Germán Garavano Explained

Germán Garavano
Office:Minister of Justice and Human Rights
President:Mauricio Macri
Term Start:10 December 2015
Term End:10 December 2019
Predecessor:Julio Alak
Successor:Marcela Losardo
Office2:Substitute Councillor of Magistracy
Term Start2:9 September 2014
Term End2:10 September 2015
Appointer2:Federal lawyers
Office3:Attorney General of the City of Buenos Aires
Term Start3:10 September 2007
Term End3:9 September 2014
Successor3:Martín Ocampo
Birth Date:23 October 1969
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Party:Independent
Alma Mater:Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
Children:3
Spouse:Carolina Gardiner
Website:germangaravano.com

Germán Carlos Garavano (born October 23, 1969) is an Argentine lawyer and expert on judicial reform, and the former minister of Justice and Human Rights of Argentina between 2015 and 2019.[1] [2] He was Attorney General of the city of Buenos Aires[3] between 2007 and 2014 and substitute Councillor of the Council of Magistracy of Argentina.

Career

Germán Garavano was born in 1969 in Buenos Aires. At the age of 18, he enrolled at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina to study law, graduating in 1994.[4] [5]

Simultaneously, he began his career at the federal criminal courts of Argentina, reaching the status of clerk of the court after years of several promotions.

He completed postgraduate studies at the Laws and Economics Institute of the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, as well as at the United Kingdom, where he was invited by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Council.[6]

Before Garavano was appointed Attorney General of the city of Buenos Aires in 2007, he performed as Counselor of the Council of Magistracy of the city of Buenos Aires and judge at the Criminal Court No. 12 of the city. He was also elected vice-president of the Board of Trustees of Justice Studies Center of the Americas (CEJA-JSCA), chosen for this position by the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), proposed by the Argentine government.[7] [8]

In 2008, Garavano encouraged the creation of the Criminal Investigation Squad at the General Secretariat of Criminal Policies and Strategic Planning of the Buenos Aires Attorney General's Office.[9]

In 2014 he was elected substitute Counsillor of Argentina's Council of Magistracy on representation of the lawyers of Buenos Aires, sharing the 4-year term with Adriana Donato.[1]

He has written fifteen books and numerous articles on Law and judicial reform, some of which have received awards. Starting in April 2014, he also performed as the academic director of the non-governmental organization Unidos Por la Justicia. Regarding his personal life, Garavano is married and has three sons.

As Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Argentina, he was the promoter of a profound judicial reform program named 'Justicia 2020' ('Justice 2020'). The reform involves median and long term measures that aim at transforming the Argentine justice system. Justicia 2020 promotes a modern and transparent administration of justice, in accordance with the New World Agenda of Sustainable Development of United Nations. Among the initiatives promoted in the program, there are reforms that seek to modernise procedures and create new especializad courts to facilitate investigation.[10] The program was prized by the OECD and the Open Government Partnership in 2019.[11]

During his term as Minister, the United States declassified secret files about the so-called National Reorganization Process and gave them to Argentina's government.[12] Garavano received around 50,000 digitalized pages of documents.[13]

In 2018, when Italy's president Sergio Mattarella visited Argentina, he awarded Garavano with the Order of the Star of Italy.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Garavano es el nombre que suena fuerte para el Ministerio de Justicia. 24 November 2015. Cronista. 26 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Germán Garavano, ministro de Justicia y Derechos Humanos. 25 November 2016. La Nación. 26 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Ministerio Público y Fiscal - Autoridades y Organigrama . fiscalias.gob.ar . 26 September 2016 . https://archive.today/20140218193232/http://www.fiscalias.gob.ar/institucional/german-garavano/ . 18 February 2014 . dead .
  4. Web site: Germán Garavano, el nuevo ministro de Justicia y Derechos Humanos. 2015. infojusnoticias.gov.ar. INFOJUS Noticias. 26 September 2016.
  5. Web site: Germán Garavano . Centro de Estudios de Justicia de las Américas (CEJA) . 26 September 2016 . https://archive.today/20151206135720/http://www.cejamericas.org/index.php/acerca-de-ceja/consejo-directivo/ex-integrantes/2-uncategorised/93-german-garavano.html . 6 December 2015 . dead .
  6. Web site: Germán Carlos Garavano. unidosjusticia.org. Unidos por la Justicia. 26 September 2016. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075742/http://unidosjusticia.org/german-carlos-garavano/. dead.
  7. Web site: La OEA nombró al Dr. Garavano miembro de la CEJA . tribunales.jusbaires.gov.ar . 26 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121004055005/http://tribunales.jusbaires.gov.ar/cmcaba/centro_de_documentacion/archivo_de_resoluciones/la_oea_nombro_al_dr_garavano_miembro_de_la_ceja . 4 October 2012 .
  8. Web site: Germán Garavano . Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) . 26 September 2016 . https://archive.today/20151206135720/http://www.cejamericas.org/index.php/acerca-de-ceja/consejo-directivo/ex-integrantes/2-uncategorised/93-german-garavano.html . 6 December 2015 . dead .
  9. Web site: Articulan trabajo para creación de la Policía Judicial del Ministerio Público Fiscal . 20 April 2012 . NotiRiojaTV . 26 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816101518/http://www.notiriojatv.com.ar/nota.php?n=1923 . 16 August 2016 . dead .
  10. News: En qué consiste el programa "Justicia 2020" del Gobierno. 10 May 2016. Infobae. 6 March 2020.
  11. Web site: Otorgaron un premio internacional a dos programas del Ministerio de Justicia. www.telam.com.ar. 2020-05-22.
  12. Web site: El gobierno de los Estados Unidos entregó documentos desclasificados sobre la dictadura argentina. Infobae. es-ES. 2020-05-22.
  13. Web site: EE.UU. entregó nuevos documentos desclasificados sobre la dictadura militar. www.telam.com.ar. 2020-05-22.
  14. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIjE4KuWoAAa5g-?format=jpg&name=900x900 Certificate that Garavano received from Italy with the Order of the Star of Italy decoration