PROJUST FOR USAID QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT April 1 – June 30, 2019 USAID/ PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT

QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT

APRIL 1 – JUNE 30, 2018

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Cover page photo caption: Local state leaders from Mexico’s criminal justice system sit alongside USAID representatives to inaugurate PROJUST’s “Forum for Criminal Justice” held at La Salle University in from June 17-19, 2019.

DISCLAIMER This publication was produced at the request of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was prepared independently by Management Systems International. The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government.

CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION AND COVERAGE 6 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OVERALL STATUS 6 IMPLEMENTED A LOCAL SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR GREATER IMPACT 7 SUPPORTING CAPABLE JUSTICE SECTOR INSTITUTIONS 9 FOSTERED A MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) CULTURE IN MEXICO’S JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS 23 NATIONAL LEVEL SUPPORT 25 UNITED CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE ACCUSATORY SYSTEM 25 RALLIED SUPPORT FOR THE ACCUSATORY SYSTEM THROUGH NATIONAL-LEVEL EVENTS 27 GENERAL AND CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES 28 PROMOTED A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN MEXICO’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 28 LESSONS LEARNED 30 UPDATES ON EVALUATION AND LEARNING PLANS AND ACTIVITIES 31 ANNEX I: ACTIVITY COUNT AND SUPPORT COVERAGE 32 ANNEX II: SUCCESS STORY FOR Q3 33 ANNEX III: EARLY WINS AND SPOTLIGHTS OF Q3 35 ANNEX IV: ANALYSIS OF TRAINING DATA 49 ANNEX V: LIST OF PROJUST PRODUCTS TRANSFERRED AT THE “FORUM FOR JUSTICE” ON JUNE 19 52 ANNEX VI: FINANCIAL SECTION 60

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100DC 100-Day Challenge AG Attorney General CONATRIB National Commission of Superior Justice Tribunals CSO Civil Society Organization FY Fiscal Year IMDHD Mexican Institute for Human Rights and Democracy MSI Management Systems International M&E Monitoring and Evaluation PD Public Defender PROJUST Promoting Justice Project PTS Pre-Trial Services Q3 Quarter 3 RRI Rapid Results Institute SSP State Secretariat of Public Security USAID United States Agency for International Development

3 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The USAID/Mexico Promoting Justice Project (PROJUST) is in its fifth year of implementation, with project activities in its third quarter bridging a period of transition from a focus on technical innovation and implementation to one focused on sustainability. This quarterly report covers the period from April 1 to June 30, 2019, which corresponds to the third quarter (Q3) of fiscal year (FY) 2019. It highlights the achievements and activities of Tasks 1 and 2, which are implemented by Management Systems International (MSI). In Q3, PROJUST closed out direct support to most target justice institutions, solidifying gains through the formal transfer of key project tools, guides and resources, and facilitating a series of high-level forums and events to concretize local networks and set a clear path ahead for criminal justice reform. Full details and context of progress and outcomes are provided in the body of this report, with key highlights summarized blow. PROJUST and the Rapid Results Institute (RRI) launched a new phase of support this quarter to sustain the gains of local systems initiatives, keep momentum going and support frontline teams and local leaders following up on their commitments to scale the impact of successful innovations.

The consolidation of the Three-Level Case Prioritization model was a priority under support to Attorneys General Offices in new cities, with further emphasis on strengthening communication and collaboration via peer-to-peer learning networks between project- supported Crime Analysis and Specialized Investigation and Prosecution Units.

Support to State Courts focused on bolstering the sustainability of project efforts through national forums and transferring key PROJUST models, methodologies and tools to the National Commission of Superior Justice Tribunals (CONATRIB), a key ally for scaling the impact of project resources nationwide.

Five years of support to Pre-Trial Services (PTS) Units culminated this quarter in a National PTS Forum on April 11-12. PROJUST brought together over fifty participants representing 27 PTS Units to disseminate key tools developed, consolidated and refined between PROJUST and target units over the course of the project. In addition to the participation of 27 PTS unit directors, attendees also included three directors from units dedicated to adolescents, representatives from the National Executive Secretariat of Public Security, and civil society members, with over 800 other viewers logged in remotely to the live-streamed event.

The highlight of support for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Units within target justice institutions this quarter was a two-day event held on May 7 and 8, in , , where PROJUST convened participating operators representing each of the project- supported units for an engaging and participatory forum on “Evidence-Based Continuous Improvement.” Participants from both M&E Units and seven CSOs came together for expert panels, roundtable discussions, and exchanges of best practices and experiences in using data for evidence-based decision making within criminal justice institutions for the purpose of continuous improvement.

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PROJUST worked with a broad spectrum of CSOs, academics, universities and representatives from the private sector1 to finalize the “legislative map” initiative to sustain national reform efforts and shape strategic operational laws by generating a systemic vision of criminal justice and identifying pending modifications necessary for optimum functioning.

Finally, PROJUST debuted its documentary titled “Self-Defense?” which tells the story of an emblematic case of public defense supported by the project that highlights the use of a gender lens to achieve the acquittal of a domestic violence victim wrongly accused of her partner’s death. This case was the first acquittal in Mexico of homicide charges against a female defendant on the basis of self-defense.

1 Organizations involved in this effort include: The Confederation of Employers of the Mexican Republic (COPARMEX), Autonomous Institute of Technology of Mexico (ITAM), Center for Economic Research (CIDE), and the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s (UNAM) Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas as well as CSOs Borde Politico, Foundation for Due Legal Process (DPLF), Foundation for Justice and Democratic Rule of Law (FJEDD), Mexico Evalua, Research Center FUNDAR, Mexican Institute for Human Rights and Democracy (IMDHD), Causa en Comun, and United Against Crime.

5 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION AND COVERAGE In its third quarter, the Promoting Justice Project (PROJUST) successfully carried out 117 activities across 10 states, as well as national level activities. The bulk of the activities (83 or 70%) benefited Group 1 states and over half (70%) focused on promoting the legitimacy of the criminal justice system (Task 1). See the below reference map (Figure 1) of target states and refer to Annex 1 for a full breakdown of activities per Task.

Figure 1: Geographic coverage in Q3-FY 2019

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND OVERALL STATUS In Quarter 3 (Q3), PROJUST focused on winding down all direct technical support in target state justice institutions, while solidifying project-supported networks at both the state and national levels for future sustainability. Several high-profile forums served to bring key stakeholders from not only the justice sector, but also civil society, the private sector and academia, together to lay out clear, shared visions for the future. Finally, a number of key project resources and tools were finalized and distributed among all target states and institutions. This section of the report will detail the specific support provided to impact these and other key result areas in Q3 of FY2019.

6 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 IMPLEMENTED A LOCAL SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR GREATER IMPACT PROJUST and the Rapid Results Institute (RRI) launched a new phase of support this quarter to sustain the gains, keep momentum going and support frontline teams and local leaders following up on their commitments to scale the impact of successful innovations. Sustaining Results Follow-up sessions with local leaders and frontline teams occurred in four states (Baja , , and ) to review progress since their recent 100DCs and solidify new ways of working that began during the challenges. Several teams continued to employ the Rapid Results methodology and reported that case resolutions continue to be more efficient.

While PROJUST is in the process of confirming data on case Participants at the first follow-up session for the resolutions since the 100DCs, results self-reported by some sustainability of local systems initiatives in , on April 4, 2019. teams for their advances in earlier months are impressive and merit mention, although they occurred outside of the PROJUST FOR USAID reporting period for this report. For instance, in , the team combatting impunity in domestic violence, reported 109 cases resolved between January and March. In Tijuana, from January through March, the team addressing robbery with an unknown suspect reportedly closed 103 cases (the same number of cases as during their 100DC) while the robbery in flagrante 2 team solved a further 125 cases, demonstrating the engagement and commitment of operators to continue sustaining the gains of their local initiatives. In , the domestic violence team reported 238 case resolutions between November and March, with the robbery team reporting 303 cases resolved between January and March. In Ciudad Juarez, the teams convinced the State Court to bring on three additional judges to their frontline team and has since reported fewer deferred hearings, fewer delays and overall improvement in scheduling hearings. The domestic violence team in , Zacatecas, also continued to resolve cases at a similar rhythm as during the challenge, resolving 140 cases from November through March as compared to 124 during their 100DC. The robbery team in Fresnillo also continued to facilitate more efficient case resolutions with new agreements between justice institutions and both the OXXO chain of convenience stores and local mining companies toward offering defendants alternative justice, plea bargains and pre-trial diversion. In , government representatives3 expressed interest for further program support in this type of initiatives and reiterated commitment to working with civil society to find practical Innovations for increased efficiency in case resolution. Scaling Best Practices Joint statewide sessions were held in late April and May in five states (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tabasco and Zacatecas) with local leaders, frontline teams, and representatives of other regions in these target states. The joint sessions provided a platform to discuss the organizational and cultural transformations that occurred during and after the 100-Day Challenges, share the innovations that led to tangible results, and spread successful practices to new regions. Operators from guest regions learned

2 When a suspect is detained in the act of, or immediately following, a crime. 3 The Executive Secretary of the State Secretariat of Public Security and the Undersecretary of the State Government.

7 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 first-hand about the basics of the 100DC methodology and how frontline teams from target cities managed to achieve both quantitative and qualitative results. These sessions highlighted the importance of communication, making traditionally bureaucratic processes less formal, and optimizing limited resources. A justice from Coahuila’s State Court, Oscar Najera, expressed that, “It is so easy to become used to doing things the same way. We need to change our perspective. With this methodology we have seen how we can achieve better results if we optimize resources. We must maintain communication in order to expand these challenges. Each region is different; however, what each of us contributes can help everyone improve.” In both Zacatecas and Coahuila, leaders emphasized the importance of making the impressive results of the 100DCs more visible through collaboration with civil society organizations and replication of the successful innovations. Jorge Humberto Rodriguez Lopez, a prosecutor representing Coahuila’s Attorney General who was not involved in previous challenges, was pleasantly surprised at the results and enthusiasm he witnessed: “I can now see that if we set goals, we can achieve results. Based on this experience in , I see a clear need to take this challenge to other regions and across other states.” In Zacatecas, one particular innovation from the latest challenge caught the eye of operators from guest regions: the use of “heat maps” to identify high-incidence areas of domestic violence. The heat maps helped to reduce the response time of police to reports of domestic violence through targeted patrols in crime “hot spots.” At the end of May, operators from nine municipalities across the state received training on this method by frontline operators from Fresnillo. See Early Win 2 in Annex III for additional information on this initiative. The sessions in all states have proved fertile ground for not only motivating past participants in 100DCs to keep up the momentum, but also for scaling the impact of innovative ways to improve efficiency in the provision of justice. PROJUST intends to continue supporting and monitoring these efforts across target states in the months to come. “This methodology has given us the ability to show the public that the justice system is working. Our challenge now is to replicate these results. I call on everyone involved to continue with this incredible effort you have made to consolidate the justice system.” -Francisco Jose Murillo Ruiseco, Zacatecas’ State Attorney General

Representatives of justice institutions from the cities of Jerez, Ojocaliente and Guadalupe in the state of Zacatecas learn about the 100-Day Challenge methodology at a “Joint Statewide Learning Session” in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, on May 14, 2019.

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GROUNDED REFORMS IN THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK TABLE 1: STATE LEVEL LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT This quarter PROJUST worked alongside nine IN Q3 FY2019 justice institutions across seven states, to develop STATE AREA OF SUPPORT or modify their legislative framework. Table 1 Chihuahua State Court Organic Regulations provides an overview of assistance and further AG Office Organic Law descriptions of the support per state are provided Coahuila PD Office Organic Law below. PTS Unit SSP Chihuahua: AG Office Organic Law AG Office Organic Law In late April, following a series of modifications in collaboration with institutional leadership, Zacatecas AG Office Organic Regulations PROJUST finalized the State Court’s new Organic Regulations. The court’s legislative framework now aligns fully to improved administrative processes and also stipulates a clear separation of administrative and judicial functions. This is a key development for Chihuahua’s court as its court system operates across four distinct administrative departments. Coahuila: After a year of intensive work in collaboration with Coahuila’s Attorney General (AG), this quarter PROJUST submitted to institutional leadership a final version of the institution’s new autonomous AG Office Organic Law. This law was developed applying lessons learned and best practices from experience in Zacatecas. Specifically, these best practices included integrating a complete institutional process map and a comprehensive study to project future staffing needs based on current caseloads and human resource capacity, as well as local crime rates. The new organic law also includes provisions for a civil service career program, PROJUST’s Three-Level Case Prioritization model, and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Gender, and Crime Analysis Units. While Coahuila’s AG endorsed the law in May 2019, the approval process in the State Congress may take some time, although prospects for its passage are very positive. Legislative support to Coahuila’s Public Defender’s (PD) Office began last year to revise the institution’s Organic Law, Organic Regulations and Civil Service Career Program Regulations, as the existing legislation and regulations did not adequately address operational needs. This quarter PROJUST wrapped up its support in this area and submitted final versions of the legislation to institutional leadership. PROJUST also began working with Coahuila’s Pre-Trial Services (PTS) Unit last quarter in an effort to remove the unit from within the purview of the State Secretariat of Public Security’s (SSP) Corrections Department (Reinserción) and to instead be placed under that of the State Court. PROJUST has found that PTS units under the umbrella of the SSP are heavily influenced by the punitive environment of the SSP, posing a risk to objectivity. Following initial resistance on the part of the SSP, PROJUST’s legislative team proposed splitting the two primary functions of the PTS Unit (risk evaluation and supervision) between the State Court and SSP. A proposal to modify the SSP’s Organic Law to move the evaluation portion of the PTS Unit from the Corrections Department to the SSP’s Undersecretariat (Subsecretaría) was submitted for approval this quarter. Nayarit: At the request of the Attorney General, last quarter PROJUST began working with Nayarit’s AG Office to modify the institution’s existing Organic Law to include PROJUST’s Three-Level Case Prioritization

9 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Model, M&E Unit and Crime Analysis Unit. A final version of the organic law was submitted to institutional leadership for approval this quarter. Sonora: Sonora’s AG Office also requested support from PROJUST to modify its legal framework in accordance with PROJUST’s Three-Level Case Prioritization model. PROJUST has been working on a draft autonomous AG Office Organic Law that will include PROJUST’s M&E Unit, Three-Level Case Prioritization model and the legal provisions for creation of an internal accountability unit4 as well as aligning to the National Anticorruption System (SNA, Spanish acronym) and State Anticorruption System. A final version of the law was submitted to leadership this quarter, with prospects for its subsequent formal approval by the local Congress very promising. Zacatecas: Based on the autonomous AG Office Organic Law for Zacatecas that was passed with project support in December 2017, PROJUST has continued to work with the AG Office to develop the AG Office’s Civil Service Career Program and Organic Regulations. The Civil Service Career Program was approved last quarter and a final version of the Organic Regulations was submitted for approval this quarter. Zacatecas’ AG Office now has all the legislative tools it requires to operate at an optimum level.

COMBATTED IMPUNITY THROUGH MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROSECUTIONS During Q3 PROJUST continued to work with AG Offices in target states5 to improve efficiency in the investigation and prosecution of crimes. Efforts focused on the consolidation of the Three-Level Case Prioritization model in new cities and on strengthening communication and collaboration via peer-to-peer learning networks between project-supported Crime Analysis and Specialized Investigation and Prosecution Units. Figure 2 below provides an overview of support this quarter per state and area. Figure 2: Support to AG Offices in Q3, FY2019 per State and Area of Support

4 This unit is comparable to an internal affairs or anticorruption unit, tasked with auditing institutional finances and investigating any acts or omissions on behalf of the institution’s public servants that may constitute wrongdoing. 5 27,136 (January-November 2018) in comparison to 25,771 for January-December 2017. Data from the National Executive Secretariat of Public Security, available here and here, accessed on January 16, 2019.

10 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Three-Level Case Prioritization Model PROJUST’s Three-Level Case Prioritization Model is a structural model, designed to reduce caseloads by more efficiently screening, processing and investigating cases. During Q3, PROJUST has provided targeted support to AG Offices in the cities of , Sonora, and Zacatecas City, Zacatecas, to ensure the model operates at an optimum level. In Sonora, activities focused on building in-house capacity within the AG Office’s M&E Unit to adequately measure and monitor adherence to the model’s processes, technical assistance to address the mistaken referral of cases with a partially known suspect to the Unit for Unknown Suspects and guidance to High-Volume Case Screening Unit operators to tackle backlogged cases. Sonora’s operators will now have the tools and knowledge to maintain adequate functioning of the distribution model, while also generating valuable statistics on case processing within the institution and ensuring local ownership for sustainability.6 In Hermosillo, the Case Prioritization Model has now reached the ownership phase and to close-out support, on May 23, PROJUST held a session with the Attorney General to present recommendations for the sustainability of the model and some pending areas of opportunity. Like Sonora, work in Zacatecas this quarter consisted of targeted support to ensure the model’s optimum functioning. Support focused on strengthening process discipline and on addressing an issue brought forward by the State Court, which had a large backlog of cases, many of which were stagnant following decisions by the AG Office to withdraw from cases where defendants failed to appear for their hearings, as opposed to issuing an arrest warrant to continue prosecution. The court identified 243 stalled cases in which the prosecution had initially requested a formal accusation hearing but then withdrew during the hearing, causing the case to remain in the court’s system without the possibility of resolution. In April, the AG Office began implementing a new rule to ensure prosecutors cannot discontinue a criminal case without approval from a superior, at PROJUST’s recommendation. Thus far, 114 of 243 previously The Attorney General’s Office of Zacatecas tackles stagnant cases have advanced with PROJUST support. case backlog began implementing a new rule to The Case Prioritization Model has now reached the ensure prosecutors cannot discontinue a criminal case without approval from a superior, at PROJUST’s ownership phase in Zacatecas and a close-out session recommendation was held on May 17 with the Attorney General to present recommendations for sustained use of the PROJUST FOR USAID model.

Implementation of the model began last quarter in Monclova, Coahuila, and , Nayarit. At the request of counterparts,7 support entailed creating tailored work plans for implementation, identifying gaps in operational processes and developing strategies to resolve the gaps, adjusting each unit’s indicator dashboard and training newly-appointed personnel on the functions and processes of the model’s units. Favorable conditions for continued implementation exist in both Monclova and Tepic. Considering the short timeframe, the process has moved along swiftly and although the model is not yet fully operational in either AG Office, there is sufficient political will to further strengthen the model’s structure in both districts to reach full local ownership.

6 PROJUST had previously trained another group of AG Office operators in Sonora in December 2018 on this subject, however, now that the M&E Unit is established PROJUST will carry out this process again to ensure the sustainability of the model. 7 These are additional activities, not included in PROJUST’s FY2019 Work Plan.

11 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Building Capacity of Specialized Investigation and Prosecution Units Since 2016, PROJUST has supported Specialized Investigation and Prosecution Units for Homicides in target states. This work has been challenging, as the local context of each unit combined with a national surge in homicide rates has required that PROJUST be adaptive in responding to each units’ needs. Now that units have received extensive training from PROJUST to improve investigations, case management and litigation, PROJUST’s experts sought to establish inter-state collaboration mechanisms between units and operators as a culmination of project support by establishing peer-to-peer learning networks. Towards this end, from June 5-6, PROJUST facilitated a two-day workshop for 35 homicide and femicide forensic experts, police investigators, prosecutors and crime analysts from ten Mexican cities to address areas of opportunity in the criminal investigation process with regards to the identification of suspects, forensic analysis and investigation. PROJUST sponsored two expert speakers for this event: forensic scientist, criminal profiler and crime reconstructionist Dr. Brent Turvey, and forensic psychologist Aurelio Coronado. During the workshop, participants delved into the key concepts, processes, methodologies, techniques and tools of forensic criminology, forensic psychology and forensic sciences. Throughout the workshop, operators shared ideas, questions and information on their own cases for feedback and guidance. Although Mexico has a long way to go towards professionalization in the field of forensic science, participants were engaged and showed the will to keep learning, admit mistakes and ask for help, pointing to a strong level of commitment to improving the investigation and prosecution of these crimes. See Spotlight 8 in Annex III for more detail. This quarter PROJUST also worked to document successful methodologies employed in target units to increase the use of plea bargains that were highlighted during working sessions last quarter. During those working sessions, representatives from the AG Offices of Baja California, Coahuila, Nayarit and Zacatecas discussed lessons learned and arrived at a set of standardized guidelines for the authorization of plea bargains. The documentation completed this quarter was distributed to participating AG Offices for their reference.

Operators from specialized homicide and femicide units, police investigators, and forensic experts participate in a two-day forum on fortifying criminal and forensic investigations in Mexico City from June 5-6, 2019.

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12 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 PROJUST also documented its methodology to increase indictments and convictions in the Specialized Investigation and Prosecution Units for Homicides in the districts of Mexicali, Tijuana (Baja California), Ciudad Juarez (Chihuahua), Saltillo, Torreon (Coahuila), and Tepic (Nayarit) this quarter. The documentation records how focalized technical assistance served to successfully indict numerous open homicides in just the first few months of 2019 in target units. PROJUST strengthened capacity throughout the investigative process and supported unit operators to prepare written indictments and integrate best practices for procedural tasks such as soliciting a warrant and generating appropriate documentation for formal accusations and sound litigation strategies. Nayarit’s Homicide Unit obtained particularly good results, with 90% of the open investigations that PROJUST assisted reaching indictments. Final results from all units are included in Table 2 below.

Table 2: Final results of four months of technical assistance for Homicide Units

Ciudad Saltillo Tepic Tijuana Juarez Mexicali Torreon Investigations 13 14 10 37 22 supported 55

Indictments 4 39 14 9 16 9

Convictions 2 6 2 3 1 3

Promoting open data and technology in AG Offices This quarter marked the culmination of project efforts to increase data collection and processing within the AG Office and increasing data access for civil society by capturing, systematizing and visualizing AG Office data.8 Collaboration with civil society organization (CSO) Borde Político and with Coahuila’s AG Office on the “Fiscalía Abierta” platform began in FY2018 with the design of a platform that has two interfaces: one for the AG Office to capture and systematize data and one for civil society to access data. Both interfaces have now been successfully transferred to Coahuila’s AG Office and to Borde Político. Coahuila’s AG Office operators are currently in the process of inputting data and testing the different functions of the platform for data upload and access. The platform has an open source code, facilitating its replication in other states. From this point forward, Borde Político will be responsible for following up with Coahuila’s AG Office and CSOs to ensure the sustainability of this effort. Borde Político has planned a workshop to take place in the coming months with Coahuila’s CSOs to explain the platform’s benefits and to train CSOs on its use. In Q3 PROJUST also made final improvements and modifications to complete technical development of a digital case management system for prosecutors, designed to register data and track case progress. The tool has now been finalized and transferred to AG Offices in Coahuila and Tabasco.

INCREASED CRIMINAL CASE DISPOSITION RATES IN TARGETED STATE COURTS PROJUST’s collaboration with State Courts in Q3 focused on bolstering the sustainability of project efforts through national forums and transferring key PROJUST models, methodologies and tools to the National Commission of Superior Justice Tribunals (CONATRIB), a key ally for scaling the impact of project resources nationwide. A handful of targeted support activities were also carried out in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nayarit and Zacatecas.

8 Including institutional performance data, crime statistics and demographics during the first stage of the project.

13 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Sustainability As part of sustainability efforts this quarter, PROJUST transferred its optimized models, methodologies and tools for State Courts to CONATRIB to promote their use beyond the project’s target states. Two preparatory workings sessions were held with CONATRIB to explain the models and invite representative from all State Courts to the formal transfer, which was carried out during the “Forum for Justice” hosted by PROJUST on June 19. Representatives from each of 32 State Courts attended the Forum for Justice, during which an official handover session with CONATRIB representatives (the State Court Presidents of Chihuahua and Nayarit) was held. Court operators also attended specialized workshops on the implementation of these resources for courts. In total, 13 resources for courts were transferred to CONATRIB.9 Immediately following PROJUST’s Forum, CONATRIB’s representatives distributed copies of PROJUST’s materials to all 32 State Court Presidents at CONATRIB’s national session which took place on June 21. On April 9-10, PROJUST organized a regional forum for justices, judges and court administrators from target State Courts, including a total of 24 participants from Chihuahua (Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez); Coahuila (Saltillo and Torreon); Nayarit; Nuevo Leon (); and Zacatecas. This forum served to showcase best practices and lessons learned and to address common problem areas. Participating State Court operators delved into specifics on the following Justices, judges and courts administrators from topics: due process, ruling with a gender perspective, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon and Zacatecas share separation of judicial and administrative functions, plea best practices and lessons learned, during Forum bargains, directing hearings, and the nullification of court organized by PROJUST in Mexico City on April 9-10. proceedings. A highlight from the forum included a court PROJUST FOR USAID administrator and judge from Coahuila explaining

“combination hearings,” a valuable mechanism promoted by PROJUST for processing hearings more efficiently during which a given judge receives a cohort of multiple defendants with the same PD and prosecutor assigned to the case in a collective hearing to streamline the judicial process. This forum not only celebrated the progress achieved by project-supported courts but also served to reinforce collaboration networks between courts. Direct Support to Courts Chihuahua: The State Court in Chihuahua City has benefitted from ample support from PROJUST since FY 2017. This quarter, efforts in Chihuahua focused on the standardization of judicial criteria and institutional reorganization via work on the court’s organizational manual, which details the structure, administration, functions and job profiles required for operation. After various modifications to align the manual to the court’s new Organic Regulations, a final version was submitted to the court for internal approval on April 5. One session to standardize judicial criteria was carried out this quarter, led by Dr. Daniel Gonzalez, former Supreme Court Minister of Costa Rica, over April 29-30, to standardize certain criteria, including: protection measures, notifications, ruling with a gender perspective, handling cases of torture under the Istanbul Protocol, accumulated processes and the criteria used for evidence submitted prior to trial.

9 List of all materials transferred to CONATRIB: Models for Institutional Excellence for Courts (MIE); Block Scheduling; Organizational Management for Lower Courts (including Judicial Committees; Standardization of Judicial Criteria and Results- Focused Participatory Planning); Organizational Management for Courts of Appeals; Organic Regulations for Courts; and Operational Model for M&E Units within Courts. Additional resources: Court Performance Indicator Reference Sheets; Standard Operating Procedures for Judges; Course Curricula for Judges for 10 subjects; Indicators for Gender Units within Courts; Complete Training Program on Gender Equality for Courts; Methodology for the Analysis of Complex Cases with a Gender and Human Rights Perspective; and the Simulator Software Program for Block-Scheduling Hearings.

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Coahuila’s justice, security and government institution leaders at the inauguration of a jointly organized capstone forum to celebrate the state’s accomplishments in Saltillo, Coahuila on April 24, 2019.

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Coahuila: Coahuila’s State Court continues to be at the forefront regarding court operations and efficiency levels. Towards ensuring the sustainability of project gains in Coahuila, this quarter PROJUST facilitated a state-wide forum on April 24, to mark the culmination of years of comprehensive support for consolidation of the accusatory criminal justice system in the state. The leaders of all the key justice, security and government institutions, including the State Governor, Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís, the State Court President, Miriam Cárdenas Cantú, the State AG, Gerardo Márquez Guevara, the State SSP, José Luis Pliego Corona, the President of the State Congress, Marcelo Torres Cotiño, as well as a the President of CSO Consejo Cívico Ciuadadano and over 250 attendees including justices, judges, prosecutors, PDs, municipal and state police officers, legal advisors for victims, commissions for victims, Pre-Trail Services (PTS) Unit operators and members of civil society and the media attended. The event highlighted major milestones accomplished with PROJUST support in the state and served to define a shared legacy for Coahuila’s criminal justice system. Finally, at the forum, key stakeholders arrived at a set of solid commitments from five institutions towards improving the operation of the accusatory system in the state. See Spotlight 3 in Annex III for details.

“USAID-PROJUST guided us in the development of organic regulations, standard operating procedures for judges and organizational manuals, as well as the implementation of an operational model for the criminal law area of the court, [the project] also guided us and encouraged us to change the way we distributed work, which led us to become pioneers in the use of a prototype for a model for scheduling hearings, [PROJUST’s Block-Scheduling Methodology], that today is a national reference.” - Miriam Cárdenas Cantú, State Court President of Coahuila.

15 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Table 3: Coahuila’s Case Disposition Rate The court’s extraordinary progress in the past four years can be seen in Table 3, which depicts the court’s case disposition rate as its improved overtime. This increasing efficiency was possible with the same number of judges and court administrators in 2018 as in 2015. To capitalize on Coahuila’s advanced practices, a cross- state exchange of best practices with representatives from Nayarit’s State Court was also carried out this quarter. During the first week of April, four operators from Nayarit’s State Court visited Coahuila to learn about the court’s administrative processes from the state’s General Court Administrator and to hear about Coahuila’s successful “combination hearings.” The visit was highly productive as operators from Nayarit were able to see best practices in action and take ideas home to elevate their own efficiency. Finally, over April 11-12, PROJUST facilitated a two-day working session led by Dr. Daniel Gonzalez and attended by approximately 20 justices and technical secretaries from Coahuila’s Court of Appeals to address specific areas for improvement. Dr. Gonzalez emphasized the importance of eliminating unnecessary formalities and paper-based practices. Two main topics were discussed regarding appeals: the structure and composition of a judgement, and the nullification of court proceedings. Justices were so enthralled with the session that they requested an extra two hours with Dr. Gonzalez. The session resulted in all participating justices agreeing to implement the recommended changes as an immediate priority. Nayarit: In Q3, PROJUST provided targeted support to judges from Nayarit’s State Court to follow up on commitments made by the court at a statewide working session in March, inspired by the successful format of Coahuila’s statewide Judicial Committee. PROJUST is pleased to report that judges and administrators followed through on their commitments to make a real change in their operations. Practices being implemented to improve efficiency include: avoiding bureaucratic formalities; reducing repetition and unnecessary debates in hearings; using PROJUST’s format to facilitate plea bargains to reduce the time it takes to issue a resolution; and changing the way court notifications are issued. Similarly, the project provided technical assistance this quarter to improve judges’ performance via the observation of hearings combined with personalized coaching. During the first week of June, PROJUST experts observed a total of 36 hearings to offer recommendations on how judges’ control and direct hearings and how to reduce the use of overly technical language in hearings, with the end goal of streamlining courtroom proceedings. Zacatecas: This quarter, PROJUST facilitated a session to standardize judicial criteria for judges from Zacatecas’ State Court led by Dr. Daniel Gonzalez. On April 22, PROJUST experts presented common problem areas across courts and put forward recommendations. Topics discussed included: protection measures, notifications, mistrials, ruling with a gender perspective, torture and the Istanbul Protocol, accumulated processes and the criteria used for evidence submitted prior to trial.

