Current legislation framing the military justice system in Latin America contains the normative regulations of the armed forces.

Gaining access to this information is one of the challenges to civilian control and military autonomy given that the internal rules and the implications and characteristics of the military justice system are virtually unknown to civilians in different countries, mainly due to the lack of access to information on the subject.

RESDAL has taken on the task of collecting, systematising and organising data on the subject. As a result, the first material product has been produced, presented in the publication “Justicia Militar: entre la reforma y la permanencia”, (Military Justice: between reform and continuance), compiled by Juan Rial.

RESDAL has developed a methodology for institutional analysis of the Ministry of Defense, given the central role they occupy in the political and democratic management of defense matters.

It is a tool that helps in the attainment of a diagnosis of the institution, as well as recommendations for the short and long term. In turn, it allows the reader to analyse whether the characteristics of the institution help or hinders the political leadership of the area.