World Bank2017-09-072017-09-072008-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28204This report analyzes the main reasons or interests that have prevented some recent judicial and legal reforms in Honduras and Bolivia from becoming effective. It focuses on the reasons why criminal justice reforms were unable to put an end to the misuse of pre-trial detention. The report also includes a study of some of the reasons that have prevented criminal procedure code reforms from reducing the perception of impunity prevailing in both countries. With respect to the reforms of judicial selection mechanisms, it focuses on the interests that have prevented the public perception of judicial independence from improving in spite of the implementation of those reforms. The report includes an annex to Section 1, consultations with civil society in Honduras. Section 2 discusses civil and commercial justice in Paraguay. Section 3 discusses vested interests in legal and judicial reform projects in Guyana.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABUSEACCESS TO JUSTICEACCOUNTABILITYADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICEALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTIONAMPAROASSAULTSATTORNEYSAUDITSCASE LAWCIVIL PROCEDURECIVIL RIGHTSCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCONFIDENCECONSTITUTIONAL LAWCOUNSELCOURTCOURTSCRIMECRIME PREVENTIONCRIMESCRIMINALCRIMINAL ACTIONSCRIMINAL CODECRIMINAL EVIDENCECRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONCRIMINAL JUSTICECRIMINAL LAWCRIMINAL LAWSCRIMINAL PROCEDURECRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODESCRIMINAL PROCEDURESCRIMINAL SYSTEMCRIMINALSCUSTODYDEMOCRACIESDEMOCRACYDETAINEESDISCRETIONDISCRIMINATIONDOMICILEDUE PROCESSDUE PROCESS OF LAWFUNDAMENTAL RIGHTSGANGSHOMEHOUSESHUMAN RIGHTSHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONSIMPRISONMENTINITIATIVEINTEGRITYINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL LAWINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINVESTIGATIONINVESTIGATIONSINVESTIGATORJUDGEJUDGESJUDGMENTSJUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIONJUDICIAL CORRUPTIONJUDICIAL INDEPENDENCEJUDICIAL OFFICERSJUDICIAL PERFORMANCEJUDICIAL REFORMJUDICIAL REFORM PROGRAMSJUDICIAL REFORMSJUDICIAL SELECTIONJUDICIAL SYSTEMJUDICIAL SYSTEM REFORMJUDICIAL SYSTEMSJUDICIARIESJUDICIARYJURISDICTIONJUSTICEJUSTICE SYSTEMJUSTICESLAW ENFORCEMENTLAWSLAWYERLAWYERSLEGAL CHANGELEGAL REFORMLEGAL REFORMSLEGALITYLEGISLATIONLITIGATIONMAGISTRATESMEDIAMEDIATIONMINISTERMONOPOLYNOTARIESOFFENDERSPATRONAGEPOLICEPOLICE OFFICERSPOLITICAL WILLPRE-TRIAL DETENTIONPRETRIAL DETENTIONPREVENTIVE DETENTIONPRIORITIESPRISONPRISONSPROSECUTIONPROSECUTORPROSECUTORSPUBLIC DEFENDERSPUBLIC OPINIONPUNISHMENTREMEDYRESIDENCERULE OF LAWSANCTIONSSENTENCINGSUBSTANTIVE LAWTRIALTRIALSTRIBUNALSVICTIMSWILLYOUTHYOUTH GANGSReportWorld Bank10.1596/28204