INCREASED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC DEFENSE Direct support to PD Offices wrapped up this quarter with the close of PROJUST’s accelerated training program for improved performance by PDs in debates, culminating in a specialized workshop for the top- performing PDs from each participating PD Office. PROJUST also facilitated a series of interinstitutional

16 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 working sessions designed to improve coordination between the PD Offices and other local justice institutions in Baja California, Zacatecas and Coahuila, and finally produced a helpful tool for PDs to quickly analyze the pros and cons of different precautionary measures during debates in hearings. Accelerated Program for Improved Performance

Beginning in the previous quarter and closing in April, six target PD Offices took part in a three-month training program to boost and improve the effectiveness of debates in initial hearings by PDs. A flexible, online method of training, combined with onsite mentoring and observation of hearings, proved efficient in increasing technical knowledge, strategic abilities during hearings and registry of information for cohorts of 10 PDs in six cities: Chihuahua, Saltillo, San Luis Potosí, Tijuana, Torreon and Zacatecas. Table 4 below shows the improvement in the two types of rulings. All cities demonstrated a significant amount of effective use of debates, with the highest increases in the capital city of Zacatecas and Saltillo, Coahuila, (for precautionary measures) and Torreon, Coahuila, (for probable cause). While the number of debates opened decreased, the rate of success increased, meaning that not only are the arguments during a hearing stronger, but the decision by PDs to open debate was also more strategic.

TABLE 4: ACCELERATED PROGRAM FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF PDs, PER STATE10 Baseline Final Result (September-December 2018) (January-March 2019) Type of Rate of Rate of Impact Hearing Debates Effective Debates Effective Effective Effective Opened Debates Opened Debates Debates Debates Saltillo Probable cause 23 9 39.1% 23 10 43.5% Precautionary 20 8 40.0% 15 10 66.7% +33.2% measures Overall 43 17 39.5% 38 20 52.6% Tijuana Probable cause 8 3 37.5% 2 1 50.0% Precautionary 27 12 44.4% 11 6 54.5% +26.6% measures Overall 35 15 42.9% 13 7 53.9% Torreon Probable cause 23 1 4.35% 12 1 8.33% Precautionary 15 3 20.0% 11 3 27.7% +65.7% measures Overall 38 4 10.5% 23 4 17.4% Zacatecas Probable cause 25 7 28.0% 42 16 38.1% Precautionary 24 8 33.3% 18 10 55.6% +41.5% measures Overall 49 1 30.6% 60 26 43.3%

10 Only in the district of Saltillo.

17 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 As a capstone to the accelerated training program, the top two performing PDs from each PD Office (for a total of 12 participating PDs) were invited to participate in a workshop facilitated by PROJUST in Mexico City from June 17 to 19, as part of its “Forum for Justice.” The workshop covered advanced techniques for cross-examinations during trial and allowed PDs to share their experiences and best practices. A second session of the workshop was then held from June 26 to 28 in Saltillo, Coahuila, to further deepen their litigation skills in the context of cross-examination. These advanced learning opportunities served as incentives for PDs who participated in the full intensive program and rewarded their excellent performance improvements. Interinstitutional Working Sessions Through late April and early May, PROJUST facilitated three interinstitutional working sessions, one each in the cities of Tijuana, Zacatecas, and Saltillo, to support target PD Offices in leading improved coordination across local justice institutions. Representatives from the AG Offices, State Courts and PTS Units of each city came together in each session and, under the leadership of PD Office representatives, discussed strategies to resolve common operational performance gaps between the different institutions. Organized specifically to address challenges identified in the Forum for PD Offices organized by the project between March 19 and 22, key agreements were reached in each city. In Zacatecas, the AG Office agreed to more openly and proactively share casefile information with PTS operators and the PD Office, while the PTS Unit agreed to take measures to ensure flight risk evaluations are delivered to the PD Office and State Court well ahead of hearings to allow time for detailed review. The AG Office in Saltillo committed to a new timeframe for speeding up plea bargain agreements. The PD Office and the PTS Unit there also established a more fluid line of communication via WhatsApp to facilitate pre-trial diversion agreements. Tool for Assessing Precautionary Measures Also, at the “Forum for Justice,” PROJUST introduced and distributed a tool developed to facilitate the analysis of possible precautionary measures for defendants awaiting trial. In the form of an interactive wheel, the tool guides PDs through a quick and visual analysis of the necessity and proportionality of different measures in terms of how they impact the lives of defendants as they await trial and how likely they are to be complied with. The tool is designed as a quick reference for PDs to use during trial so that PDs can quickly and accurately debate as necessary in favor of their defendant.

REDUCING THE USE OF PRE-TRIAL DETENTION Five years of support to PTS Units culminated this quarter in a National PTS Forum on April 11 and 12. PROJUST brought together over fifty participants representing 27 PTS Units to disseminate key tools developed, consolidated and refined between PROJUST and target units over the course of the project. In addition to the participation of 27 PTS unit directors, attendees also included three directors from units dedicated to adolescents, representatives from the National Executive Secretariat of Public Security, and civil society members, with over 800 other viewers logged in remotely to the live-streamed event. Closing out the forum, the 27 PTS Unit directors signed an agreement of collaboration. Although federal law establishes that units in different states must work together to supervise defendants who may move between states, there has been no formal mechanism established for collaboration and communication. The agreement signed at the event sets out operations and communications protocols for this cooperation across states to provide more complete coverage of PTS for defendants across Mexico.

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PROJUST facilitated a national forum on April 11-12 with the participation of more than 27 PTS unit directors, civil society and representatives from the National Executive Secretariat of Public Security.

PROJUST FOR USAID Implementing a Goal-Setting Approach Throughout this fiscal year, a significant emphasis has been placed on the use of a goal-setting approach, derived from the 100-Day Challenge methodology implemented in local systems initiatives. PROJUST worked with PTS operators in , Chihuahua, Coahuila and Zacatecas to meet their final goals this quarter, a process that began in October 2018. Increasing the rate of compliance with precautionary measures was a common goal across the units and each not only met but surpassed their goal within a period of just four months. All four of these units were able to meet their goals to increase compliance with precautionary measures using diverse approaches. The unit in La Paz, Baja California Sur, was able to reach a 100% rate of compliance by working with the AG Office to follow up on inactive cases. The unit in Zacatecas increased their rate of compliance from 93.7% to 97.3%, surpassing their goal of 96%. They achieved this goal by cultivating relationships with other institutions to increase communication and cooperation in the supervision of precautionary measures as well as creating a more agile flow of information. In Coahuila, operators set a goal to reduce the recommendations for pre-trial detention from 54.79% to 27%, successfully surpassing their goal by 2 percentage points. Operators in Coahuila used a similar strategy of creating new lines of communication among justice institutions, holding interinstitutional working sessions, and formalizing agreements for ongoing collaboration. Finally, in Chihuahua (the newest PROJUST- supported unit, which opened in April 2018), operators increased the rate of compliance by defendants and decreased the percentage of reports with unverified information by gaining a better understanding of how to use official sources of information, such as the website for the Secretary of Education to verify whether a defendant is enrolled in an accredited education program.

19 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Building Operator Capacity Following up with the unit in Baja California Sur, PROJUST provided further support to help operators close performance gaps they identified in the goal-setting approach. These operators successfully improved institutional performance goals, but also sought improvements in their personal performance and general workplace culture. PROJUST responded to the advanced capacity of this unit by providing sessions over two days to help operators develop their self- confidence, teamwork, leadership and communication skills. As a final effort to provide sustainability to the project’s capacity building efforts for PTS operators, PROJUST carried out a remote Training-of-Trainers (ToT) session over the course of two weeks in May. PTS Units typically experience a high turnover of staff and often lack the resources required to provide initial training to new PTS PROJUST provided technical assistance to PTS operators. The course was carried out remotely using a operators from Baja California Sur to develop their self-confidence, teamwork, leadership and virtual platform to facilitate the participation of communication skills. operators from units nationwide, reaching 68 operators across 29 states, and provided participants with the PROJUST FOR USAID

knowledge and skills necessary to replicate induction courses for newly-hired PTS operators. This effort is key for ensuring that units have the capacity to train new hires on the national PTS Unit model developed by PTOJUST without external assistance. Socializing the work of PTS Units among other Justice Institutions One of the most important products generated by PTS is the technical opinion: a report based on the risk evaluation of the defendant that provides judges, prosecutors and PDs with a determination of risk and in some cases proposed precautionary measures. In the goal setting approach, one of the main observations of operators in the four supported units was that operators in other justice institutions had little knowledge about this product and its utility. Following on efforts begun in the previous quarter to raise awareness of the role and significance of PTS Units, PROJUST facilitated sessions with prosecutors, PDs and judges in Chihuahua to explain the contents and use of technical opinions in hearings. A particular emphasis was placed on how each of these operators can make use of the information found in this document. Finalizing and Distributing Key Tools This quarter also saw the final steps to consolidate and transfer key tools previously developed in collaboration with target PTS Units. Principle among these tools is the risk calculator (tabulador de riesgos), which PROJUST presented in its finalized form at the National PTS Forum in April. This Excel-based tool, developed in collaboration with target PTS Units since 2018, objectively determines the level of flight risk based on socioeconomic factors for adult defendants, a key function of PTS Units. The tool is now in use in PROJUST’s target units in Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Zacatecas. PROJUST also made final adjustments for a tool for determining ideal conditions for pre-trial diversion. PTS has always been involved in supervising the conditions for release in this form of alternative justice,

20 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 which relieves offenders from a criminal sentence so long as they comply with a program of supervision and rehabilitation. However, until recently, PTS operators were not involved in evaluating the socioeconomic conditions that form the basis of proposed conditions for release. This tool will help PTS operators propose appropriate conditions that are more likely to be complied with by defendants (compliance rates tend to be much higher when judges impose the same conditions proposed by PTS Units). Piloted in the four target states in Q2, this quarter PROJUST worked to polish the final details in preparation for its presentation at the Forum in April. This tool is now being used by units in Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Zacatecas.

INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY-BUILDING Support for institutional capacity building in Q3 focused on closing the loop regarding activities in collaboration with justice sector institutions and leaving operators with tools to continue building on skills and strategies developed over the course of the project. As the highlight of institutional capacity building this quarter, PROJUST hosted a regional forum on best practices in training from May 7 to 9, with a focus on sustainability. Over three days, representatives from training institutes in Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas shared ideas for creating sustainable training practices among their institutions. Roundtable discussions and thematic working sessions among representatives from State Courts, AG Offices and PD Offices brought together different ideas on planning for capacity development, training needs diagnostics and evaluation of training programs. Representatives from the training institutes also came to an Between May 7 and 9, 25 justice system operators came together in a PROJUST-facilitated forum on best practices in training and understanding of the need to create strategic capacity development. alliances for sustained capacity development efforts beyond PROJUST support. Closing out the event, PROJUST FOR USAID participants signed agreements for ongoing collaboration between each institution to facilitate the sharing of resources and trainers among them. Support to Training Institutes This quarter, PROJUST closed out support on a three-pronged approach designed to empower justice sector institutions to independently provide comprehensive training to their operators. This approach consists of the development of a general training plan, identification of training needs and the transfer of all necessary training materials. The first step in this approach is the development of a general training plan tailored to the target institution to support them in establishing minimum requirements and foundational elements for training programs while also developing their capacity to carry out strategic planning exercises and professional development plans for operators. These general training plans include course curricula, instructor profiles, course timelines and prerequisites for each type of training. Second, PROJUST collaborates with training institutes to carry out a training needs diagnostic, supporting institutions to self-identify where deficiencies in operator skills currently exist and anticipate future training needs. This exercise also bolsters sustainability within training programs, assisting institutions to prioritize current and future professional development needs and ensuring that operators receive necessary training while optimizing actual and projected resources.

21 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Finally, PROJUST works with each institution to identify which training materials they need and how to put them to best use as a continued resource in the institution. These materials are already available as PROJUST has developed many valuable training resources in collaboration with institutions over the course of the project. This final step focuses on customizing these materials for the needs of each target institution in a packet that includes training manuals, course syllabi and instructional videos. PROJUST completed these efforts in Q3, closing with the transfer of materials to training institutes in five supported states.11 In this quarter alone PROJUST initiated support to Coahuila’s State Court to develop general training plans, completed the training needs diagnostic and was able to support them through the final transfer of materials. Table 5 below lists the justice institutions supported by PROJUST in this quarter.

TABLE 5: SUPPORT FOR TRAINING INSTITUTES IN Q3 FY 2019

GENERAL TRAINING NEEDS TRANSFER OF STATE INSTITUTION TRAINING DIAGNOSTIC MATERIALS PLANS AG Office X X X Chihuahua State Court X X X

AG Office X X X Coahuila PD Office X X X State Court X X X

Tabasco AG Office X X X AG Office X X X Zacatecas PD Office X X X State Court X X X

Direct Training Direct training efforts in Q3 focused on developing the capacity of State Court administrators in Zacatecas, Chihuahua and Baja California. Over the course of two to four weeks12 PROJUST provided targeted training on topics outlined below to this group of operators after helping them first self- identify their unique strengths and areas of opportunity. In both the capital city of Zacatecas and Fresnillo, Zacatecas this training focused on the division of administrative and judicial duties. Although PROJUST has worked with State Court operators across target states in this topic previously, many states require reinforcement on this key concept in court administration in both

PROJUST provides technical assistance to the State Court of cities. As Zacatecas is also working toward Zacatecas for the development of individual performance making its administrative processes less improvement plans that allow for continuous improvement. bureaucratic, PROJUST provided support

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court dates and manage hearing agendas.

11 These include the State Court and PD Office in Coahuila; the State Court in Chihuahua; the State Court and PD Office in Zacatecas; and the AG Office in Tabasco. 12 In Baja California and Zacatecas this training took place over the course of two weeks. PROJUST provided four weeks of training in Chihuahua as its State Court has a more complex administrative structure.

