
The organization’s direction corresponds to Dr. Roberto Yglesias Mora, who combines this seat with his legal practice, and his academic duties as a professor at the Universidad de Costa Rica.
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Spanish and English (full command)
Italian (basic comprehension)
Elementary School: |
Anglo American School. San José, Costa Rica |
High School: |
Colegio La Salle. San José, Costa Rica. |
College: |
Universidad de Costa Rica, Law Faculty. Graduated as Attorney at Law and Notary Public in 1977. |
Graduate School Studies: |
Human Rights Institute- Rene Cassin Center, Strasburg, France. 1979. |
1) Arbitration, Negotiation, and Conciliation Seminar diploma, by the Arbitration and Conciliation Centers of Bogota’s Chamber of Commerce (Colombia), and Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce, 1996. C.R.
2) Intelectual Property Arbitration Course diploma, by SIECA, C.R. 1998.
3) UNCITRAL’s Model Law/ Act and its Fundamental Principles Seminar diploma, by Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce, 1999.
4) ILANUD Mediation Training Course diploma, by Argentina’s Libra Foundation and Chamber of Commerce, C.R. 1997.
5) Family Disputes Alternate Conflict Resolution Workshop diploma as expositor, by the Bar Association, C.R., 1995.
6) Alternate Controversy Solution Methods Program certificate by Bogota’s Chamber of Commerce, C.R., 1998.
7) Visitation to Bogota’s and Medellin’s Arbitration and Mediation Centers as Costa Rica’s Bar Association and Judicial Branch Inter institutional RAC Commission member, Colombia, 1993
8) Extra judicial Conflict Resolution/ Mediation and Arbitration Seminar and Workshop Certificate, by Costa Rica’s Bar Association, C.R., 1994.
9) Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce’s Arbitration and Conciliation Center’s Seminar on #7727 Law and its Executive Dispositions certificate, C.R., 1998.
10) II National RAC Congress on Justice Administration, by the Supreme Court of Justice’s CONAMAJ Program diploma, C.R., 1995.
11) Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce Certificate as credited Arbitrator, Secretary of Justice Authorization #9800300. 1999.
12) Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce Certificate as credited Conciliator, Secretary of Justice Authorization #9800300. 1999.
13) Supreme Court of Justice’s RAC Program, Conference Cicle on RAC certificate, C.R., 1994.
14) Costa Rican Bar Association’s Academic Directive Board certificate as expositor on Alternate Justice Seminar and Workshop, C.R., 1995.
15) XXXIII Conference of the Arbitration Law International Committee of the Interamerican Bar Federation, held in Rio de Janeiro diploma, Brazil, 1997.
16) Costa Rican Bar Association Seminar on “Conflict, its resolution modes, and the arbitrator’s, mediator’s, and conciliator’s profile” certificate, C.R., 1994.
17) Costa Rican- American Chamber of Commerce Internacional Arbitration and Conciliation Center (CICA AMCHAM) authorization certificate as conciliator, C.R., 2001.
18) 17) Costa Rican- American Chamber of Commerce Internacional Arbitration and Conciliation Center (CICA AMCHAM) authorization certificate as arbitrator, C.R., 2001.
19) “The arbitral ruling and its fundaments” conference certificate, by the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Conciliation Center, C.R., 2000.
20) Commercial Arbitration in Costa Rica course certificate, bi the Costa Rican Chamber of Comerse, C.R., 2000.
21) Negotiation Workshop certificate, by the Academic Board of the Costa Rican Bar Association, C.R., 2001.
22) Authorization Certificate as active law arbitrator for the Federate Engineers’ and Architects’ Bar Association’s (CFIA) Arbitration, Negotiation, and Conciliation Center
23) Mediation theorical/ practical course approval certificate by ULASALLE-Cemedco, C.R., 2002.
24) CFIA Workshop in the Arbitration Process, C.R., 2001.
25) Authorized arbitrator at the CEMEDAR Conflict Resolution Center.
26) Salamanca University’s Graduate School in International Private Law diploma, Spain, 2003.
27) Strasburg University, Rene Cassin Center’s Graduate School in Human Rights certificate.
28) Property Rights Conference Expositor, Costa Rican Bar Association, C.R., 1980.
29) National Juridical Congress organizer, Costa Rican Bar Association, C.R., 1983.
30) CFIA Material Quality Control Seminar, certificate, C.R., 1987.
31) XXXI Interamerican Bar Federation Conference certificate, Puerto Rico, 1994.
32) Latin American Science and Technology University Seminar on the Tourism Incentives Law diploma, C.R. 1991.
33) II International Economical Law International Congress, Costa Rican Bar Association. C.R., 1993.
