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Proyecto
ACCESO is promoting the
rule of law throughout the Americas.
The ACCESO team works with all the sectors in the administration
of justice. We are judges, prosecutors, public defenders,
legal educators, and journalists. We are building new
systems for conflict resolution that are fair, efficient
and transparent.
By training legal innovators, together we are srengthening
the rule of law in our Hemisphere.
For more information contact us
[email protected]
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El Pistolero
and Globo Guy Talk at Universidad de los Andes |
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On
Friday, April 8, 2004, James Cooper,
Director of Proyecto ACCESO, and Michael
Mandig, an ACCESO Trainer and long-time mediator, arbitrator and litigator,
headed up to pre-Cordillera to speak to 150 students and faculty members
at the Universidad de los Andes.
The seminar called "Alternative Dispute Resolution in the
Free Trade Agreement" saw James talk about the Free Trade
Agreement between Chile and the United States that went into force on
January 1, 2004 while Michael provided insights into the decade old North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)which is between Canada, Mexico and
the United States.
Provisions for arbitration and mediation as well as special panels for
investment disputes have been created in these agreements. With the Free
Trade Agreement of the Americas being negotiated and scheduled for completion
in 2005, there is sure to be more and more interest in new Hemispheric
problem-solving mechanisms.
ACCESO’s efforts in the area of mediation and arbitration have continued
over the last five years, with Michael, Jamie, and ACCESO Trainer Phillip
Robbins of Phoenix, Arizona, providing workshops in Tijuana, Mexico, San
Diego, California and in Concepcion, La Serena and Temuco.
New workshops are planned in Chile in 2004.
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