Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 12:00-1:30pm
Location: In-person at the CBA Office, West 1 and 2. Lunch will be provided.
Cost: FREE to members. 10.00 dollars for non-members.
Program Description
The conference will be delivered in the Spanish language.
When international evidence, transnational crime, or a foreign citizen is involved in any case, we face requirements not only of U.S. law but international rules and protocols. The investigation process must follow international law and treaties, which are essential to follow the rule of law.
Education in International Police Investigations involves the knowledge and practice of international law that demands a different legal specified approach according to each nation. Attorneys must be ready to perform their tasks for an international case and have the flexibility to understand how the police functions and the investigation protocols in the Americas can have a different role, impact, and results in an investigation.
The agenda will set constitutional provisions and statutes from some nations in the Americas, such as the United States, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela, to provide the opportunity to evaluate the ways of conducting international investigations. By comparison of various legal systems in real scenarios, the application of treaties and international agreements and protocols is necessary.
Speaker Bio
Sandra Diaz, is a citizen of both Colombia and the United States and earned her law degree from the University Libre de Colombia. Her public service at the Colombian federal level led her to work as a legal assessor, investigating and inspecting corporations and conglomerates controlled by the Colombian government. She was selected to serve the federal committee to revise, amend, and reform the Colombian business law code. Sandra also served as a legal assessor for the Colombian Federal Department of Ethics, investigating and prosecuting major cases of negligence, corruption, and fraud by public employees. After receiving her master’s degree from the Universidad de Los Andes in Commercial law and Corporations, Sandra established her own practice in corporate and criminal law, representing private citizens and high-ranking public officials at the state, federal, and international levels. She founded De Las Americas, a U.S. consulting firm that assists business and law enforcement
agencies that serve Hispanics, Latinos, and Hispano Americans in the United States and abroad. Sandra created and directs the Forum De Las Americas and provides international training to attorneys, officials, universities, and congressmen about the American and Latino American legal systems. She was appointed to the American Human and Trade Union Rights Delegation to Colombia to investigate the human and trade union rights. Sandra earned a master’s degree in American law practice at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and is a certified U.S. State Department Victim Specialist. Her volunteer portfolio includes restorative justice programs with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and the study of practices to improve public process with the City of Boulder, Colorado.
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