The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Rule of Law Conference, held in Lima, Peru on September 8-10, 2010, produced a variety of interdisciplinary action plans. The awarded projects are:

Best Practices in Access to Justice for Children
Organization: ECPAT Guatemala
Countries: Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Bolivia, Mexico, and Peru

Lawyers, sociologists, and social workers will collaborate to identify and analyze the best practices of successful programs that have provided and enhanced children’s access to justice—especially for sexually exploited and vulnerable children—in Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Bolivia, Mexico, and Peru. The information gathered will guide the development of effective programs to be implemented and replicated throughout the region.

Educating Social Entrepreneurs to Address the Rule of Law
Organization: Proetica
Country: Peru
The project aims to equip a pilot sample of small enterprises in Peru with the tools to advance transparency, ethics, and good corporate governance in their dealings with customers, other companies, and government agencies. Promoting a rule of law culture within these companies will improve ethical performance and fair competition.

Best Practices in Access to Justice
Organization: Ciudadanos al Día
Country: Peru
This project seeks to generate knowledge and information on how access to justice can be improved in Peru and throughout the region. Through interdisciplinary collaboration between legal experts, economists, and statisticians, the project will identify, analyze, and disseminate best practices in improving access to justice via online tools and other media.