Power and corruption

Jorge Silvero is a Professor of Public International Law and Constitutional Law in the Master of Political Science Program at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción (2003). He has been a guest lecturer at the Paraguay Judicial School (2004) and at the postgraduate law school program at the Universidad Interamericana de Panamá (2004). Professor Silvero is a member of the Constitutional Law Institute of Paraguay (IPDC) and of the Ibero-American Institute of Constitutional Law (IIDC). He was a Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD) scholarship recipient and received his Master’s in Law (LL.M., 1995) and PhD (1999) from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Professor Silvero has published in the following countries: Germany, Spain, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Panama and Paraguay.
 

A Doctor in Law from Universidad del Rosario and with a Specialization in Public Law from Universidad Externado de Colombia, Martha Sáchica has served as a professor for over 25 years. She taught Constitutional and Political History of Colombia, and Derecho Indiano (West Indies Colonial Law) at Universidad Sergio Arboleda, and Colombian Constitutional Law at Universidad del Rosario. In the private sector, Professor Sáchica has worked as an attorney for the Fundación Servicio Jurídico Popular (a legal service for low-income individuals), as a rapporteur for the Colombian Institute of Tax Law, as an external consultant to Granahorrar and as a legal advisor to Corferias S.A. In the public sector, among other positions, she has served as a Family Advocate for ICBF (Colombian Social Services Institute), as an attorney for the Agrarian Bank (Caja Agraria), as the Legal Director of Capital District Public Employment (Función Pública del Distrito Capital), as an advisor to the Constituent Assembly of Colombia and to the Special Legislative Commission; and as an external advisor to the Superior Mayor of Bogota, Andean Parliament and to the Office of the Inspector General of Colombia. Martha Sáchica has served as magistrate to the Constitutional Court twice and is currently the Interim Magistrate to this court.

Carlos Sánchez earned a Doctor in Law degree from Universidad del Rosario (October 1980), a Specialization in Commercial Law from the Universidad de los Andes (October 1980) and a Doctor in Law from the Universidad de Navarra (1981 - 1983). He also studied a Specialization in Comparative Public Law at the University Institute of European Studies (1988) and a Specialization in Human Rights at the “Guillermo Cano” Human Rights Institute – ESAP (1994). Currently, Dr. Sánchez serves as a university professor and attorney in the areas of administrative and election law. In 1980, he received his Doctor of Law from Universidad del Rosario followed by a Doctor of Law from the Universidad de Navarra (Spain). His Specializations include Commercial Law from the Universidad de los Andes, Comparative Public Law from the University Institute of European Studies – Turin (Italy), and Human Rights from the Escuela Superior de Administración Pública (ESAP). Magistrate to the Administrative Court of Cundimarca, Editorial Director of LEGIS Editores S.A., Comptroller of Santafé de Bogotá, Magistrate and President of the National Electoral Council, National Civil Registrar of Colombia 2007 – 2015.
 

Fabio Espitia graduated from the Universidad Externado de Colombia with Specializations in Criminal Law, Criminology and Forensic Science. He furthered his studies in Roman Law at Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, and received a PhD in Tutela Giuridica della persona from the University of Bari Aldo Moro. As a professional, he has served as a prosecutor for the District Attorney’s Delegation to the Supreme Court of Justice (which he also led for five years) and was appointed as Deputy Attorney General of the Nation. Has also served as an Associate Judge to the Supreme Court of Justice and has worked in training the OPDAT, an office of the U.S. Department of Justice. His major publications include: Responsabilidad y ética médica, medicina, ética y delito (“Medical Responsibility and Ethics, Medicine, Ethics and Crime"), Nuevo Código de Procedimiento Penal Italiano (“New Code of Italian Criminal Procedure”), Ruptura de la Unidad Procesal (“Rupture of the Procedural Unit”), Código de Procedimiento Penal Comentado (“A Discussion on the Criminal Procedure Code”), Derecho Procesal Penal (“Criminal Procedure Law”), La extinción del derecho de dominio (“The End of Ownership Rights”), Instituciones de derecho procesal penal (“Criminal Procedural Law Institutions”), Historia del derecho romano (“History of Roman law”) and El Digesto de Justiniano. Mística pitagórica y sistema clásico (“Justinian’s Digest: Pythagorean Mysticism and Classical System”).

Wilson Martínez received his PhD in Criminal Law and Criminal Science from Universidad Pompeu Fabra. He is the former Deputy Attorney General of the Nation and former Delegate Prosecutor to the Court for Justice and Peace, where he served as a Permanent Criminal Law Counsel to the Attorney General of the Nation. Dr. Martínez earned his Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law at Universidad del Rosario and completed a Specialization in Criminal Investigation (EGSAN), a Specialization course in Trading (CESA, INCOLDA, BVC) and earned a Diploma Certificate for Advanced Studies in Criminal Law and Criminal Science (Universidad Pompeu Fabra and the Universidad de Barcelona). He has also served as a Visiting Researcher at the Criminal Law and Criminal Law Procedure Institute for the University of Freiburg (Germany) and at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Freiburg, Germany).

Hernán Santana earned his Law Degree and Specialization in Contractual Law and Tax Law from Universidad del Rosario. He has a Master’s in Business Law from Francisco de Vitoria University – Luster, is a member of the Madrid Bar Association and has served as Legal Advisor to the National Institute of Concessions (formerly “INCO,” now “National Infrastructure Agency”). Currently, he serves as the Director of Legal Affairs and General Secretary of KMA Construcciones S.A.