34) XXXIII Interamerican Bar Conference held in Rio de Janeiro, certificate, Brazil, 1997.
35) Expositor on State Reform in the XI National Juridical Congress on State Reform, globalization and social democracy State, Costa Rican Bar Association, C.R., 1995.
36) Civil Code’s Centennial Celebration Activities, Supreme Court of Justice’s Judicial School, certificate, C.R., 1987.
37) II World Congress on Agrarian Law, certificate, C.R., 1992.
38) First National Lawyer and Notary Public’s Congress by the Costa Rican Bar Association certificate, C.R. 1998.
39) X National Juridical Congress by the Costa Rican Bar Association certificate, C.R. 1989.
40) National Agrarian Law Congress certificate, C.R., 1981.
41) IX National Juridical Congress by the Costa Rican Bar Association certificate, C.R., 1987.
42) Seminar on the new Condominium Property Law by the Law Faculty of UCR, certificate as expositor, C.R., 2000.
43) Modernization of Agrarian and Environmental Law Seminar by the Costa Rican Bar Association certificate, C.R., 1996.
44) Expositor in Juridical Security of Real Estate Traffic conference, at the Costa Rican Real Estate Agents’ Chamber, C.R., 2002.
45) Project for Customs related law, by CINDE certificate, C.R., 1990.
46) Constitutional Justice Seminar by the Supreme Court of Justice certificate, C.R., 1994.
47) Agrarian Law Seminar by UACA certificate, C.R., 1993.
48) Law firms’ Management workshop, by the Costa Rican Bar Association, certificate, C.R., 2002.
49) XXXII Interamerican Bar Federation Conference in Quito certificate, Ecuador, 1995.
50) Teaching certificate from the Judicial School in the II Agrarian Law Course, C.R., 1990.
51) First International Congress on Compared International Agrarian Law, C.R., 1982.
52) Justice Administration Modernization Strategies workshop certificate, C.R., 1991.
53) Constitutional Justice Seminar by the Supreme Court of Justice certificate, C.R., 1992.
54) Notification System Modernization workshop certificate by the Supreme Court of Justice, C.R., 1994.
55) II Regional Juridical Associations Congress by the Costa Rican Bar Association, C.R., 1995.
56) International Commerce Law Seminar certificate by CINDE, C.R., 1990.
57) VII Preventive Law Interamerican Seminar in Rio de Janeiro certificate, Brasil, 1997.
58) Recognition Certificate for 25 years of Professional Exercise (legal practice) by the Costa Rican bar Association, C.R., 2002.
59) Cooperative Studies Diploma by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain,1978.
60) Ph. D. on Civil Law with emphasis in Real Property Rights by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 1980.
61) Expositor in the Costa Rican Bar Association’s Conference cicle on Property, Property vindication and defense, and juridical securities and guarantees, C.R., 2004.
63) Member of the new RAC Law project’s writing commission, chapter of Commerce Arbitration.
1980-2005. Permanent Seat as Professor of the Property Rights Studies class at the Universidad de Costa Rica’s Law Faculty.
1992- 1994. Costa Rican Bar Association Vice President.
Member of the Judicial School’s evaluation committee for Agrarian Law Judges, and Substitute Superior Agrarian Judge.
Inter-American Bar member.
Author of numerous publications and articles on Real Property, Civil Law and Arbitration Proceedings. Coauthor of Condominium Property Regulation Act in Costa Rica: Experiences and specific problems. UCR’s Juridical Investigations Institute, 2001, as well as other specialized volumes.
Active arbitrator and conciliator specialized in Real Property disputes, in the Alternative Dispute resolution Center of the Costa Rican Commerce Chamber; the International Conciliation and Arbitration Center of the Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce; the Agrarian Chamber; the Engineers and Architects Federate Bar; and the private arbitration chamber CEMEDAR.
Costa Rican Bar Association’s Institutional Center for RAC Creation Committee Coordinator.
Real Property and Arbitration Proceedings expositor for numerous Seminars and courses.
Pre condominium property. UCR’s Juridical Investigations Institute, San José, 1996.
Good faith presumption in possession by a non lawful owner. Iustitia Magazine, No. 19.
Acquisition from a non lawful owner. Iustitia Magazine. No. 17.
Civil Code’s 455 Article’s Range. Iustitia Magazine No. 63.
Real Property and Agrarian Law. Iustitia Magazine No. 70.
Comments on RAC, Iustitia Magazine No. 92.
Ecological Function of Property. Iustitia Magazine No. 100.
Real Property Rights Collision: Real Estate fraudulent transactions. Iustitia Magazine No. 120.
The Pre arbitration phase. Mexicana Arbitration Magazine, 2005 and Law Faculty’s Magazine, 2005