22 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 In Chihuahua’s State Court PROJUST trained operators on how to separate judicial from administrative functions, optimize courtroom time, and use templates to facilitate administrative tasks like recording agreements between operators in meeting minutes. Also working toward the simplification of overly bureaucratic procedures, PROJUST worked with the Court in Tijuana Baja, California to help operators identify simple measures that can be taken to improve efficiency without requiring bureaucratic approval processes. PROJUST also worked with administrators on soft-skills like teamwork, identifying areas of improvement and collaborating with judges to come to agreements on separating judicial and administrative tasks. Civil Service Career Programs Although the implementation of civil service career programs remains a challenge across program support to target institutions, PROJUST advanced this quarter in laying the groundwork for future civil service career programs through several strategic activities. In Tabasco, following the transition to a new Attorney General who took office in late 2018, PROJUST successfully reactivated several areas of support to this institution, including the AG Offices’ civil service career program. PROJUST worked with the AG Office representatives to complete profiles for key positions and a manual for systematizing their recruitment and selection process. Accurate and updated position profiles, reflecting an ideal standard of performance, are often a starting point for the development of a civil service career program. However, the PD Office and State Court in Zacatecas see the creation of new position profiles as a challenge due to limited resources. Addressing this limitation, PROJUST began supporting these institutions by working to help existing operators to better fill current profiles. This took shape in practical workshops on soft skills, teamwork and identifying areas of personal and professional growth, based on opportunity areas identified in the 360° individual performance evaluation methodology transferred to PROJUST’s target institutions in 2018. Similar activities were also carried out in collaboration with operators in Zacatecas’ AG Office. Having formalized a civil service unit earlier this year independent of PROJUST support, the AG Office is currently evaluating operator qualifications and under what terms and conditions staff were hired. In support of this recent development, PROJUST worked with AG Office operators on individual improvement in operational tasks as well workshops on soft skills and team integration.

FOSTERED A MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) CULTURE IN MEXICO’S JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS Direct support to M&E Units established within target justice institutions continued in Q3, with the highlight this quarter being a two-day event held on May 7 and 8, in Cuernavaca, Morelos. PROJUST convened participating operators representing each of the project-supported units for an engaging and participatory forum on “Evidence-Based Continuous Improvement.” Participants from both M&E Units and seven CSOs came together for expert panels, roundtable discussions, and exchanges of best practices and experiences in using data for evidence-based decision making Operators of PROJUST-supported Monitoring and Evaluation Units within criminal justice institutions for the participate in an opening activity to discuss shared challenges in evidence- based continuous improvement at a forum on May 7, 2019. purpose of continuous improvement. PROJUST-supported units also had an PROJUST FOR USAID

23 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 opportunity to share and discuss their own advances in internal M&E. In addition to gains in raising the awareness among non-unit justice operators of the value of M&E and results-based management, the units are successfully executing user perception surveys and institutional and individual performance indicators. Finally, new channels of communication and collaboration were established with participating CSOs, who expressed their commitment to supporting M&E Units within local justice institutions. For more detail on this event, see Spotlight 5 in Annex III.

Following on the successful event in May, PROJUST support throughout the rest of the quarter focused on closing out ongoing technical assistance processes, ensuring that each Unit has a comprehensive continuous improvement plan in place to guide future efforts. Finally, PROJUST supported each M&E Unit to present initial results of user surveys and indicator measurements, as well as qualitative progress to their leadership in each target institution. Support to most targeted units is expected to continue in the coming months. Table 6 below provides an overview of all project-supported units at the close of the quarter.

TABLE 6: STATUS OF M&E UNITS IN Q3 FY201913

Unit State District Institution Phase Formalized? Statewide PD Office Yes 6 Baja California Statewide State Court No 6 Statewide PD Office No 6 Baja California Sur Statewide PTS Unit No 6 Chihuahua PD Office No 6 Chihuahua Chihuahua State Court No 6 Saltillo AG Office No 6 Coahuila Statewide PD Office Yes 6 Saltillo State Court Yes 6 AG Office Yes 6 Statewide State Court No 6 Nayarit Statewide AG Office Yes 6 Nuevo Leon Monterrey AG Office No 3 Statewide State Court No 6 San Luis Potosi Statewide PD Office Yes 6

Sonora Statewide AG Office No 3

Tabasco Statewide AG Office Yes 6 Statewide AG Office Yes 6 Zacatecas Zacatecas State Court Yes 6 Zacatecas PD Office Yes 6

13 This table excludes San Luis Potosi’s State Court, which was in process of establishing an M&E Unit in the prior reporting period. PROJUST support in this institution halted in FY2018 due to unfavorable conditions.

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UNITED CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE ACCUSATORY SYSTEM Since FY 2018, PROJUST has worked with a broad spectrum of CSOs, academics, universities and representatives from the private sector14 on the “legislative map” initiative to sustain national reform efforts and shape strategic operational laws by generating a systemic vision of criminal justice and identifying pending modifications necessary for optimum functioning. The “legislative map” was developed collaboratively and details all pending constitutional reforms needed to ensure the consolidation of the accusatory system and is expected to serve as the bedrock for coordinated civil society, academic and private sector proposals to achieve national legislative reform. The map identifies gaps and corresponding solutions, including the modification of several Articles of the Constitution, Secondary Laws and the National Criminal Procedure Code. CSO ally Borde Político developed a digital platform to host the map, giving stakeholders and other interested parties easy access to the map and providing a space to exchange views and coordinate efforts. Having an array of CSOs from different disciplines create a united approach and uniform demands will help ensure that effective advocacy persists beyond project end.15 Related efforts this quarter focused on facilitating three participatory sessions to present the map and garner feedback from leaders from participating CSO networks, representatives of national CSOs, and congressional representatives. During the second session with representatives of national CSOs,16 two new legislative proposals were added to the map: a reform to the PROJUST held the third participatory session to present National Criminal Procedure Code to strengthen forensic the legislative map to seven legislators from different services, and the elimination of the organized crime political parties. exception, which imposes certain restrictions on the PROJUST FOR USAID rights of defendants accused of organized crime. The third participatory session was held on April 10 with seven legislators from different political parties in attendance. 17 Proposals were split into categories based on their political complexity, likelihood of approval, and expected social impact. Legislators then provided feedback and additional ideas for other proposals and actions to strengthen these initiatives. Following this session, the proposals were re- organized into three groups as part of a cohesive legislative agenda, organized as follows: 1) operational (relating to police, investigation, civil service career programs, unified criminal procedure code); 2) procedural (including establishing probable cause, bringing charges against suspects); and 3) complementary (including amparo law, alignment to the National Anticorruption System, independence of

14 Organizations involved in this effort include: The Confederation of Employers of the Mexican Republic (COPARMEX), Autonomous Institute of Technology of Mexico (ITAM), Center for Economic Research (CIDE), and the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s (UNAM) Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas as well as CSOs Borde Politico, Foundation for Due Legal Process (DPLF), Foundation for Justice and Democratic Rule of Law (FJEDD), Mexico Evalua, Research Center FUNDAR, Mexican Institute for Human Rights and Democracy (IMDHD), Causa en Comun, and Mexicans United Against Crime. 15 Borde Politico also administers the website that houses the map and will continue to do so after project end. See here. 16 MacArthur Foundation Mexico, German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), Mexican Commission for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, Mexican Institute for Human Rights and Democracy (IMDHD), Center for Human Rights Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (ProDH), México SOS, IDHEAS, Reintegra, Impunidad Cero, Tlachinolan A.C., Grupo de Acción por los Derechos Humanos y la Justicia and Renace Institute. 17 Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, Kenia López, Patricia Mercado, Lorena Villavicencio, Dulce María Sauri, María Alemán and Mariana Rodríguez Mier y Terán.

25 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 prosecutors). In Q3, PROJUST transferred ownership of the map to Borde Político, who will be responsible for publicizing and promoting the map and lobbying efforts to push forward the proposals. Establishing the right priorities for Mexico’s Federal AG’s Office From May 20 to 24, PROJUST’s legislative specialist provided technical support for the civil society network #FiscalíaQueSirva, who are presently drafting a document that will detail the key points (priority crimes, investigation and litigation methods, a focus on victims and human rights) from a CSO perspective that should be contained in the Federal AG Office’s Criminal Prosecution Policy Plan (CPPP). The initiative stems from concern over recent declarations made by the Federal AG, Alejandro Gertz, in the media and in the Federal AG Office’s 100-day progress report that transgress from the basic principles of the accusatory system. Once finalized, members of the network intend to present the document to Gertz at a private meeting in addition to publication online, although PROJUST will likely not be directly involved in these efforts. Promoting new alliances between the private sector and civil society On June 13, PROJUST and key CSOs attended a session with COPARMEX’s National Commission for Security and Justice to promote collaboration between the private sector and CSOs. Representatives from eight organizations presented how their work increases access to justice and how they are contributing to strengthening the accusatory justice system. The session also served to transfer PROJUST’s models, methodologies and tools to these organizations, bolstering the sustainability of key project resources. Participating CSOs included: the Institute of Criminal Justice (IJPP), Mexican Institute for Human Rights and Democracy (IMDHD), Renace Institute, Equis Justicia para las Mujeres, México SOS, Documenta, La Red Nacional de Refugios, Creativería Social and Círculo Feminista de Análisis Jurídico.

PROJUST promote new alliances between the private sector and civil society during a session with COPARMEX’s National Commission for Security and Justice.

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26 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 RALLIED SUPPORT FOR THE ACCUSATORY SYSTEM THROUGH NATIONAL-LEVEL EVENTS The first "Forum for Justice”, organized by PROJUST was held this quarter between June 17 and 19. Over 200 justice system operators from all 32 Mexican states gathered in Mexico City to highlight achievements and share knowledge gained since the start of the reform in 2008. Over the course of three days, representatives from State Courts, AG and PD Offices, PTS Units as well as from academia, CSOs and the private sector, participated in workshops and panel discussions, highlighting the achievements in the implementation and consolidation of the criminal justice system reform and pending improvements for its optimum functioning. The Forum not only served as a space to celebrate these achievements, share challenges, and exchange best practices, it also created synergies across states, institutions and individual operators to sustain the momentum of their efforts and set a clear path forward for criminal justice reform in Mexico. Across a total of 23 workshops and seven panel discussions, participants delved into specific subject areas with local and international experts, including in-depth explanations of PROJUST’s key models and methodologies; working with local systems and the 100-Day Challenge Methodology; incentives and evaluation mechanisms for operators and institutions; institutional management systems and tools; open government and transparency; prioritization and criminal prosecution policies for AG Offices; identification of suspects, PTS; and justice with a gender perspective. As part of PROJUST’s sustainability strategy, throughout the three-day event, members of CSOs, academia and the private sector moderated panel discussions, facilitated workshops and were invited to disseminate their work in order to establish new cross-sector links and propel a systemic vision for criminal justice in Mexico. In addition to these 23 workshops, PROJUST also hosted intensive sessions for the top PDs (PD) on the project’s integrated approach to boost PD performance in debates. As a final incentive to this program PROJUST invited the 15 PDs with the highest performance to a three-day, specialized workshop focusing on cross-examinations of witnesses.

Forum attendees taking part in workshop during “Forum for Justice” on July 19, 2019.

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27 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 On the final day of the event, participants created a timeline of the criminal justice reform, each adding significant dates, events and milestones in the implementation of the reform. Leaders, operators and representatives from civil society also expressed their commitment to the continuation of the criminal justice reform by adding their names and a pledge on their state of origin on a map of Mexico. Closing out the Forum, PROJUST presented the documentary “Self-Defense?” a project-developed film on a landmark public defense case, which saw the acquittal for self-defense of a female defendant through the incorporation of a gender perspective. Following the presentation of the documentary, PROJUST facilitated a discussion to analyze key elements used to incorporate a gender perspective in this case. A capstone for the Forum for Justice, this documentary and surrounding debate highlighted the use of a gender perspective as a transversal element paramount in the consolidation of the accusatory criminal justice system in Mexico. Finally, throughout the event, PROJUST’s models, methodologies and tools were made available for all attendees to access and download. These resources will be housed on www.projusticia.com.mx for the next 10 months.18 A document detailing the principal achievements of the project, per area of work was also developed and printed for this event. 19 The communication team at La Salle University published a short video of the event, available here. See here for civil society coverage and here for private sector coverage. Forum attendees expressed their commitment to “This Forum is truly something that is worth the effort. I am truly the continuation of the criminal justice reform by grateful to be a part of this imitative… reaching across horizons and adding their names and a pledge on their state of breaking paradigms, all to build a better justice system in our origin on a map of Mexico. country” PROJUST FOR USAID – Justice Óscar Nájera, State Court of Coahuila.

GENERAL AND CROSS-CUTTING ACTIVITIES

PROMOTED A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN MEXICO’S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM This quarter saw the close of direct project support for the incorporation of a gender perspective in target justice institutions. Specific activities sought to promote the sustainability of key PROJUST models and tools to ensure continued progress toward a shift in institutional cultures across Mexico’s criminal justice system. The highlight of PROJUST’s contributions to the integration of a gender perspective was the debut of PROJUST’s documentary titled “Self-Defense?” which tells the story of an emblematic case of public defense highlighting the use of a gender lens to achieve the acquittal of a domestic violence victim wrongly

18 PROJUST is currently compiling a list of all the models, methodologies and tools transferred at the Forum along with direct access links. This list will be shared with USAID in the next quarterly report. 19 The digital version (in Spanish) is available here and an English version is in progress.

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PROJUST facilitates a panel discussion on using a gender perspective in criminal justice following a presentation of the documentary titled “Self-Defense?” (“Defensa ¿Legítima?) to Mexico City’s Human Rights Council on June 14, 2019.

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accused of her partner’s death. Between May 23 and 30, PROJUST facilitated viewing sessions in Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, Coahuila and Jalisco to present the documentary to justice system operators including members of PD Offices, State Courts and Attorney’s General Offices. Following each presentation, PROJUST facilitated discussions between human rights and gender experts, representatives from PD Offices and State Courts, as well as the PROJUST staff and consultants who supported Coahuila’s PD Office on the case. In addition to similar sessions facilitated by PROJUST in San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas, the documentary was also debuted at the first regional meeting of the National Association of PDs in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on May 30. This presentation was made possible by the invitation of the Director of Coahuila’s PD Office, with the session attended by representatives of PD Offices in 13 states. Following the discussion, directors of PD Offices in Yucatan and requested copies of the documentary to present and disseminate among their operators. The documentary will also be shared with all Gender Units in Mexican State Courts via CONATRIB, as well as those units in project-supported AG Offices. For more detail on these presentations, see Spotlight 7 in Annex III. A highlight under gender work this quarter was the adoption of PROJUST’s “Standardized Model for Gender Units in State Courts” for national rollout by CONATRIB. The project was invited to participate in CONATRIB’s Seventh National Meeting for Gender Units on May 17. PROJUST gender specialists presented a series of key materials for both establishing and strengthening Gender Units within State Courts to representatives from all court units across the country. Specific materials presented include the organizational and procedural manuals for the Gender Unit Model, tools for self-diagnostics and strategic planning, standard indicators for gender-related issues, infographics, and guides for both training on a gender perspective as well as for communications with a gender perspective. The guide for communications with a gender perspective was a new tool completed this quarter, intended for use by all of the primary justice sector institutions to ensure institutional communications are free of gender stereotypes, biases, and other discriminatory practices observed in language, images, and other

29 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 content produced by institutions to communicate with the public. The guide further outlines how institutional communications can be inclusive and respectful while still following the principals of the criminal justice system in terms of victims’ and defendants’ rights.

