<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="">Buenas tardes</div><div class="gmail_default" style="">Nos ha llegado esta información. Por favor contactarse directamente con Julie Bourdoiseau a <a href="mailto:cgrs-expertdb@uchastings.edu">cgrs-expertdb@uchastings.edu</a> en caso de estar interesados/as.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="">Saludos cordiales,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="">Ximena Sosa</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">CGRS - Expert Database</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:cgrs-expertdb@uchastings.edu">cgrs-expertdb@uchastings.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 2:06 PM<br>Subject: Seeking experts - LASA Ecuadorian Studies section<br>To: <a href="mailto:mer.eguiguren@gmail.com">mer.eguiguren@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:mer.eguiguren@gmail.com">mer.eguiguren@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:ximenasosac@gmail.com">ximenasosac@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:ximenasosac@gmail.com">ximenasosac@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-3665266096474116288">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear María Mercedes and Ximena,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My name is Julie Bourdoiseau; I am a Human Rights lawyer at the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS) and a LASA member.
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<p class="MsoNormal">CGRS is looking for country conditions experts to support asylum cases and respond to the growing demand for support. Scholars, journalists, and researchers can be experts in immigration courts.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are especially looking for regional experts to make sure their perspectives are heard in immigration courts.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Could you kindly forward the emails below (Spanish and English) to the LASA Ecuadorian Studies Section and your colleagues?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much in advance for your support.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warmly,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Julie<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">LASA Member # 71792.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Les escribimos en busca de referencias para testigos peritos o peritas calificados/as para la Base de Datos de Peritos del Centro de Estudios
Sobre Refugios y Genero (CGRS). Nos complace compartir que las clínicas u otras organizaciones que brindan evaluaciones forenses médicas o de salud mental ahora también pueden inscribirse para su inclusión.</span><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Las personas u organizaciones interesadas pueden presentar una solicitud para su consideración</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcgrs.uchastings.edu%2Fregister&data=05%7C01%7Clasa%40pitt.edu%7Ccafd8deefbdf4f66df4c08db1b732300%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C638133953564626177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AXx1LCbwNWVedP9byCSG7CAWF8pFoLX8jJl9SlDQMuY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#4472c4">
</span></b><b><span lang="ES" style="color:#4472c4">en la base de datos aquí</span></b></a></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#4472c4">.</span><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Peritas o peritos en condiciones del país:
</span></b><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">La definición de "testigo perito o perita" en la corte de inmigración es amplia: académicos, periodistas, miembros de organizaciones de la sociedad civil, especialistas legales
o analistas políticos, y otras personas con conocimiento especializado en condiciones particulares del país o problemas que afectan a los solicitantes de asilo (es decir, violencia de género, pandillas, religión, opinión política, etc.) podrían calificar.</span><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Peritas o peritos médicos o de salud mental:
</span></b><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Los proveedores médicos o de salud mental con licencia pueden apoyar a los solicitantes de asilo con evaluaciones forenses de salud mental o físicas.</span><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">¡Por favor, comparta en sus redes!</span></b><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Si tiene alguna recomendación específica para personas u organizaciones calificadas, por favor, envíenos la información de contacto a
</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:cgrs-expertdb@uchastings.edu" target="_blank"><span lang="ES">cgrs-expertdb@uchastings.edu</span></a></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black"> y estaremos encantados
de comunicarnos directamente.</span><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><i><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">La Base de Datos de Testigos Expertos de CGRS ofrece a los defensores y defensoras un repositorio de búsqueda de especialistas calificados
del país y profesionales de la salud que sirven como testigos expertos para apoyar a los solicitantes de asilo en los Estados Unidos. Está disponible de forma gratuita para todos los defensores dedicados a promover los derechos de los inmigrantes y solicitantes
de asilo. </span></i><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcgrs.uchastings.edu%2Fregister&data=05%7C01%7Clasa%40pitt.edu%7Ccafd8deefbdf4f66df4c08db1b732300%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C638133953564626177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AXx1LCbwNWVedP9byCSG7CAWF8pFoLX8jJl9SlDQMuY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span lang="ES">Por
favor, considere unirse a la Base de Datos de Expertos de CGRS</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></b><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Con gratitud,</span><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">El equipo de la base de datos de expertos de CGRS</span><span lang="es-419" style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleague,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">We are writing seeking referrals for qualified expert witnesses for CGRS’s Expert Database. We are pleased to share that clinics or other organizations
that provide mental health or medical forensic evaluations can now also sign up for inclusion.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Interested individuals or organizations can submit an application for consideration</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcgrs.uchastings.edu%2Fregister&data=05%7C01%7Clasa%40pitt.edu%7Ccafd8deefbdf4f66df4c08db1b732300%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C638133953564626177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AXx1LCbwNWVedP9byCSG7CAWF8pFoLX8jJl9SlDQMuY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:black">
</span></b>here</a><span style="color:black">.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Country Conditions Experts:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">The definition of an “expert witness” in immigration court is broad: scholars, journalists, members of civil society organizations, legal specialists or political analysts, and other individuals
with specialized knowledge on particular country conditions or issues impacting asylum seekers (i.e., gender-based violence, gang, religion, political opinion, etc.) could potentially qualify.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Medical or Mental Health Experts:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Licensed medical or mental health providers can support asylum seekers with forensic mental health or physical evaluations.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">Please share with your networks!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any specific recommendations for qualified individuals or organizations, please send us the contact information at
</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:cgrs-expertdb@uchastings.edu" target="_blank">cgrs-expertdb@uchastings.edu</a><span style="color:black"> and we would be happy to reach out directly.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">CGRS’s Expert Witness Database offers advocates a searchable repository of qualified country specialists and health professionals who serve as expert
witnesses to support asylum seekers in the United States. It is available free of charge to all advocates dedicated to promoting the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers.
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcgrs.uchastings.edu%2Fregister&data=05%7C01%7Clasa%40pitt.edu%7Ccafd8deefbdf4f66df4c08db1b732300%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C638133953564626177%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AXx1LCbwNWVedP9byCSG7CAWF8pFoLX8jJl9SlDQMuY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">Please
consider joining CGRS’s Expert Database</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black">.</span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:black">With gratitude,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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