Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, not really. We get asked for help sometimes when they're doing the investigations, but we try not to get involved in the actual process because we're looking more at system building. I can give you an example of some of the dysfunction we're trying to address if that will hel

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The independence is not only of the judiciary in those countries, but also a question of the work of the prosecutors in the context of those countries. In the case of the judiciary, one real and serious difficulty has been with the way judges are appointed. They are appointed f

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'm always reluctant to comment on those kinds of things, because I work in the country. We've worked with and been involved very directly in work with the attorney general. Obviously, two levels of dynamics are going on. From our point of view, there's the question of what they

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Our approach is that you have to ask what the options are for countries such as these. These are countries that are really backed against a wall. Sometimes people talk of them as being potentially failed states. Sometimes you hear talk of their potentially being narco-states. T

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. Thank you for inviting me to come. I'll talk a little about our organization, the Justice Education Society, and then talk a little about what we're trying to do. I know you're interested in Honduras and what's going on in Honduras. We're working in all thr