Background

The current configuration of the Ibero-American Judicial Summit is the result of a development process that started in Madrid in 1990 with the "1st Summit of Presidents of Supreme Courts of Justice of Ibero-America, Spain and Portugal". This summit was followed by two more, also in Madrid and of a similar nature in 1994 and 1997

The 1st Ibero-American Summit of Presidents of the Supreme Courts and Tribunals of Justice took place in 1998. This led to a new stage in which the initiative and management processes came from the Republic of Venezuela, which is today known as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The framework of the said summit gave rise to a technical monitoring unit for evaluating the impact of the actions and commitments assumed at the summit. The 2nd Ibero-American Summit of Presidents of the Supreme Courts of Justice took place in 1999 and, just like the previous one, was organised by the highest body of the said country's judiciary through a special office created specifically. Spain took the initiative in 2001 and announced the 6th Ibero-American Summit of Presidents of the Supreme Course and Tribunals, which was held in the Canary Islands. This summit was followed by another two in 2002 and 2004, which were held in Cancun and San Salvador, respectively. At the same time, the 1st Ibero-American Encounter of Councils of the Judiciary was held in Sucre in 1998.

The event was followed by another three encounters in 2001, 2002 and 2004, which were held in Barcelona, Zacatecas and Copan, respectively. The current Ibero-American Judicial Summit is the result of the merger or convergence of the two former structures as and from the month of June 2004: the Ibero-American Summit of Presidents of Supreme Courts and Tribunals of Justice and the Ibero-American Encounter of Councils of the Judiciary. The merger was carried out on the basis of the transcendental declarations of Copán-San Salvador, in which the Presidents agreed to constitute one single structure that would be the unified spokesbody for the highest instances of the judicial powers in the region of Ibero-America. For the purpose of numbering the successive editions, the sum of those that have been held so far for the courts and for the councils has been taken.

 
 
Collaboration

In accordance with the Web 2.0 philosophy, the Ibero-American Judicial Summit's website seeks to offer users a framework of collaboration in which they can share their experiences and opinions and create a genuine Ibero-American judicial community on the net. We hope that the tools provided will be particularly useful for the national coordinators and for the members of the various working parties at the Summit. Registered users of the private area can publish content using the collaboration tools provided:

  • Blog: blog shared by all the members of the Ibero-American Judicial Summit community.  
  • Forums: this brings together all the debate forums on the Summit website.
  • Working Parties: this provides access to the relevant documentation of the various working parties of this edition of the Summit, as well as the forums that are specific to the parties themselves.
  • Wiki: points to the Ibero-American Judicial Summit wiki, with information on the methodology, products and results, declarations and children of the Summit, etc.
  • Secretariat Twitter: displays the latest tweets from the various secretariats.
  • Judiciary Twitter: this provides access to the latest tweets from the various Ibero-American judiciaries.
  • Ibercommunicators: this points to the microsite of the Ibero-American Judiciaries Communicators Network, an area with its own library of documents shared by the members of said network and forum.
  • Monitoring Commission (sharepoint): this provides the members of the Ibero-American Summit Monitoring Commission with access to the restricted common area that has been set up especially for them (forum, agenda, library and tasks).

 If you are a member of the Ibero-American Judiciaries, please collaborate on the Ibero-American Judicial Summit website. Apply for your username and password by clicking on the following link: Permanent Secretariat..

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