INSTITUTIONALIZING GENDER PERSPECTIVES IN MEXICO’S JUSTICE SECTOR As the project wrapped up direct support this quarter, technical assistance to Gender Units in AG Offices and State Courts was limited to two target states: Chihuahua and Zacatecas. In Chihuahua’s State Court, a final transfer of the organizational and procedural manuals, adapted specifically to the local context of Chihuahua, was conducted. This transfer came as follow-up to the interinstitutional working session conducted last quarter, during which particularities of this institution’s operational context were discussed and it was established that these conditions should be reflected in the unit’s manuals. In Zacatecas, in addition to the transfer of additional gender-related indicators to the State Court (the same transferred nationally via CONATRIB, as mentioned above), PROJUST also provided direct technical assistance to the AG Office in Zacatecas to help onboard a new lead as well as new staff of the Gender Unit in that institution. Over four days, PROJUST gender experts provided an overview of the Gender Unit Model for AG Offices, resolving questions from participating operators and facilitating their use of the self-diagnostic tool to establish current strengths and weaknesses of the unit as it now stands. These efforts will support the new members of the unit to understand the structure established under project support and promote the sustainability of best practices implemented in the institution.

INCREASING OPERATOR CAPACITY TO WORK WITH A GENDER PERSPECTIVE Beyond support specifically directed at established Gender Units, PROJUST also closed out direct support for individual performance with a gender perspective for key justice sector operators. Previous support to justice institutions for the incorporation of a gender perspective led to the development of methodologies and guides for analyzing the performance of operators in hearings, which in turn resulted in the development of minimum criteria for judging with a gender perspective as well as methodologies for prosecutors to investigate with a gender lens. Continuing efforts begun last quarter, PROJUST provided feedback in Q3 on performance in hearings based on the resources developed for judges, prosecutors, and PDs in Coahuila, Nayarit, San Luis Potosi, and Zacatecas. For PTS operators, PROJUST developed and distributed a handbook this quarter for supervision of defendants under precautionary measures with a gender perspective and human rights focus, specifically in cases of domestic violence.

LESSONS LEARNED PROJUST’s role as convener for local justice systems continues to be an important area of opportunity. As PROJUST wound down direct support to several target states and justice institutions this quarter, it was evident that there continues to be an important role for the project to play as a local convener of key justice system actors and stakeholders. At a high-profile event in April held in Saltillo, Coahuila, a forum was held by local justice leaders to mark the culmination of PROJUST support in the state, with the State Governor and heads of each of the primary justice institutions in attendance (more detail on this forum is provided in Spotlight 3 of Annex III). Among the speeches shared by different leaders at the event, there was a strong sentiment that PROJUST’s role as not only providing valuable technical assistance within each institution, but also in bringing the institutions together around shared goals and a common

30 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 vision for the future, was a unique ingredient essential to recent systemic advances in the State’s provision of justice. This sentiment was then echoed in PROJUST’s “Forum for Justice” in June, where leaders from all target states were in attendance and shared similar doubts about what, if any, support PROJUST will continue to provide in the coming months as the project winds down. While project leaders have been cautious in setting any expectations for future support, PROJUST’s contributions to local justice systems have been valuable to local leaders and will likely present important areas of opportunity going forward as the project seeks to sustain the gains of recent years.

UPDATES ON EVALUATION AND LEARNING PLANS AND ACTIVITIES As per the project’s M&E Plan, PROJUST measures nine contractual custom indicators, five USAID/Mexico and Foreign Assistance indicators, and five non-contractual context indicators. In Q3, PROJUST submitted a final M&E Report with its Final Report. On the administrative side, PROJUST uploaded the list of persons trained in Q3 to TraiNet. A total of nine training courses delivered from April to June 2019 formed part of this report. While training originally required vetting, following guidance received from USAID/Mexico in FY2018, no vetting was carried out for the reported training activities. For full details on training conducted this quarter, see Annex IV.

INTERNAL MONITORING AND QUALITY CONTROL As part of efforts to monitor and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of project implementation, this quarter PROJUST’s Internal Quality Control Unit completed a study that analyzes the impact and sustainability of a representative sample of activities from the life of the project. A methodology for the study was established and contemplates five criterions PROJUST experts used to assess activities. Following interviews last quarter with Internal Quality Control Study criteria: counterparts across nine target states, the project’s quality control experts analyzed 1. Pertinence (planned activities vs. actual implementation) the information obtained in the interviews 2. Efficiency (outcomes relative to budget spent) and completed a final draft of the study. 3. Effectiveness (objectives achieved) 4. Impact (qualitative results) Although still under internal review and 5. Sustainability (prospects for sustaining the gains) approval, the study is expected to be circulated among PROJUST technical leads to facilitate strategic planning in the coming months.

31 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 ANNEX I: ACTIVITY COUNT AND SUPPORT COVERAGE In Q3-2019, PROJUST successfully carried out 117 activities across 10 states, as well as national level activities. The bulk of the activities (83 or 70%) benefited Group 1 states and over half (70%) focused on promote increased legitimacy of the criminal justice system (Task 1).

State Task 1 Task 2 Cross- General Total Cutting

National level 5 1 6 All Target States 4 1 2 4 11 Baja California 3 2 5 Baja California Sur 4 2 6 Chihuahua 14 1 1 16 Coahuila 21 3 2 26 Nayarit 6 2 1 9 Nuevo Leon 2 2 San Luis Potosi 3 1 1 5 Sonora 2 2 Tabasco 3 3 Zacatecas 17 4 5 26

Total 82 18 13 4 117 .

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34 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 ANNEX III: EARLY WINS AND SPOTLIGHTS OF Q3 Early Win 1: Coahuila’s State Court shows how applying a gender perspective when judging cases can make all the difference for victims.

Between October and December 2018, the Gender Unit in Coahuila’s State Court worked with PROJUST to develop a “Guide for Analysis of Sentences” to objectively evaluate criminal sentences emitted by judges using a gender and human rights perspective. Over the course of this exercise, Gender Unit and State Court operators uncovered an unexpected obstacle to gender-sensitive sentences: if investigations and other criminal justice proceedings were not carried out with a gender perspective and protection of human rights, it was unlikely the case was judged with a gender perspective.

Drawing on that challenge, PROJUST collaborated with the State Court in Coahuila to establish minimum criteria for ensuring the application of a gender perspective when conducting hearings and ruling on cases. As State Court operators came to understand the depth and importance of this topic, further exercises were requested to strengthen judges’ abilities to critically evaluate cases in a holistic manner, using solid legal elements to safeguard the rights of victims and defendants, while confirming that investigations were carried out without gender discrimination or bias.

One judge in Coahuila immediately put these criteria to work in the Minimum criteria for judging with hearing of a complex, gender-related case. Originally investigated as a a gender perspective: case of possible human trafficking, the charges had been lowered to • Identify situations of unequal power. statutory rape given a lack of substantial physical evidence. The victim • Question the information presented and evaluate evidence to visualize possible in this case, although biologically 22 years old, has an intellectual unjust disadvantages. disability that classifies her with a mental age of 5 or 6 years old, and • Order the necessary evidence if that thus a minor unable to give consent to sexual activity. Based on her presented does not sufficiently clarify the situation of violence. learning from PROJUST, the judge used a gender and human rights • Upon identifying a situation of perspective to identify that the victim was in a situation of unequal disadvantage based on gender, question power due to her disability 20 and verify that measures were being the neutrality of applicable laws, taken to protect the victim from further violations of human rights. The evaluate the impact of the proposed solution to seek a just and equitable minimum criteria established by PROJUST in collaboration with resolution appropriate for the context. Coahuila’s court guided the judge’s decision to order the investigation • Apply human rights standards to all to be reopened, giving specific instructions to the prosecutor to apply parties involved. protocols to gather not only physical evidence, but also impartial • Avoid language based on stereotypes or prejudices. Use inclusive language to expert opinions on the psychological, cultural and sociological aspects ensure justice free of discrimination. of the case that could influence the final sentence. The judge also summoned the Court’s Gender Unit to organize a team of psychologists, sociologists and social workers to provide support to the victim.

Without the intervention of the judge, the case would have not only have been resolved without a proper gender and human rights-focused investigation, but also the victim would have been at risk of revictimization in the future without the additional attention and services mandated. As work to disseminate these minimum criteria for judging and sentencing moves forward in other states, PROJUST anticipates similarly positive impacts on victims’ assistance in cases where gender bias or other forms of discrimination affect the case.

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Early Win 2. Impact of local systems initiatives: Zacatecas scales successful practice across state

Following the “Joint Statewide Learning Session” carried out in Zacatecas City on May 14, a particularly successful innovation during the 100-Day Challenge has now been replicated in nine municipalities across the state: Calera, Ojocaliente, Luis Moya, Troncoso, Jerez, Villanueva, Villa Coss, Morelos and Pánuco. This effort is a direct result of the statewide session, during which frontline justice operators from Fresnillo shared their experiences with representatives from justice institutions in other municipalities with the goal of motivating them to replicate successful innovations in their own local systems.

The innovation that most captured the interest of visiting operators was the use of “heat maps” to identify high-incidence areas (or “hot spots”) for reports of domestic violence to then implement targeted crime prevention strategies that involved an increase in police patrols in specific areas to promote faster response times to reported crimes.

During the challenge, Fresnillo was the only team to have representatives from the Crime Prevention Division of the State Secretariat of Public Security (SSP, Spanish acronym) participating on the frontline teams. This proved to be invaluable, as the team not only focused on solving domestic violence cases but also on the prevention of these crimes.

In addition to the identification of hot spots in Fresnillo and increased police patrols in these targeted areas, the team also organized gender violence awareness workshops for vulnerable women. An additional crime prevention strategy was a ten-step guide to safety for victims, which offers advice on what to do in situations of domestic violence and how to minimize risks for other family members and children. Roughly 3000 copies were distributed in high-incidence areas by the frontline team as part of a longer-term strategy to pave the way for interrupting the cycle of violence.

A key member of Fresnillo’s frontline team, Víctor Hugo Villa Martínez, State Police Chief and Crime Analysis Unit Supervisor, led the training efforts to scale the heat map innovation in close collaboration with crime analysts and with other frontline team operators. During training sessions, operators from new municipalities work with crime analysts to generate their own heat map in order to analyze all pertinent aspects of a given crime (high-incidence areas, times, days, specific blocks) and thus take strategic decisions based on facts for the deployment of police patrols.

This locally-owned initiative to replicate an effective innovation illustrates the impact of the “Joint Statewide Learning Sessions” and the need to take advantage of the impressive results of the 100-Day Challenges to scale best practices and share knowledge and skills with operators from new areas in target states. For Víctor Hugo Villa Martínez, the 100-Day Challenge provided a space to innovate and try new things.

36 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Spotlight 1: National Pre-Trail Services (PTS) Forum Puts Key Tools in the Hands of Operators Nationwide

PROJUST marked a milestone in in its support to pre-trial services (PTS) with a National Forum on Pre-Trial Services April 11-12 in Mexico City and live streaming via an online webinar. As a capstone to five years of support to this key justice institution, the event served primarily as a space to broadly disseminate key tools that have been developed, consolidated and refined between PROJUST and its target units. In addition to the participation of 27 PTS unit directors, attendees also included three directors from units dedicated to adolescents, representatives from the National Executive Secretariat of Public Security, and civil society members, with over 800 other viewers logged in remotely to the live-streamed event.

Participation by civil society organizations (CSOs) was one of several highlights of the event, as they will ideally serve as champions of this institution going forward and will have a key role in providing continuity and sustainability of services. Several CSOs including COPARMEX, Renace and Creativería Social engaged in an exchange of best practices with PTS leaders on how to effectively obtain resources from foundations, the private sector, international organizations and the federal government to further expand their network in support of conditional release for defendants, often including psychological counseling, rehabilitation and addiction services.

One of the main outcomes of this forum was the signing of an agreement of collaboration between 27 of the units represented at the event. Although federal law establishes that PTS units in different states must work together to supervise defendants who may travel to or move between states, there has been no formal mechanism established for collaboration and communication. The agreement signed at the event sets out operations and communications protocols for this cooperation across states to provide more complete coverage of pre-trial services for defendants across Mexico.

Another outcome of this event was the final presentation and dissemination of products and tools developed between PROJUST and its target PTS units. The risk calculator (tabulador de riesgos) is a tool designed in collaboration with units in Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Zacatecas, to objectively evaluate defendants’ flight risk and propose corresponding precautionary measures. The second, a tool for proposing conditions for pre-trial diversion, is similar in that it assists in proposing ideal conditions for release based on objective criteria but differs in that the measures seek to rehabilitate and avoid recidivism. With the final transfer of these tools, exchange of best practices and new ways forward in cooperation, PROJUST aims to sustain these gains of five years of program support in PTS.

The highlight of the forum was the final presentation of the case “Systems like this usually cost millions, so management system developed by PROJUST’s in-house information we really need to take advantage of this free resource, all the information is just a technology (IT) experts to overcome severe infrastructure and technology click away.” limitations that nearly all unit’s face. The system allows operators to input and track all relevant case information and includes two modules: one for -Fredi Hinojosa Contreras, Director the risk evaluation process and the other for supervision. The software of the PTS Unit in the on the case management system program is fully adaptable to different states and infrastructure limitations, with all 32 state crime catalogues pre-loaded into the program and the option to install on a central server or on individual computers. The system is also user-friendly, can run offline and tracks key evaluation, supervision and performance indicators automatically. Demonstrating the utility of and necessity for this tool, immediately after the presentation PROJUST received requests to help with the installation of the system from 13 states. PROJUST will follow up with each unit to provide remote or in-person assistance to ensure that this valuable tool reaches as many PTS units as possible.

37 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Spotlight 2: Goal-setting approach boosts pre-trial services (PTS) performance in four states

Following on successful experiences implementing 100-Day Challenges driven by local operators to meet self-defined goals, PROJUST began applying a similar approach in its target PTS Units in late 2018. This bottom-up approach relies on operators themselves to identify areas of opportunity in their own performance and that of their teams. PROJUST worked with units in Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Zacatecas over a period of four months to facilitate this process of identifying operational gaps, setting goals and detailing work plans to achieve them.

After wrapping up in early April 2019, these units saw some impressive results. Although each unit set their own goals, they all worked toward increasing rates of compliance with precautionary measures, a key indicator for PTS performance. The table below summarizes some of the most significant results of this initiative.21

Challenge Baseline Goal Final Result Anticipating a significant increase in Baja California Sur workloads, the unit in Chihuahua set Increase rate of compliance (La Paz) 84.9% 94.0% 100.0% conservative goals for rates of Decrease number of evaluations with unverified compliance. Having started operations information 21 - 12 just one year ago, this relatively new Coahuila unit was still able to increase this Increase rate of compliance (Saltillo) 44.3% 74.4% 85.0% Reduce the recommendation of pre-trial detention as a indicator in its two largest cities, precautionary measure 54.8% 27.0% 25.0% Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez. Chihuahua Increase rate of compliance (Ciudad Juarez) 92.0% 92.0% 96.0% In Baja Sur, a unique effort sprouted Increase rate of compliance (Chihuahua City) 93.7% 92.0% 96.1% from their initiative to being Decrease number of evaluations with unverified measuring whether the precautionary information 53.8% - 49.8% measures imposed by the judge on a Zacatecas defendant corresponded Increase rate of compliance 93.7% 96.0% 97.3% appropriately to the level of risk Increase timely report of non-compliance to AG Office 30.0% - 80.0% established by the PTS unit in its technical opinion. This served as a valuable exercise in how to monitor the effectiveness of their technical opinions in reducing pre-trial detention for low-risk cases. As part of the challenge, operators began to study this rate of coincidence, and will continue to monitor it as it also greatly impacts compliance by defendants with the precautionary measures imposed.

