Sofia Libedinsky, Lawyer Universidad de Chile 1996, Masters Degree Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, “Criminology and Criminal Law” 2000, and Universidad de Chile “Public Policy” 2013. I have worked mostly as a public servant in the Ministry of Justice, in Criminal Reforms, Mediation and implementation of Family Mandatory Mediation in Chile and the Public Defender´s Office (Defensoría Penal Pública). In the Public Defender´s Office I have worked in different areas: implementation of the criminal reform in Chile, in licitation and providing services of external lawyers and in International area. Now I am in charge of the International Area of the Public Defender´s Office where we have several projects with different countries. We are developing collaborative projects with El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Dominican Republic, regarding assistance in oral litigation regarding adults and youth public defenders and also developing quality assurance programs regarding the public defenders. And also developing indicators regarding quality assurance and control. We have also do some research regarding women imprisoned, migration and criminal system, in serving sentence and in quality assurance for our public defender´s.
LOCAL RESEARCHERS - CHILE
