coffee Break

3:45 – 5:15 Rule of Law and Education Reform

Esteban Bullrich (Minister of Education, City of Buenos Aires)

Moderator: Gabriel Sanchez Zinny (h)