A further advantage of this goal-setting approach was that its empowered operators, not just directors and leaders, to voice their concerns and innovate solutions. At the start of these initiatives, PROJUST observed across each of these units that the operators who evaluate defendants for potential flight risk felt that operators in State Courts, AG Offices and PD Offices had very little knowledge about the work PTS operators put in to those evaluations nor the value of the technical opinion they produce, and furthermore that coordination amongst intuitions was nearly inexistent. To bridge that gap and increase the number of sources to verify the defendant’s information, PROJUST facilitated inter- institutional working sessions to socialize these other operators in the technical aspects of PTS evaluations. This included several sessions in each of the four target states to explain the information compiled by PTS in the technical opinion and how this information can be used by each type of operator to find the most appropriate solution to their cases while ensuring the most appropriate outcomes for both defendants and victims.

21 These numbers are self-reported by each unit. Some goals did not specify numerical targets, opting instead to pursue a general increase or decrease depending on the challenge. 38 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Spotlight 3: Coahuila takes the stage as PROJUST’s model state for criminal justice in capstone forum Spotlight 2: Goal-setting approach boosts pre-trial services (PTS) performance in four states Since 2016, PROJUST has worked comprehensively with Coahuila’s principal justice institutions towards the consolidation Following on successful experiences implementing 100-Day Challenges driven by local operators to meet self-defined of the accusatory criminal justice system. To celebrate the achievements made possible through PROJUST support, including goals, PROJUST began applying a similar approach in its target PTS Units in late 2018. 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The table on the next page provides an overview of the commitments made.

“The support from USAID has allowed us to expand our investigative and litigation tools, so that out of all the homicides that occurred in the years of 2017 and 2018 in Saltillo, we were able to solve approximately 73% of these cases. Likewise, out of the cases that went to trial, we reached convictions in approximately 90% of these cases.” -- Gerardo Márquez Guevara, State Attorney General for Coahuila.

22 These numbers are self-reported by each unit. Some goals did not specify numerical targets, opting instead to pursue a general increase or decrease depending on the challenge. 39 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Spotlight 4: State-wide learning sessions aim to scale-up the results of local systems initiatives

In April 2019, PROJUST and the Rapid Results Institute (RRI) initiated a third phase of collaboration to support local leaders and frontline teams in five states (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tabasco and Zacatecas) to continue implementing recommendations to sustain results and to learn from one another as they seek to continue innovating in their respective communities.

Not only have leaders and operators across these states shown their commitment to sustaining results, they have also expressed the pressing need to scale their best practices, innovations, and lessons learned to other cities and municipalities in their respective states. With this goal in mind, operators from new regions were invited to participate in PROJUST-facilitated “Joint State-Wide Learning Sessions,” where participants explore each specific action and change that led to success while also providing an overview of what has happened since the end of the challenges.

Towards sustaining and scaling, a distinct aspect of these state-wide sessions is the addition of new operators from guest regions that have only heard of the positive results accomplished with the 100-day methodology. The sessions offer a chance for new operators from all corners of the state to grasp the basics of the methodology and to learn first-hand how teams managed to achieve both quantitative and qualitative results. A highlight of this part of the sessions is that new participants are given a rundown of the key innovations implemented by each team and a chance to sit down with the people responsible for implementing them to facilitate the replication of these key innovations in new regions. The table below details where and when each Joint State-Wide Learning Session will be held, and which guest regions are invited to attend.

At the time of writing, PROJUST-facilitated Joint State-Wide Learning Sessions in Baja California, Chihuahua, and Tabasco to share both the organizational and cultural transformations that occurred during and after the 100-day challenges and to share the innovations that led to tangible results.23 For local operators, these sessions provide a space to reflect upon what’s missing and what else needs to be done to continue achieving these results, while for local leaders these sessions serve as a stern reminder towards the fulfillment of previous commitments and new petitions to sustain the gains.

At the Baja California session held on April 30, operators expressed concern over the upcoming state and municipal

Figure 2. Participating cities and regions for the Joint State- elections. Although a change in government often results in a Wide Learning Sessions. near-complete turnover of personnel and change in political priorities, operators reiterated their ongoing commitment to sustaining results in reducing impunity in robbery and domestic violence crimes, despite this impending transition and proposed measures for continued results. Jorge Alvarez, Deputy Attorney General for the Tijuana Region stressed that “We must continue with the Rapid Results methodology which has benefitted all of our institutions enormously.”

At the May 7 session in Chihuahua, operators from the four teams in Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez were asked to pick two key challenges/obstacles per team and come up with proposals to overcome them. Some permanent challenges remain. For instance, in Chihuahua state, both teams stressed the need to address training needs and create an incentive scheme to retain justice institution personnel. A major and persistent challenge for the domestic violence teams is ensuring comprehensive reparations (reparación del daño integral) for victims, which goes beyond a few therapy sessions and contemplates the family’s children as well. The need for stronger and broader Pre-Trail Services (PTS) in the state was also mentioned as well as an emphasis on new technology for justice institutions to

40 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 facilitate case management. The obstacles and solutions were then presented to leaders who pledged their support and commitment to take the necessary steps to address these issues.

At the end of the session, representatives from the new regions all made petitions to implement certain innovations. Judges from Cuauhtémoc and Parral were particularly interested in scaling the successful practice carried out in both Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez consisting of specialized workshops for perpetrators of violence to reduce the likelihood of recidivism and to help end the cycle of violence. The Director of COPARMEX for Parral said that he was excited and ready to take the methodology to his home town. “We are very interested in replicating these new work schemes in Parral. This exercise [the session] has really opened my eyes to what’s possible [when we work together as a system].”

The joint session in Chihuahua marked a new juncture for the state as a whole. It was evident that operators and leaders have grown and evolved exponentially throughout this experience. In the room, there was an overarching feeling of togetherness, of a “system”, as opposed to a group of individuals belonging to particular institutions each with their own agenda.

Isela Lozoya from Chihuahua’s Women’s Institute summed up what the state’s next steps should be: “We need to share what we’ve done with others so that we don’t duplicate efforts and so that we can focus and invest time and energy into the things that have provided results.”

Figure 3. Participants at the Chihuahua session participate in a group activity The outlook is bright for Chihuahua, as leaders and designed to spur innovative thinking and teamwork. operators are poised to take things into their hands and continue to work together towards a common goal.

23 Although initially PROJUST and RRI had envisioned that these joint state-wide sessions would only include operators, it became clear at the session held in Baja California, which lacked the presence of leaders, that it would be more beneficial to have decision-makers in the room. 41 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Spotlight 5: A new momentum for evidence-based continuous improvement sparks at forum for M&E Units

As PROJUST closes out direct support to Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Units established within target justice institutions, the project convened participating operators representing each of the project-supported units for an engaging and participatory forum on “Evidence-Based Continuous Improvement.” From May 7-8, 2019, 30 participants from M&E Units and seven civil society organizations (CSOs)24 came together in Cuernavaca, Morelos, for expert panels, roundtable discussions, and exchanges of best practices and experiences in using data for evidence-based decision making within criminal justice institutions for the purpose of continuous improvement.

Invited experts included Dr. Carlos Vilalta of the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) and Maria Novoa of México Evalúa who shared their experiences and challenges in using data for M&E within the criminal justice system, as well as their proposals for a path forward to improved data collection and management. Two experts from Data Cívica, Monica Meltis and Georgina Jimenez, presented an inspiring case study on how statistical models can be used to identify crime patterns, such as the location of clandestine graves. Across the different discussions, tools for data collection and systematization were shared and discussed, from simple applications such as Power BI, to new online platforms such as “LAB Justicia,” a collaborative tool from México Evalúa that provides open data and tools for analysis across states to CSOs and justice sector institutions (available at proyectojusticia.org). The PROJUST-supported platform Fiscalía Abierta was also presented by Ernesto Peralta of Borde Politico as a nascent effort in Coahuila’s Attorney General’s Office to provide information management and transparency in an open access format for use by civil society and citizens.

PROJUST-supported units also had an opportunity to share and discuss their own advances in internal M&E. In addition to gains in raising the awareness among non-unit justice operators of the value of M&E and results-based management, the units are successfully executing user perception surveys and institutional and individual performance indicators. Sample indicators per institution include:

State Courts: Attorneys General Offices: Public Defenders’ Offices: 1. Rate of indictments within 1. Rate of effective debates in 1. Case disposition rates Specialized Investigation and initial hearings 2. Average hearing times Prosecution Units 2. Rate of acquittals

New commitments were forged by participating CSO representatives, who expressed a desire to participate in the design and implementation of public policies based on evidence, as well as contribute to legislation and internal justice institution processes. A common theme throughout the forum was the challenges of data quality rooted in poor data capture practices and systems, but participants from units as well as CSOs and experts stressed the value of new networks of communication and support among them to overcome these systemic challenges. Participants then discussed next steps towards fomenting an M&E culture within the justice system, such as institutionalizing the permanence of M&E Units through organic laws and regulations and enhancing the profile of these units through the production of valuable analysis for evidence-based decision making and strong partnerships with local CSO watchdogs. As a closing note, attendees reinforced their commitment to ensuring the key role of M&E Units as actors that promote continuous improvement and strengthening of criminal justice and security by generating information and understanding around the use of data for decision making.

24 Mexico Evalúa, Borde Politico, Data Cívica, Tabasco’s Security and Justice Roundtables, Nuevo Leon’s Citizen’s Council, FICOSEC and Impunidad Cero. 42 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Spotlight 6: Statewide learning sessions highlight new efforts scale best practices from 100-day challenges

In a final push ensure sustainability of a series of successful local systems initiatives, PROJUST wrapped up the last two “Joint Statewide Learning Sessions” in Coahuila and Zacatecas in May 2019. In these sessions, frontline operators who participated in 100-Day Challenges as part of the local systems initiatives came together to share their experiences with representatives from other municipalities with the goal of scaling best practices in reducing impunity across each of these states.

On May 8, approximately 50 frontline operators in Saltillo, Coahuila, reviewed their efforts to sustain results, including increased numbers of case resolutions, following the formal end of their challenges to combat impunity in key crimes. While those operators collaborated in roundtable discussions to identify a path toward sustainability, representatives from the cities of Torreon, Monclova, Sabinas, Acuña and Piedras Negras participated in a session to learn about the 100-Day Challenge methodology and how the teams in Saltillo were able to achieve their results. The Saltillo operators then held an exchange with representatives from justice institutions in guest cities to share how they devised innovative solutions to meet their goals. Finally, state-level leaders from the Attorney General’s and Public Defender’s Offices, State Court and Pre-trial Services Unit were invited to an open session where “This methodology has given us the ability to show the public that the operators voiced their recommendations for how leaders could better justice system is working. Our support their efforts to sustain and scale results going forward and shared challenge now is to replicate these their commitment to sustainability. results. I call on everyone involved to continue with this incredible effort you A similar dynamic took place in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, on May 14 for have made to consolidate the justice approximately 75 justice system operators. Representatives from the cities system.” of Ojocaliente, Guadalupe and Jerez took this opportunity to learn how -Francisco Jose Murillo Ruiseco, operators in Fresnillo and Zacatecas City worked together to achieve their Zacatecas’ State Attorney General respective goals in reducing impunity in domestic violence and robbery.

These sessions highlighted the importance of communication, making traditionally bureaucratic processes less formal, and optimizing limited resources. A justice from Coahuila’s State Court, Oscar Najera, expressed that, “It is so easy to become used to doing things the same way. We need to change our perspective. With this methodology we have seen how we can achieve better results if we optimize resources. We must maintain communication in order to expand these challenges. Each region is different; however, what each of us contributes can help everyone improve.”

In both Zacatecas and Coahuila, leaders emphasized the importance of making these results visible, through collaboration with civil society organizations and replication of the successful innovations. Jorge Humberto Rodriguez Lopez, a prosecutor representing Coahuila’s Attorney General who was not involved in previous challenges, was pleasantly surprised at the results and enthusiasm he witnessed: “I can now see that if we set goals, we can achieve results. Based on this experience in Saltillo, I see a clear need to take this challenge to other regions and across other states.”

Joint state-wide learning sessions were also held in Tabasco, Baja California and Chihuahua in late April to early- May 2019. Following the May 7 session in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua PROJUST learned that operators in Parral and Cuauhtémoc in Chihuahua state have organized to begin replicating best practices and innovations based on what they learned from 100-Day initiatives in Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez. The sessions in all states have proved fertile ground for not only motivating past participants in local systems initiatives to keep up the momentum, but also for scaling the impact of innovative ways to improve the provision of justice.

43 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Spotlight 7: PROJUST debuts documentary on emblematic public defense case highlighting the use of a gender perspective

In 2017, Coahuila’s Public Defender’s (PD) Office approached PROJUST for assistance in the case of a female accused of homicide. Charged with the murder of her romantic partner, the defendant insisted it was self-defense during a fight preceded by threats to her life and a history of domestic violence. PROJUST supported the PD assigned to the case in the development of a case theory and litigation strategy with a gender lens that highlighted the many contextual factors supporting the defendant’s claim and revealed a much more complex case of gender-based violence as opposed to outright homicide. The successful strategy led to the first acquittal of a female defendant on the basis of self-defense and the first verdict emitted with a gender perspective under the accusatory system in Mexico.

Over the course of 2018, PROJUST developed a documentary titled “Self-Defense?” to tell the story of this emblematic case using interviews with the defendant, her friends and family, and her public defender. The documentary also gives insights into the journey of the justice system operators involved in incorporating a gender perspective. Given this is still an emerging concept which has proved to be a major challenge in the consolidation of Mexico’s accusatory criminal justice system, the documentary was created to provide a case study for use by other justice operators.

Between May 23 and 30, 2019, PROJUST facilitated viewing sessions in Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, Coahuila and Jalisco to present the documentary to justice system operators including members of PD Offices, State Courts and Attorney’s General Offices. Following each presentation, PROJUST facilitated discussions between human rights and gender experts, representatives from PD Offices and State Courts, as well as the PROJUST staff and consultants who supported Coahuila’s PD Office on the case. Around 150 attendees came to the session in Coahuila, which was followed by an impactful discussion that included the participation of the defendant and members of her family, as well as the public defender and one of the Figure 3. A panel discussion following the debut of the PROJUST judges involved in the case. documentary “Self-Defense?” in Saltillo, Coahuila, on May 28, 2019.

In addition to similar sessions facilitated by PROJUST in San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas, the documentary was also debuted at the first regional meeting of the National Association of Public Defenders in Guadalajara, Jalisco,25 on May 30. This presentation was made possible by the invitation of the Director of Coahuila’s PD Office, with the session attended by representatives of PD Offices in 13 states.26 Following the discussion, directors of PD Offices in Yucatan and Oaxaca requested copies of the documentary to present and disseminate among their operators. The documentary will also be shared with all Gender Units in Mexican State Courts via the National Commission of Superior Justice Tribunals (CONATRIB), as well as those units in project-supported AG Offices, aiming to foment discussion around this complex topic and advance the incorporation of a gender perspective throughout the justice system.

