-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 "Transformation of Venezuelan Society" 4-6 -NYC Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit sent by Walter Lippmann (cubanews) - Apr 4, 2006 The Jacob Burns Ethics Center Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law-Yeshiva University Presents The Transformation of Venezuelan Society under its New Consbreastution Justice Fernando Ramón Vegas Torrealba Justice of the Supreme Court of Venezuela In 1999, the Venezuelan people approved by popular vote a new consbreastution which includes many guarantees for formerly excluded sectors of society - the work of women in the home is recognized as contributing economic value and enbreastling them to social security; a worker's right to a wage that provides a life with dignity is recognized; the rights of indigenous people and minorities are protected; and health care is a guaranteed right. Provisions are made for the protection of the environment. Political freedoms such as expression and buttembly are articulated. Oil and mineral wealth is claimed as the property of the Venezuelan republic and new legislation has been pbutted that designates a portion of the profits from the oil industry to public welfare - health care, housing, low cost food and worker cooperatives. Private as well as cooperative forms of property o wnership are recognized. Justice Vegas Torrealba will discuss this new consbreastution and its impact on Venezuelan society. Thursday, April 6, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. Jacob Burns Moot Court Room Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Yeshiva University, Brookdale Center 55 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003 *** Justice Fernando Ramón Vegas Torrealba was appointed to the Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) in August, 2004, and buttumed office on January, 2005. He sits in the Electoral Chamber of the TSJ. Previously Justice Vegas Torrealba was a civil and labor litigator who argued many cases before the old, as well as the newly consbreastuted, Supreme Tribunal. training for public officials under the new Bolivarian Consbreastution and international agreements pertaining to human rights, as Director of Education of the Venezuelan national police. He is an expert in commercial relations, has written and lectured extensively in this area and has helped to negotiate various international trade agreements with companies doing business in Venezuela. Justice Vegas Torrealba earned his law degree at the Central University of Venezuela and holds a Masters Degree in the Laws of Economic Integration. The Justice is a published novelist and writes regular columns for newspapers and journals. *** The Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law sponsors courses, programs, and events that provoke dialogue and critical thought on ethical and moral standards and issues of professional responsibility. The Center helps prepare students to face with integrity the difficult and important questions that arise in all areas of legal practice. The annual Access to Justice Award honors those whose practical work has made a significant difference for those underserved by the justice system. * ================================================================ NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us ================================================================ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU-Linux) iD8DBQFEMz+Tiz2i76ou9wQRAjXoAKCtXbNYu-OWObAeuWr2w7d6ps4k0gCfWdN4 GM0n3coJJFgwmylv4PlmYMA= =Ae6j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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