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Alvaro Herrero
International Open Justice Network (Red Internacional de Justicia Abierta)
Executive Director
Biography
Álvaro Herrero is Executive Director of the International Open Justice Network (RIJA), where he advances open justice as a regional and international reform agenda. He brings more than 20 years of experience in justice reform, the rule of law, open government and public sector innovation.
Through RIJA, he connects judiciaries, civil society, academia and international organisations to shape reform priorities and translate knowledge into institutional change across Latin America and other regions. In 2025, he led the organisation of the First International Open Justice Conference in Santo Domingo, co-hosted by RIJA and the Dominican Republic’s judiciary, bringing together key actors to strengthen the international open justice community and advance a shared reform agenda.
Herrero has worked on justice and institutional reform initiatives in more than 20 countries, including engagements with the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and USAID. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the World Bank’s Working Group on Accountability Institutions.
An author and editor of publications on open justice, open government and public innovation, he connects research with the challenges facing justice institutions. His work promotes transparency, participation and accountability as foundations for judicial independence, public trust and people-centred justice, generating knowledge and policy options that support institutional innovation and expand access to justice.
He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Oxford, a master’s degree from Georgetown University and a law degree from the National University of La Plata. He was also a Fulbright Fellow at Georgetown University.
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