Dr. Juan Carlos Botero | |
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Born | Second half of the 20th century |
Nationality | Colombian |
Occupations |
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Known for | International trade negotiator and principal attorney for the United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement |
Awards | IX Research Biennial Colsubsidio. Colombia, 2008 |
Academic background | |
Education | Master of Laws |
Alma mater |
University of Los Andes, Colombia Harvard University |
Academic work | |
Institutions |
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Colombia World Justice Project Research associate at Yale University Consultant at the World Bank |
Notable works | Co-author of WJP Rule of Law Index and Open Government Index |
Juan Carlos Botero Navia is a Colombian lawyer and researcher, who served as Executive Director of the World Justice Project in Washington, DC and as co-author of its WJP Rule of Law Index and Open Government Index. [1]
International institutional indicator. At the World Justice Project, Botero has led the development of the methodology, piloting, and implementation of the WJP Rule of Law Index for the past five years. [2] [3] His work on " leximetrics" was controversial due to the findings, and suspect methodology, which purported to show that effective labour law damaged economic productivity. More detailed work has been carried out at the Cambridge Judge Business School found the opposite. [4] [5]
His previous experience as a researcher at Yale University and the World Bank focused on developing indicators to measure the performances of legal and judicial institutions in countries around the world. [6] [7] [8]
Botero is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Rule of Law, currently serving as a member of the Global Agenda Council on Justice, and is a member of the advisory boards for Citizens for Justice Malawi and the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law. [9]
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; [10] [11] [12] [13] and Director of the Colombian Government Trade Bureau in Washington D.C. [14]
He also served as member of the Advisory Board of the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce and as Judicial Clerk for Justice Carlos Gaviria Diaz, at the Constitutional Court. [15]
As national of Colombia, Botero holds a law degree from Universidad de los Andes, a Master of Law from Harvard University and a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) from Georgetown University. He has taught legal theory and comparative law at the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia and Universidad Privada Boliviana in Bolivia. [16]
He also served as Director of the Instituto de Ciencia Politica in Colombia. [17] His academic publications have focused on the areas of rule of law, labor regulation, child labor, and judicial reform. [18] He is a member of the bars of Colombia and New York state.
Dr. Juan Carlos Botero | |
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Born | Second half of the 20th century |
Nationality | Colombian |
Occupations |
|
Known for | International trade negotiator and principal attorney for the United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement |
Awards | IX Research Biennial Colsubsidio. Colombia, 2008 |
Academic background | |
Education | Master of Laws |
Alma mater |
University of Los Andes, Colombia Harvard University |
Academic work | |
Institutions |
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Colombia World Justice Project Research associate at Yale University Consultant at the World Bank |
Notable works | Co-author of WJP Rule of Law Index and Open Government Index |
Juan Carlos Botero Navia is a Colombian lawyer and researcher, who served as Executive Director of the World Justice Project in Washington, DC and as co-author of its WJP Rule of Law Index and Open Government Index. [1]
International institutional indicator. At the World Justice Project, Botero has led the development of the methodology, piloting, and implementation of the WJP Rule of Law Index for the past five years. [2] [3] His work on " leximetrics" was controversial due to the findings, and suspect methodology, which purported to show that effective labour law damaged economic productivity. More detailed work has been carried out at the Cambridge Judge Business School found the opposite. [4] [5]
His previous experience as a researcher at Yale University and the World Bank focused on developing indicators to measure the performances of legal and judicial institutions in countries around the world. [6] [7] [8]
Botero is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Rule of Law, currently serving as a member of the Global Agenda Council on Justice, and is a member of the advisory boards for Citizens for Justice Malawi and the Hague Journal on the Rule of Law. [9]
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; [10] [11] [12] [13] and Director of the Colombian Government Trade Bureau in Washington D.C. [14]
He also served as member of the Advisory Board of the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce and as Judicial Clerk for Justice Carlos Gaviria Diaz, at the Constitutional Court. [15]
As national of Colombia, Botero holds a law degree from Universidad de los Andes, a Master of Law from Harvard University and a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) from Georgetown University. He has taught legal theory and comparative law at the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia and Universidad Privada Boliviana in Bolivia. [16]
He also served as Director of the Instituto de Ciencia Politica in Colombia. [17] His academic publications have focused on the areas of rule of law, labor regulation, child labor, and judicial reform. [18] He is a member of the bars of Colombia and New York state.