25 See further details on this event in the following article: https://www.jalisco.gob.mx/es/prensa/noticias/88645 26 , , Coahuila, , Michoacán, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, , Yucatán and 44 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Spotlight 8: Fortifying criminal and forensic investigations through science

“Criminalists frequently disagree about the interpretation of physical evidence and do not always reach consensus. You can’t compromise a physical fact, just the interpretation. And interpretations vary.” – Brent E. Turvey, Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis.

Over June 5-6, PROJUST facilitated a two-day workshop for 35 homicide and femicide forensic experts, police investigators, prosecutors and crime analysts from ten Mexican cities27 to address areas of opportunity in the criminal investigation process with regards to the identification of suspects, forensic analysis and investigation. PROJUST sponsored two expert speakers for this event: forensic scientist, criminal profiler and crime reconstructionist Dr. Brent Turvey and forensic psychologist Aurelio Coronado.

Over two days, participants delved into the key concepts, processes, methodologies, techniques and tools of forensic criminology, forensic psychology and the forensic sciences. Speakers introduced basic elements of crime scene analysis, crime reconstruction, forensic victimology, behavioral evidence analysis, criminal profiling, investigative and forensic ethics, wound pattern analysis, toxicology, DNA and ballistics analysis.

The highlight of the workshop involved a group examination of a portfolio of real-life homicide and femicide crime scenes to test the skills of participants and to examine case-specific behavioral evidence. Operators were asked to answer the question: does the physical evidence match the story of the police? They were also called to spot violations of crime scene protocols, determine whether a given interpretation of physical evidence was sound, and identify the probable cause of a particular wound pattern. The experts also showcased a myriad of examples of negligence, corruption and forensic fraud to stress the importance of professional ethics, protocols and duty of care.

The second day focused on femicides and began with a crash course on gender and identity, a discussion of sexism in Mexico and how biases affect investigations, and finally an overview of common motives behind gender-based murders. The two speakers explained the fundamental principles behind the “Latin American Model Protocol for the Investigation of Gender-Related Killings of Women,” which both experts helped to develop for the United Nations. The guiding principle of this protocol: Every death of a female must be treated as a potential femicide until proven otherwise – even apparent accidents. The protocol also outlines key elements every investigation must include: victimology, crime scene reconstruction, crime scene analysis and motive. Participants were then presented with crime scene photographs and details from three real-life femicide cases. This exercise served to identify the importance of how bodies are disposed and what this can tell investigators about the suspect’s relationship to the victim.

Throughout the workshop, eager operators hurriedly took notes, asked questions and shared information on their own cases for feedback and guidance. It’s clear that Mexico has a long way to go towards professionalization in the field of forensic science. However, participants were engaged and showed the will to keep learning, admit mistakes and ask for help, pointing to a strong level of commitment to improving the investigation and prosecution of these crimes.

27 Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua; Fresnillo, Zacatecas; Mexicali, Baja California: Mexico City; Tepic, Nayarit; Tijuana, Baja California; Torreon, Coahuila; Saltillo, Coahuila; State of Mexico and Zacatecas City, Zacatecas. all of which are homicide or femicide unit coordinators, police investigators or forensic experts specializing in these crimes. 45 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Spotlight 9: Pre-Trial Services (PTS) Case Management System rolled-out across 13 states

Over the course of the project’s integral support to PTS Units across Mexico, from implementing the National PTS Model to training and development of tools, PROJUST culled a detailed understanding of the obstacles that these units and their operators face. One of the biggest challenges has been overcoming deficiencies in infrastructure and technology. Some of these units, for example, do not even have a reliable internet connection while many also lack any sort of management system to consult information on a defendant or the status of a given case.

Responding to this deficiency, PROJUST’s in-house information technology (IT) experts developed a software to overcome these severe limitations that so many units face. This digital case management system facilitates the storage and retrieval of case and defendant information. The system allows operators to input and track all relevant case information and includes two modules: one for the risk evaluation process and the other for supervision of precautionary measures and conditional release. The software program is fully adaptable to different states and infrastructure limitations, with all 32 state crime catalogues pre-loaded into the program and the option to install on a central server or on individual computers. The system is also user-friendly, can run offline and tracks key information on evaluations and supervision processes while also monitoring institutional performance indicators automatically.

PROJUST presented the completed version of this software to representatives of 27 PTS Units on April 11 and 12 at the PROJUST-facilitated “National Forum on Pre-Trial Services,” with the intention that it be shared nationwide. Immediately following the presentation, several PTS units requested PROJUST support for the installation of this system, a testament to its utility and necessity. As of June 15, 2019, the system has been installed in a total of 13 units across 10 cities as indicated in the map below.

Figure 3. Map of Pre-Trial Services Units with improved case management systems installed by PROJUST.

46 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Spotlight 10: Justice System Operators Set a Path Forward for Criminal Justice Reform

Between June 17 and 19, 2019, over 200 justice system operators from all 32 Mexican states gathered in Mexico City at the “Forum for Criminal Justice”, organized by PROJUST. Over the course of three days, representatives from State Courts, Attorneys General (AG) and Public Defenders’ (PD) Offices, and Pre-Trial Services Units as well as from academia, civil society organizations and the private sector, participated in workshops and panel discussions, highlighting the achievements in the implementation and consolidation of the criminal justice system reform and pending improvements for its optimum functioning. The Forum not only served as a space to celebrate these achievements, share challenges, and exchange best practices, it also created synergies across states, institutions and individual operators to sustain the momentum of their efforts and set a clear path forward for criminal justice reform in Mexico.

Across a total of 23 workshops and seven panel discussions, participants delved into specific subject areas with local and international experts, including in-depth explanations of PROJUST’s key models and methodologies; working with local systems and the 100-Day Challenge Methodology; incentives and evaluation mechanisms for operators and institutions; institutional management systems and tools; open government and transparency; prioritization and criminal prosecution policies for AG Offices; identification of suspects, pre-trail services; and justice with a gender perspective.

The workshop on how to design, implement and execute criminal prosecution policies for AG Offices was particularly insightful. First, participants were introduced to the rationale behind prioritization through a thought-provoking exercise in which operators were split into groups, representing the AG Office, PD Office and State Court. All participants received the same context and each group had to agree on which crimes to prioritize considering key variables like cost, level of effort and type of crime. Then, prosecutors and defenders had to negotiate the optimum solution for a given case. This exercise paved the way for step-by-step explanation of what a criminal prosecution policy (CPP) is and why it’s necessary, how to identify problems, plan and strategize and three key steps for designing and implementing a CPP: 1. Understanding the context. 2. Defining and limiting the scope of objectives. 3. Prioritization strategy.

As part of PROJUST’s sustainability strategy, throughout the three-day event, members of civil society organizations, academia and the private sector moderated panel discussions, facilitated workshops and were invited to disseminate their work in order to establish new cross-sector links and propel a systemic vision for criminal justice in Mexico.

In addition to these 23 workshops, PROJUST hosted intensive sessions for the top public defenders (PD) from the project’s integrated approach to boost PD performance in debates. As a final incentive to this program PROJUST invited the 15 PDs with the highest performance to a three-day, specialized workshop focusing on cross-examinations of witnesses.

On the final day of the event, participants collaborated to create a timeline of the criminal justice reform, each adding significant dates, events and milestones in the implementation of the reform. Leaders, operators and representatives from civil society also expressed their commitment to the continuation of the criminal justice reform by adding their names and a pledge on their state of origin on a map of Mexico.

Closing out the Forum, PROJUST presented the documentary “Self-Defense?” a project-developed film on a landmark public defense case, which saw the acquittal of a female defendant in a case of self-defense through the incorporation of a gender perspective. Following the presentation of the documentary, PROJUST facilitated a discussion to analyze key elements used to incorporate a gender perspective in this case. A capstone for the Forum for Justice, this documentary and surrounding debate highlighted the use of a gender perspective as a transversal element paramount in the consolidation of the accusatory criminal justice system in Mexico.

47 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 Finally, throughout the event, PROJUST’s models, methodologies and tools were made available for all attendees to access and download. These resourced will be housed on www.projusticia.com.mx for the next 10 months. 28 A document detailing the principal achievements of the project, per area of work was also developed and printed for this event.29 The communication team at La Salle University published a short video of the event, available here. See here for civil society coverage and here for private sector coverage.

“This Forum is truly something that is worth the effort. I am truly grateful to be a part of this initiative… reaching across horizons and breaking paradigms, all to build a better justice system in our country”

– Justice Óscar Nájera, State Court of Coahuila.

28 PROJUST is currently compiling a list of all the models, methodologies and tools transferred at the forum along with direct access links. This list will be shared with USAID in the next quarterly report. 29 The digital version (in Spanish) is available here and an English version is in progress. 48 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 ANNEX IV: ANALYSIS OF TRAINING DATA During the third quarter (Q3) of Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, which covers the period from April 1 to June 30, 2019, PROJUST delivered nine training courses30 (a total of 480 hours) that benefited a total of 174 justice sector operators. Of these 174 operators, 31 trainees participated in one course only. For each training course, PROJUST reports the number of people that meet course attendance requirements. All the trainees of the reporting period (100%) satisfied the requirement of at least 80% attendance.

In Q3 2019, training benefited court clerks, PTS staff and public defenders from 29 states as shown in Table 1 below. As for gender split, women had a slight advantage for this quarter, with 52.3% of trainees. Training courses covered a variety of topics, for a full list see section two below. During this quarter, given the nature of the trainings, pre and post-evaluations were not conducted.

The next sections of this Annex present detailed, disaggregated data on:

1. Training Numbers: Disaggregated by state; and 2. List of Training Courses: Disaggregated by state and type of operator.

30 For this report, six training courses from the previous quarter are included, since the last day of activities were not confirmed intil April 8th.

49 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 1. TRAINEES BY STATE Table 1 details the number and percentage of justice sector operators trained per state. In Q3 2019, the highest proportion of the trainees were PTS Staff (40.9%), followed by public defenders (29.9%).

STATE

% % % %

TOTAL

COURT CLERKS COURT

OPERATORS PTS

DEFENDER PUBLIC TITLE Aguascalientes 0 0 15 2 3 1 18 0

Baja California 14 3 1 0 58 11 73 0

Baja California 23 4 52 7 10 2 85 0 Sur 1 0 6 1 5 1 12 0

Chiapas 8 1 5 1 0 0 13 0

Chihuahua 97 18 104 14 43 8 244 0 Coahuila 55 10 30 4 54 10 139 0 Colima 0 0 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 3 0 0 20 0

Federal District 0 0 5 1 0 0 5 0 20 4 3 0 18 3 41 0 1 0 54 7 0 0 55 0 Jalisco 5 1 3 0 5 1 13 0

Michoacan 21 4 75 10 0 0 96 0

Nayarit 78 14 4 1 7 1 89 0 Nuevo Leon 67 12 57 8 54 10 178 0 Oaxaca 0 0 35 5 51 9 86 0 1 0 2 0 32 6 35 0 Queretaro 1 0 63 8 14 3 78 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 7 0 San Luis Potosi 37 7 35 5 67 12 139 0 Sinaloa 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 Sonora 0 0 48 6 28 5 76 0 State of Mexico 0 0 6 1 0 0 6 0 Tabasco 0 0 29 4 23 4 52 0 Tamaulipas 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 24 3 15 3 39 0 0 0 5 1 19 3 24 0 Zacatecas 110 20 53 7 45 8 208 0

Total 539 29.2 753 40.9 551 29.9 1,843 100%

50 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 2. LIST OF TRAINING COURSES BY STATE AND TYPE OF OPERATOR

PROJUST delivered a total of nine training courses (480 hours) in Q3 2019. Start End Target ID Name and Benefiting State Hours Date Date Group Support public defenders of Coahuila's PD Office to Mar 30, Public 2523 Jan 14, 2019 60 improve performance in hearings. (Saltillo, Coahuila) 2019 Defenders Support public defenders of Baja California's PD Office to Mar 30, Public 2584 Jan 14, 2019 60 improve performance in hearings. (Tijuana, Baja California) 2019 Defenders Support public defenders of Chihuahua's PD Office to Mar 30, Public 2585 Jan 14, 2019 60 improve performance in hearings. (Chihuahua, Chihuahua) 2019 Defenders Support public defenders in Coahuila's PD Office to Mar 30, Public 2586 Jan 14, 2019 60 improve performance in hearings. (Torreon, Coahuila) 2019 Defenders Support public defenders in San Luis Potosi's PD Office to Mar 30, Public 2687 improve performance in hearings. (San Luis Potosi, San Jan 14, 2019 60 2019 Defenders Luis Potosi) Support public defenders in Zacatecas' PD Office to Mar 30, Public 2588 Jan 14, 2019 60 improve performance in hearings. (Zacatecas, Zacatecas) 2019 Defenders Conduct a Training-of-Trainers course for the PTS May 17, PTS 2814 May 6, 2019 40 operators via streaming. (Mexico City, Mexico City) 2019 Operators Carry out training for operators from Chihuahua's State Apr 12, Court 2667 Apr 8, 2019 40 Court to improve performance. (Chihuahua, Chihuahua) 2019 administrators Carry out training for operators from Chihuahua's State Apr 29, May 3, Court 2674 40 Court to improve performance. (Tijuana, Baja California) 2019 2019 administrators 480 Total hours

51 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 ANNEX V: LIST OF PROJUST PRODUCTS TRANSFERRED AT THE “FORUM FOR JUSTICE” ON JUNE 19

AREA INSTITUTION NAME OF PRODUCT AND DOWNLOAD LINK Modelo de Organización de Gestión Judicial Task 1 State Court http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tribunal/doc_4.docx Modelo de Gestión Integral de Segunda Instancia Task 1 State Court http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tribunal/doc_3.docx Modelo de Agendamiento de Audiencias Task 1 State Court http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tribunal/doc_1.docx Modelo de Gestión de Excelencia Manual de Uso de la Herramienta de Autoevaluación Task 1 State Court

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tribunal/doc_2.docx Herramienta de Autoevaluación del Modelo de Gestión de Excelencia para Tribunales Task 1 State Court

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tribunal/doc_5.xlsx Modelo Estandarizado de Unidades de Análisis Criminal en Fiscalías Attorney Estatales en México Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_1.pdf Manual de Formación Básico para Unidades de Análisis Criminal en Attorney Fiscalías Estatales en México Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_2.pdf Herramienta de Autoevaluación del Modelo de Gestión de Excelencia Attorney Institucional de PROJUSTICIA para Fiscalía Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_3.xlsx Metodología de Trabajo para Unidades de Investigación Especializada Attorney en Delitos de Violencia en Contra de la Mujer por Razón de Género Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_4.pdf Fichas de Perfiles de Puesto del Modelo Homologado de Unidad de Attorney Atención Temprana Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_5.pdf Manual Organizacional del Modelo de Distribución Estratégica de Attorney Casos para Fiscalía Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_6.pdf Manual del Protocolo de Valoración de Casos Attorney Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_7.pdf Manual de Procesos del Modelo de Distribución Estratégica de Casos Attorney para Fiscalía Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_8.pdf Attorney Manual de Procedimientos del Modelo de Distribución Estratégica de Task 1 General’s Office Casos para Fiscalía

