Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors
[1] The countries that make up the AIAMP are: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Among its objectives and functions is to strengthen ties of cooperation, solidarity and mutual enrichment among professional Prosecutors members of this organization, as well as provide for the establishment of common strategies to tackle the fundamental problems concerning the institution, understanding that his development and strengthening is a precondition for the effective protection of the rights of individuals and the effectiveness of the principles and institutions of the rule of law.
It also aims to facilitate linkages and communication with the public prosecutors who are not members of the Association, in order to contribute to institutional strengthening within their respective domestic legal and political Since its inception have made 20 General Ordinary Assembly and various workshops and seminars in whose encounters have been reached important conclusions such as supporting the establishment of an adversarial system in criminal proceedings and primarily directing their efforts against organized crime and the protection of victims and witnesses.
[2] Along the same lines and focused on improving the prosecution of crimes related to human trafficking, AIAMP members in December 2008 signed the Declaration of the American Association of Public Prosecutors against Trafficking in Human Beings which seeks to engage the support in the investigation and punishment of this crime, through a commitment to enhance cooperation enters the public ministries of the region that will directly benefit these victims, supported by international criminal cooperation, criminal investigation, and assistance.
Another project featured on this forum is called AIAMP sheets, virtual platform that contains useful information and knowledge necessary for prosecutors in Latin America, with details of the procedures used in each country for various investigative actions.
The appointment of the Secretary General of the AIAMP the lawyer Jorge Chocair Lahsen, Director of the Special Unit for International Cooperation and Public Ministry and Extraditions from Chile.
The Contact Points are persons appointed by the Ministers of Justice, the Public Prosecutors' or Attorneys General's Offices and by other judicial bodies in the Ibero-American countries.
The President of Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, inaugurated the meeting which took place at the headquarters of the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID) and in which they discussed issues of common interest such as monitoring of protection Santiago Guides of victims and witnesses, and presented AIAMP chips, containing a summary of the procedural law of each of the Latin American countries in an automated records system and electronic format.
In voting for the election of officers of the Steering Committee of the Association resulting reelected unanimously as president for the next two years Spain's Attorney General, Cándido Conde-Pumpido Tourón.
The 18th General Assembly will convene on November 2–5 in Lima and will comprise representatives of Public Ministries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador and El Salvador.
It will also bring together prosecutors and representatives of Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, United States and Korea.
Opening the meeting, the attorney general of Brazil, Roberto Gurgel, highlighted the importance of international legal cooperation in combating transnational crimes and called attention to the fight against corruption.
"Our persecution institutions should bring together efforts to combat this type of crime and should be in line with international regulatory frameworks to enhance mutual legal assistance," he said.
He quoted the experience of his country with the creation of a corruption specialized attorney and stressed that society requires from the Public Ministry "strict and rigorous behavior".
The Iberoamerican Summit included seven plenary sessions and three working groups to address issues such as Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation, for Forced Labor, the Smuggling of Migrants, legislative analysis on the matter and the experiences of all countries participating in the prosecution of these crimes and in international cooperation.
The General Prosecutor and/or General Attorney or their representatives after analyzing the phenomenon of human trafficking and its implications in Iberoamerica and having exchanged experiences on the investigation, prosecution and international criminal cooperation, stated the following: Whereas, the Quito Declaration of the Iberoamerican Association of Public Prosecution Offices of 2003, where it was agreed to undertaking the increase of international criminal cooperation on the part of the Public Prosecutors Offices.
