IDENTIFICATION OF OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS

UNCLAS LIMA 000004 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR WHA/EPSC ROBERT SCHWARTZ AND USOAS ANDREW STEVENSON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KSUM HUM PREL XL XK XM XR XS OAS PE SUBJECT: IDENTIFICATION OF OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS REF: STATE 195953 ¶1. Post provides the following information to identify "democracy practitioners" in Peru. Diego Garcia Sayan, justice reform, political analysis. Garcia Sayan was the Peruvian Minister of Justice from November 2000 to July 2001 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Peru from July 2001 to July 2002. He has been the chairman of the UN working group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances since 2001 and is currently a judge at the Interamerican Court of Human Rights. E-mail: diego@cajpe.org.pe Phone: 511-440-7907 Fax: 511-422-6468 Percy Medina, NGOs, political party reform, Congressional relations Percy Medina is the secretary general of Transparencia, an NGO promoting institutional development and citizen participation in government. Medina has served as an international electoral observer in 14 countries in America, Europe, and Asia. He is also country director for NDI's political party program. E-mail: pmedina@transparencia.org.pe Phone: 511-441-3916 Fax: 511-211-7265 Ernesto de la Jara, justice reform, transparency in government Ernesto de la Jara Basombrio founded the Institute of Legal Defense, which since 1983 has defended and promoted human rights in Peru. De la Jara is also the director of "Justicia Viva," a program for the promotion of human rights in Peru co-administered by IDL and the School of Law at Catholic University in Lima . E-mail: ernesto@idl.org.pe Phone: 511-422--244 Fax: 511-422-1832 STRUBLE