52 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 AREA INSTITUTION NAME OF PRODUCT AND DOWNLOAD LINK

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_9.pdf Manual de Protocolo de Detención en Flagrancia Attorney Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_10.pdf Manual de la Unidad de Análisis y Detención Temprana en el Modelo Attorney de Distribución Estratégica de Casos Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_11.pdf Manual de la Unidad de Imputado Desconocido en el Modelo de Attorney Distribución Estratégica de Casos Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_12.pdf Manual para la Unidad de Tramitación Masiva de Casos en el Modelo Attorney de Distribución Estratégica de Casos Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_13.pdf Manual de Unidades de Investigación en el Modelo de Distribución Attorney Estratégica de Casos Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_14.pdf Lineamientos para la negociación del procedimiento abreviado Attorney Task 1 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/fiscalia/doc_15.pdf Programa de Alto Rendimiento para Defensores Públicos Public Defender’s Task 1 Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/defensoria/doc_3.pdf Modelo de Gestión de Casos para Defensorías Públicas (Triage) Public Defender’s Task 1 Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/defensoria/doc_1.pdf Herramienta de Argumentación de Medicas Cautelares para Public Defender’s Defensores Públicos Task 1 Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/defensoria/doc_2.pdf Tabulador de Riesgos Procesales http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/umecas/doc_1.xlsm Pre-Trial Services Task 1 Unit Tutorial: http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/umecas/doc_2.mp4 Herramienta para la Elaboración de Propuestas de Suspensión Condicional del Proceso (Delitos contra la salud y violencia familiar) Pre-Trial Services http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/umecas/doc_3.xls Task 1 Unit Manual de uso: http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/umecas/doc_4.docx Proceso de Vinculación entre Autoridades de Supervisión de Medidas Cautelares enfocado a personas sujetas a procesos penales con arraigo Pre-Trial Services Task 1 distinto al lugar donde se desahoga el proceso penal Unit

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/umecas/doc_7.pdf Guía de Vinculación UMECA-OSCs para la supervisión conjunta de Pre-Trial Services Task 1 personas en libertad, con obligaciones procesales Unit

53 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 AREA INSTITUTION NAME OF PRODUCT AND DOWNLOAD LINK http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/umecas/doc_6.pdf Metodología para la Propuesta de la Suspensión Condicional por Parte Pre-Trial Services de las Unidades de Medidas Cautelares Task 1 Unit http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/umecas/doc_8.pdf Modelo de Operación para la Unidad de Análisis, Monitoreo y Public Defender’s Evaluación (UAME) en la Defensoría Pública Task 2 Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_1.pdf Modelo de Operación para la Unidad de Análisis, Monitoreo y Attorney Evaluación (UAME) en la Fiscalía General Task 2 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_2.pdf Modelo de Operación para la Unidad de Análisis, Monitoreo y Evaluación (UAME) en el Tribunal General Task 2 State Court

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_3.pdf Sistema de implementación y sistematización de encuestas (offline) All target - Incluye manual para instalación y uso. Task 2 institutions http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_4.rar Attorney Sistema de captura para la evaluación del desempeño para Fiscalía y General’s Office Defensoría Task 2 and Public Defender’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_5.rar Manual de Implementación de la Metodología de Grupos de Mejora en All target la Unidad Análisis, Monitoreo y Evaluación (UAME) Task 2 institutions http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_6.pdf Material de capacitación en el uso de herramientas de gestión de información de las Unidades de Análisis, Monitoreo y Evaluación All target Task 2 -Incluye PowerBi, Bizagi y MySQL institutions

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_7.rar Formato para Evaluar la Disciplina en los Procesos de Atención Attorney Temprana Task 2 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_8.xlsx Tablero de Indicadores para Medir el Desempeño de la Fiscalía Attorney Task 2 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_9.xlsx Fichas técnicas sobre Indicadores de Desempeño para Fiscalía Attorney Task 2 General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_10.pdf Fichas técnicas sobre Indicadores de Desempeño para Tribunal Task 2 State Court http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_11.pdf Fichas técnicas sobre Indicadores de Desempeño para Defensoría Public Defender’s Pública Task 2 Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_12.pdf

54 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 AREA INSTITUTION NAME OF PRODUCT AND DOWNLOAD LINK Fichas técnicas sobre Indicadores de Desempeño para Unidades de Pre-Trial Services Medidas Cautelares. Task 2 Unit http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/uames/doc_13.pdf State Court, Metodología para la Detección de Necesidades de Capacitación Attorney -Incluye: Cuestionarios para Detección de Necesidades de Training General’s Office, Capacitación para Jueces, Fiscales y Defensores Públicos. and Public Defender’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/capacitacion/doc_1.rar Materiales de capacitación para Defensoría Pública: • Estándares de Procedimientos de Operación para Defensores Públicos • Manual de Teoría del Caso • Modelo de Metodología de Evaluación del Desempeño Individual • Cartas descriptivas de capacitación para Defensores Públicos, temáticas: 1. Habilitación en el Sistema de Justicia Penal 2. Defensa en la Investigación 3. Audiencia Inicial 4. Litigación en Etapa Intermedia 5. Juicio Oral 6. Interrogatorio y contrainterrogatorio Public Defender’s 7. Negociación y Procedimiento Abreviado Training Office 8. Audiencia de Individualización de Sanciones 9. Soluciones Alternas y Formas de Terminación Anticipada 10. Recursos • Paquete didáctico en Audiencia Inicial para Defensores Públicos. Incluye: Antología, Manual de Participante y Manual de Instructor. • Paquete didáctico en Etapa Intermedia para Defensores Públicos. Incluye: Antología, Manual de Participante y Manual de Instructor. • Paquete didáctico en Juicio Oral para Defensores Públicos. Incluye: Antología, Manual de Participante y Manual de Instructor.

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/capacitacion/doc_4.rar Materiales de capacitación para Fiscalía: • Estándares de Procedimientos de Operación para Fiscales • Manual de Teoría del Caso • Modelo de Metodología de Evaluación del Desempeño Individual Attorney Training • Cartas descriptivas de capacitación para Fiscales, temáticas: General’s Office 1. Habilitación en el Sistema de Justicia Penal 2. Litigio en Audiencias Previas a la Formulación de Imputación 3. Investigación Conjunta con Peritos y Policía Investigadora

55 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 AREA INSTITUTION NAME OF PRODUCT AND DOWNLOAD LINK 4. Determinaciones Ministeriales 5. Soluciones Alternas y Formas de Terminación Anticipada 6. Etapa Inicial 7. Etapa Intermedia 8. Juicio Oral 9. Audiencia de Individualización de Sanciones 10. Recursos • Paquete didáctico en Audiencia Inicial para Fiscales. Incluye: Antología, Manual de Participante y Manual de Instructor. • Paquete didáctico en Etapa Intermedia para Fiscales. Incluye: Antología, Manual de Participante y Manual de Instructor. • Paquete didáctico en Juicio Oral para Fiscales. Incluye: Antología, Manual de Participante y Manual de Instructor.

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/capacitacion/doc_5.rar Materiales de capacitación para Tribunal: • Estándares de Procedimientos de Operación para Jueces • Manual de Teoría del Caso • Modelo de Metodología de Evaluación del Desempeño Individual • Cartas descriptivas de capacitación para Fiscales, temáticas: 1. Habilitación en el Sistema de Justicia Penal 2. Dirección y Dictado de Resoluciones en Audiencias Previas a la Formulación de Imputación 3. Dirección de Debates y Dictado de Resoluciones En Audiencia Inicial 4. Soluciones Alternas y Formas de Terminación Anticipada 5. Dirección y Dictado de Resoluciones en Etapa Training State Court Intermedia 6. Dirección y Conducción en la Etapa de Juicio Oral 7. Valoración de la Prueba 8. Elaboración de Sentencia 9. Dirección y Conducción de Audiencia de Individualización de Sanciones • Paquete didáctico en Audiencia Inicial para Jueces. Incluye: Antología, Manual de Participante y Manual de Instructor. • Paquete didáctico en Etapa Intermedia para Jueces. Incluye: Antología, Manual de Participante y Manual de Instructor. • Paquete didáctico en Juicio Oral para Jueces. Incluye: Antología, Manual de Participante y Manual de Instructor

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/capacitacion/doc_6.rar Metodología e Instrumento para el Desarrollo de Conversatorios Interinstitucionales All target Incluye: Instrumento para seguimiento de acuerdos en Conversatorios Training institutions Interinstitucionales

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/capacitacion/doc_2.rar

56 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 AREA INSTITUTION NAME OF PRODUCT AND DOWNLOAD LINK Plan Estratégico para la Sostenibilidad de Capacitación a Largo Plazo Incluye: Anexo 1: Currículo de Capacitación; Anexo 2: Carta Descriptiva; Anexo 3: Catálogo de Instructores; Anexo 4: Plan Individual de Capacitación; Anexo 5: Programación de la Capacitación; Anexo 6: Cronograma de Capacitación. • Metodología para el Diseño y Elaboración de un Plan General All target Training de Capacitación para Defensoría Pública institutions • Metodología para el Diseño y Elaboración de un Plan General de Capacitación para Fiscalía • Metodología para el Diseño y Elaboración de un Plan General de Capacitación para Tribunal

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/capacitacion/doc_3.rar State Court, Indicadores para las Unidades de Género en Tribunales Superiores de Attorney Justicia, Fiscalía y Defensoría Pública Gender General’s Office

and Public http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/genero/doc_5.rar Defender’s Office Programa de Capacitación “Derecho a la Igualdad entre Mujeres y State Court, Hombres en el Sistema Penal Acusatorio” especializado para Attorney Tribunales, Fiscalías y Defensorías Públicas Gender General’s Office Incluye: Guía de capacitación, carta descriptiva y evaluaciones pre- y and Public post- capacitación Defender’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/genero/doc_2.rar Modelo Homologado para Unidades de Género en Tribunales y Fiscalías. State Court and Incluye: Modelo Homologado, Manual de Procedimientos Gender Attorney Homologados, Herramienta de Autodiagnóstico y Plan de Trabajo. General’s Office

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/genero/doc_7.rar Herramienta de evaluación de audiencias dirigido a Fiscales y Attorney Defensores Públicos (victimas e imputadas) Gender General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/genero/doc_3.rar Serie de 21 Infografías sobre Género y Sistema Penal Acusatorio (que incluyen generalidades de la perspectiva de género para todas las instituciones, y algunas especificas dirigidas a Tribunal, Fiscalía y Defensoría Pública). 1. Claves para Garantizar el Acceso a la Justicia 2. Elementos de Género en la Comisión de Delitos 3. Defensoría Pública y Perspectiva de Género (1) 4. Defensoría Pública y Perspectiva de Género (2) All target Gender 5. Mecanismos Probatorios con Perspectiva de Género institutions 6. Medidas Cautelares con Perspectiva de Género (1) 7. Medidas Cautelares con Perspectiva de Género (2) 8. Mujeres Imputadas 9. Violencia Familiar. Pruebas con perspectiva de género 10. Delitos Sexuales. Pruebas con perspectiva de género 11. Feminicidio. Pruebas con perspectiva de género 12. Atención a las Víctimas de Violencia de Género 13. Reparación del Daño con Perspectiva de Género

57 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 AREA INSTITUTION NAME OF PRODUCT AND DOWNLOAD LINK 14. Teoría del Casos desde un Enfoque de Género 15. Investigación con Perspectiva de Género 16. Ciclo de la Violencia 17. Perspectiva de Género 18. ¿Qué es la Violencia de Género? 19. Ámbitos y Consecuencias de la Violencia de Género 20. Criterios de la Suprema Corte de Justicia 21. Juzgar con Perspectiva de Género

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/genero/doc_6.rar Guías, protocolos y estudios: • Compendio de casos de delitos: Violencia Familiar, Abuso Sexual, Trata de Personas y Feminicidio; dirigido a Agentes del Ministerio Público. • Compendio de casos de delitos: Homicidio calificado, Legítima y Secuestro dirigido a operadoras y operadores de la Defensoría Pública • Estrategias de Atención en Casos de Violencia Familiar. Estudio de casos: Coahuila y Tabasco. • Guía de Supervisión de Medidas Cautelares en Casos de Violencia Familiar. • Guía de trabajo para la incorporación de la Perspectiva de Género en las actuaciones de la Defensoría Pública. • Guía de Trabajo para la Incorporación de la Perspectiva de All target Género en las Actuaciones de la Fiscalía. Task I institutions • Guía de Trabajo para la Incorporación de la Perspectiva de Género en las Actuaciones de los Órganos Jurisdiccionales. • Guía de Difusión y Comunicación con Perspectiva de Género • Análisis sobre las Disposiciones de Jueces, Juezas y Ministerios Públicos hacia las Mujeres como Víctimas y como Victimarias en los Estados de: Oaxaca, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Morelos, Chihuahua, Nuevo León, Baja California y Zacatecas. • Metodología para el Análisis de Sentencias con Enfoque en Derechos Humanos y Perspectiva de Género. • Protocolo para la atención con perspectiva de género, de la violencia contra las mujeres en el ámbito familiar: primer contacto, función policial, pericial y ministerial, de la Fiscalía General de Justicia.

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/genero/doc_4.rar Proyecto E-Learning Public Defender’s Curso en línea para Defensorías Públicas Task I Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tecnologias/doc_2.rar Sistema de Gestión de Defensorías Públicas (Software) Public Defender’s -Incluye manuales de instalación y operativo Task I Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tecnologias/doc_6.rar

58 | USAID/MEXICO PROMOTING JUSTICE PROJECT USAID.GOV QUARTERLY REPORT, JANUARY – MARCH 2019 AREA INSTITUTION NAME OF PRODUCT AND DOWNLOAD LINK Herramienta de Consulta de Historial de Capacitaciones de PROJUSTICIA All target Task I -Incluye manual de instalación y operativo institutions

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tecnologias/doc_7.rar Herramienta de Simulación de Audiencias (Software) -Incluye manuales de instalación y operativo Task I State Court

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tecnologias/doc_10.rar Herramienta de Monitoreo de Leyes (Software) All target -Incluye manuales de instalación y operativo Task I institutions http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tecnologias/doc_8.rar Proyecto Biblioteca Virtual (Software) All target Task I institutions http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tecnologias/doc_3.rar Proyecto Comunidades Virtuales All target Task I institutions http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tecnologias/doc_4.rar Herramienta de Autoevaluación en Tecnologías de la Información del All target Modelo de Gestión de Excelencia Task I institutions http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tecnologias/doc_1.xlsx Sistema de Gestión para Unidades de Medidas Cautelares (Versiones: Adultos y Adolescentes) Pre-Trial Services Task I -Incluye manuales de instalación y operativo Unit

http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tecnologias/doc_9.rar Carpeta Digital de Fiscalías (Software) Attorney -Incluye manuales de instalación y operativo Task I General’s Office http://www.projusticia.com.mx/sistema/tecnologias/doc_5.rar

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