Juan Carlos Botero
Encyclopedia
Juan Carlos Botero is a Colombian researcher, currently serving as Director of the World Justice Project’s
Rule of Law Index in Washington, DC.
and the World Bank
focused on developing indicators to measure the performances of legal and judicial institutions in countries around the world. Botero is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Rule of Law 2011.
and as Judicial Clerk for Justice Carlos Gaviria Diaz
, at the Constitutional Court
.
and a Master of Laws from Harvard University
. He has taught legal theory and comparative law at the Universidad de los Andes
in Colombia and Universidad Privada Bolivianain Bolivia. He also served as Director of the Instituto de Ciencia Politica in Colombia. His academic publications have focused on the areas of rule of law, labor regulation, child labor, and judicial reform. Botero is a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) candidate at Georgetown University Law Center.
World Justice Project
-Mainstreaming:The World Justice Project holds action-oriented meetings with leaders from a range of fields to mainstream rule of law advancement and make strengthening the rule of law as fundamental to the thinking and work of all professionals as it is to lawyers...
Rule of Law Index in Washington, DC.
Cross-country institutional indicators
At the World Justice Project, Botero has led the development of the methodology, piloting, and implementation of the WJP Rule of Law Indexfor the past three years. His previous experience as a researcher at Yale UniversityYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
focused on developing indicators to measure the performances of legal and judicial institutions in countries around the world. Botero is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Rule of Law 2011.
Colombian government
Botero has served the Colombian government in many capacities, including as Chief International Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism; international trade negotiator and chief counsel of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement; and Director of the Colombian Government Trade Bureau in Washington D.C.. He also served as member of the Advisory Board of the Superintendency of Industry and CommerceSuperintendency of Industry and Commerce
The Superintendency of Industry and Commerce is a competitiveness regulatory agency of the Government of Colombia in charge of regulating fair business practices, promoting competitiveness and acting as the Colombian patent and registration office....
and as Judicial Clerk for Justice Carlos Gaviria Diaz
Carlos Gaviria Díaz
Carlos Emilio Gaviria Díaz is a Colombian lawyer, professor and politician. He served as the 5th Chief Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Colombia, where he served as a Magistrate from 1993 to 2001...
, at the Constitutional Court
Constitutional Court of Colombia
The Constitutional Court of Colombia is the highest entity in the judicial branch of government in the Republic of Colombia in charge of safeguarding the integrity and supremacy of the Colombian Constitution of 1991 within the Constitutional laws.However it is not the highest court of criminal...
.
Academic career
A national of Colombia, Botero holds a Law degree from Universidad de los AndesUniversity of the Andes, Colombia
The University of the Andes , is a coeducational, nonsectarian private university located in city centre Bogotá, Colombia. Founded in 1948, the University has 9 faculties: Administration, Architecture and Design, Arts and Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Engineering and...
and a Master of Laws from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. He has taught legal theory and comparative law at the Universidad de los Andes
University of the Andes, Colombia
The University of the Andes , is a coeducational, nonsectarian private university located in city centre Bogotá, Colombia. Founded in 1948, the University has 9 faculties: Administration, Architecture and Design, Arts and Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Engineering and...
in Colombia and Universidad Privada Bolivianain Bolivia. He also served as Director of the Instituto de Ciencia Politica in Colombia. His academic publications have focused on the areas of rule of law, labor regulation, child labor, and judicial reform. Botero is a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) candidate at Georgetown University Law Center.
Publications
- WJP Rule of Law Index 2011(with M. Agrast, A. Ponce). Washington DC. The World Justice Project, June. 2011.
- WJP Rule of Law Index 2010(with M. Agrast, A. Ponce). Washington DC. The World Justice Project, Oct. 2010.
- Workplace Abuse and Economic Exploitation of Children Working in the Streets of Latin American Cities(with AM Pinzon-Rondon, L Benson, L Briceno-Ayala, and M Kanamori). International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, Vol 16, No 2 (2010).
- Rule of Law Index 2009 – Report to the World Justice Forum II(with M. Agrast, A. Ponce). Washington DC. The World Justice Project, Nov 2009.
- Measuring Adherence to the Rule of Law around the World – Rule of Law Index 2008(with M. Agrast, A. Ponce, C. Dumas). Washington DC. The World Justice Project, July 2008.
- Sexually-transmitted disease prevalence and the factors associated with it in sexually-exploited children in Bogota, Colombia(with Pinzon-Rondon AM, Ross TW, Baquero-Umana MM). Revista de Salud Publica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia • Volume 11(3), June 2009. Spanish.
- The health of children working in the streets of Latin American cities: risks, injuries, and child abuse (with AM Pinzon-Rondon, L. Briceno, C. Pinzon-Florez). Revista Saludarte. Spanish. Colsubsidio, Colombia. Vol. 6, No. 2. November 2008.
- The Regulation of Labor(with S. Djankov, R. La Porta, F. López-de-Silanes, and A. Shleifer). The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Vol. 119, Issue 4 – November 2004, pp. 1339–1382.
- Judicial Reform(with R. La Porta, F. López-de-Silanes, A. Shleifer, and A. Volokh). The World Bank Research Observer, vol. 18, no. 1 (2003), pp. 61–88.
- Generalidades del Tratado de Libre Comercio con Estados Unidos. Chapter in book El TLC y el Derecho de la Distribución Comercial. Universidad Externado de Colombia, Colegio de Abogados de Medellín, Cámara de Comercio de Medellín. Biblioteca Jurídica Dike. Bogotá, 2006.
- Trabajo Infantil en Calles de Ciudades Latinoamericanas. (with AM Pinzon-Rondon, L Briceno-Ayala, P Cabrera, and MN Rodriguez). Salud Publica Mex. 2006 Sep–Oct;48(5):363-72.
- Manual de Servicios Financieros (with C. Manrique and A. Saba). Bogotá, Nueva Frontera, 1994.
- El Estado Robin Hood. Revista Alter Ego. University of Los Andes Law School. Bogotá, 1993.
Awards
- IX Bienal de Investigación Colsubsidio 2008 (Prize to research in the Americas). First place. Paper: The health of children working in the streets of Latin American cities: risks, injuries, and child abuse.
External links
- www.worldjusticeproject.org*
- www.worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index