During the celebration of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) held on January 19, 2022, the Panamanian candidate, Martha Luna Veliz, was elected to join the prestigious Inter-American Juridical Committee (CJI) for the period 2022-2026 .
Martha Luna Veliz is a specialist in the development of money laundering and terrorist financing prevention policies. She is one of the founders of the Panamanian Tax Institute (INSPAT), member of the Tax Law Commission of the National Bar Association, as well as director of the Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDE). She had an outstanding participation in the Commission convened by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Panama, for the elaboration of the Tax Procedure Code and the review of the Criminal Legislation related to Tax Fraud.
The Inter-American Juridical Committee is the advisory body of the OAS on legal matters, in charge of promoting the progressive development and codification of international law and studying the possibility of standardizing the legislation of the countries of the Hemisphere. It is made up of eleven national jurists from the Member States, elected for a four-year term.
In this way, Martha Luna Veliz will be the fourth Panamanian to have the honor of integrating the Inter-American Juridical Committee since its creation in 1942. Previous Panamanian members of the CJI were the jurists Roberto Alemán Zubieta, Juan Materno Vásquez and Feliciano Olmedo Sanjur.
Panama continues to recognize and position professional women and strengthen the country's presence at the international level, forming an active part of different Commissions, Committees, and multilateral advisory Councils whose mission is to promote and achieve the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda.