Monday, September 23, 2019
Obstacles, Setbacks and Challenges for the Advancement of Human Rights in Guatemala

Obstacles, Setbacks and Challenges for the Advancement of Human Rights in Guatemala

Monday, September 23, 2019

Participants: Asociación para el Estudio y la Promoción de la Seguridad en Democracia (SEDEM).Centro de Análisis Forense y Ciencias Aplicadas (CAFCA).Centro de Internación para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (CIIDH).Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH).Convergencia por los Derechos Humanos.Equipo de Estudios Comunitarios y Acción Social (ECAP).State of Guatemala.Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales y Sociales (INECIP).Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala (ODHAG).Unidad de Protección de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (UDEFEGUA).Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas (UNAMG)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Due Process and Judicial Independence in Trinidad and Tobago

Due Process and Judicial Independence in Trinidad and Tobago

Monday, September 23, 2019

Participants: State of Trinidad and Tobago.International Human Rights Clinic Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies (UWI)

Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary


Human Rights of Transexual and Transgender Persons in Bolivia

Human Rights of Transexual and Transgender Persons in Bolivia

Monday, September 23, 2019

Participants: Colectivo traviesas Santa Cruz . IGUAL.Asociación de personas transgenero de la paz (APTGLP).Colectivo TLGB Villa 1ro de mayo.Colectivo traviesas LGTB .State of Bolivia.Organización de Mujeres Trans Cochabamba.Organización Mujeres Trans Tarija.Organización O.T.N. -B trans La Paz.Unión de travesti, transgenero y transexuales de Santa Cruz

Topics: Rights of Persons LGBTI


Violence and Security in the Context of the Social Protests in Haiti

Violence and Security in the Context of the Social Protests in Haiti

Monday, September 23, 2019

Participants: Bureau des Avocats Internationaux.State of Haiti.Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression.Citizen Security


Human Rights Situation in Haiti

Human Rights Situation in Haiti

Monday, September 23, 2019

Participants: Lof Campo Maripe, Argentina.Ensemble des Citoyens Compétents à la Recherche l’Egalité des Droits de l’Homme (ECCREDH).State of Haiti.Ligue Culturelle Haitienne Pour Les Droits Humains (LCHDH).Samuel Daris.Samuel Saint Preux

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Serious Human Rights Violations in Cuba

Serious Human Rights Violations in Cuba

Monday, September 23, 2019

Participants: Asociación Pro Libertad de Prensa (APLP) y los medios alternativos de la prensa independiente cubana: La Hora de Cuba.Centro de Información Legal “Cubalex” .CUBANET.Diario de Cuba .State of Cuba.Instituto Cubano para la Libertad de Expresión y Prensa (ICLEP).Instituto sobre Raza, Igualdad y Derechos Humanos

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Reparation for Slavery and Other Forms of Structural Racial Discrimination in the United States

Reparation for Slavery and Other Forms of Structural Racial Discrimination in the United States

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Participants: State of the United States.Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law (TMCRC)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment


Protección a las comunidades indígenas, NNA y personas defensoras de DDHH afectadas por la contaminación ambiental en Perú

Protección a las comunidades indígenas, NNA y personas defensoras de DDHH afectadas por la contaminación ambiental en Perú

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Participants: Asociación Cocama de Desarrollo y Conservación San Pablo de Tipishca (ACODECOSPAT) .Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Práctica (CAAAP).Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru.State of Peru.Federación de Comunidades Nativas de la Cuenca del río Corrientes (FECONACOR) .Federación Indígena Quechua del Pastaza (FEDIQUEP).Organización de los Pueblos Indígenas Kichwas Amazónicos de la Frontera Perú Ecuador (OPIKAFPE).OXFAM International.Perú Equidad

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights.Human Rights Defenders


Human Rights Situation of Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees in Peru

Human Rights Situation of Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees in Peru

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB).Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru.State of Peru

Topics: Rights of Migrants and their Families


Legal, Political and Administrative Barriers to Migrant Mobility in the Americas

Legal, Political and Administrative Barriers to Migrant Mobility in the Americas

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Participants: Centro Mexicano Pro Bono, México. Fundación Morgan & Morgan. Fundación Pro Bono, Venezuela .Alianza Pro Bono, Perú.Centro de Información Legal “Cubalex” .CIDSEP, Paraguay.Comisión Pro Bono Buenos Aires, Argentina.Comisión Pro Bono Colegio de Abogados, Costa Rica.Firma de abogados Ferrere, Bolivia.Fundación Appleseed México.Fundación Fabián Ponce Ordoñez, Ecuador.Fundación Pro Bono Venezuela (ProVene).Fundación Pro Bono, Colombia.Fundación Pro Bono, Guatemala.Ignacio Obando Erbs.Red Pro Bono de las Américas

Topics: Rights of Migrants and their Families


Limitations on Access to Asylum and Refuge in the United States for Citizens of the Northern Triangle Countries

Limitations on Access to Asylum and Refuge in the United States for Citizens of the Northern Triangle Countries

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Participants: International-Lawyers.Org (INTLawyers).State of the United States.The Department of Law of the University of Makeni (UNIMAK), Sierra Leone (Study on Asylum processes in the United States and human rights).The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Educations and Legal Services RAICES

Topics: Rights of Migrants and their Families


Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada (Ex Officio)

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada (Ex Officio)

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Participants: Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA).State of Canada.Indigenous Governance Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario.Jeremy Matson.Native Women´s Association of Canada (NWAC) .Quebec Native Women

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Children.Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Case of Russell Bucklew v. United States on death penalty

Case of Russell Bucklew v. United States on death penalty

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Participants: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU).State of the United States

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty


Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Defense, National Security Doctrine and Violations of the Human Rights of Citizens and Human Rights Defenders in Venezuela

Defense, National Security Doctrine and Violations of the Human Rights of Citizens and Human Rights Defenders in Venezuela

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Participants: Centro Para Los Defensores Y La Justicia (CDJ).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC).State of Venezuela.Front Line Defenders (FLD).Observatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social .Organización Mundial contra la Tortura (OMCT).Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas

Topics: Human Rights Defenders.Citizen Security


Climate Change and Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights of Women, Children, Indigenous Peoples and Rural CommunitiesClimate Change and Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Right

Climate Change and Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights of Women, Children, Indigenous Peoples and Rural CommunitiesClimate Change and Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Right

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Participants: Alianza Hondureña ante el Cambio Climático (AHCC) .Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) .Associacão de Jovens Engajamundo (ENGAJAMUNDO) .Associação Direitos Humanos em Rede Conectas Direitos Humanos.Centro de Estudios de Derechos Justicia y Sociedad (DeJusticia).Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS).Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA).EarthRights International (ERI) .Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente (FIMA).Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN).Fundación Pachamama.Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF).Fundación para el Desarrollo de Políticas Sustentables (FUNDEPS).Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL).La Ruta del Clima

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights


Implementation of Protective Precautionary Measures in Favor of Independent Journalists in Nicaragua

Implementation of Protective Precautionary Measures in Favor of Independent Journalists in Nicaragua

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Participants: Canal 100% Noticias .Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios.State of Nicaragua.The International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression.Precautionary Measures


Persecution, Repression, Criminalization and Judicialization of the Peasant and Forcibly Displaced Population of Nicaragua

Persecution, Repression, Criminalization and Judicialization of the Peasant and Forcibly Displaced Population of Nicaragua

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Participants: Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Nicaragua Nunca +.Acción Penal (AC).State of Nicaragua.Fundación para el Debido Proceso (DPLF).Movimiento Campesino (MC )

Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights.Forced Displacement.Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment


Violencia y Seguridad en el contexto de las protestas sociales en Honduras

Violencia y Seguridad en el contexto de las protestas sociales en Honduras

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Participants: Amnesty International.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Coalición contra la Impunidad.State of Honduras.Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (IM Defensoras)

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression.Citizen Security.Impact of violence and armed conflicts


Political Persecution in Venezuela

Political Persecution in Venezuela

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Participants: Acceso a la Justicia.Centro de Justicia y Paz (Cepaz).CIVILIS Derechos Humanos.Defiende Venezuela.State of Venezuela.Programa Venezolano de Educación–Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA)

Topics: Political Rights


Thursday, September 26, 2019
Truth, Justice and Reparation for Crimes Against Humanity in Ecuador

Truth, Justice and Reparation for Crimes Against Humanity in Ecuador

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Participants: Christian Alexander Paula Aguirre .Comité de Víctimas y Familiares de Delitos de Lesa Humanidad y Graves Violaciones de Derechos Humanos del Ecuador.Fundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos (INREDH)

Topics: Most serious crimes under International Criminal Law.Memory, Truth and Justice


Judicial Independence and the Role of the Transitory Citizen Participation and Social Control Council in Ecuador

Judicial Independence and the Role of the Transitory Citizen Participation and Social Control Council in Ecuador

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Participants: State of Ecuador.Fundación Ciudadanía y Desarrollo.Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF)

Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary


Reports of Violations of the Human Rights of Migrant Children in Central America, Mexico and United States

Reports of Violations of the Human Rights of Migrant Children in Central America, Mexico and United States

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Participants: Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales (ICEFI). Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migración (IMUMI) .Aldeas Infantiles SOS.Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Matías de Córdova.Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDH) .Coordinadora de Instituciones Privadas Pro las Niñas, Niños, Adolescentes, Jóvenes y sus Derechos (COIPRODEN).Coordinadora Institucional de Promoción por los Derechos de la Niñez (CIPRODENI).Fundación Cristosal.International Detention Coalition .Kids in Need of Defense, United States.Red para la Infancia y la Adolescencia de El Salvador.Red por los Derechos de la Infancia en México (REDIM)

Topics: Rights of Children.Rights of Migrants and their Families


Right to Truth and Historical Impunity in the Context of the Internal Armed Conflict in El Salvador

Right to Truth and Historical Impunity in the Context of the Internal Armed Conflict in El Salvador

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Participants: Asociación de Derechos HumanosTutela Legal “María Julia Hernández”.Asociación de Mujeres por la Dignidad y la Vida de El Salvador (Las Dignas).Asociación de Víctimas y Sobrevivientes del conflicto armado (AVISCAES).Asociación Febe Elizabeth Velásquez (ASOFEBE).Centro para la Promoción de los Derechos Humanos “Madeleine Lagadec” (CPDH).Comisión de Derechos Humanos de El Salvador (CDHES).Comité de ex Presos y Presas Políticos de El Salvador (COPPES).Comite de Familiares de Victimas de las Violaciones de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador "Marianella Garcia Villas" (CODEFAM).Comité de Madres de Reos y Desaparecidos Políticos de El Salvador “Monseñor Romero” (COMADRES).Comité de Madres y Familiares Cristianos de Presos, Desaparecidos y Asesinados Padre Octavo Ortiz (COMAFAC).Concertación Monseñor Romero.State of El Salvador.Fundación Comunicándonos .Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD).Instituto de Estudios de la Mujer "Norma Virginia Guirola de Herrera" (CEMUJER) .Universidad de El Salvador (UES)

Topics: Impact of violence and armed conflicts.Memory, Truth and Justice


Threats Against and Murders of Social Leaders in Colombia

Threats Against and Murders of Social Leaders in Colombia

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Participants: Alberto Brunori.Asociación Minga.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).Colectivo Socio-jurídico Orlando Fals Borda.Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP).Comité de Solidaridad con Presos Políticos (CSPP).Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES).Coordinación Colombia-Europa-Estados Unidos (CEEU).Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL).Corporación Jurídica Yira Castro.Corporación REINICIAR.Corporación Sisma Mujer.State of Colombia.Fundación Nydia Erika Bautista para los Derechos Humanos (FNEB) .Humanidad Vigente.Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres por la Solución Negociada del Conflicto Armado

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Collective Reincorporation Processes in the Peace Accords in Colombia

Collective Reincorporation Processes in the Peace Accords in Colombia

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Participants: Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (CPDH).State of Colombia.Fundación por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos y el DIH, del Oriente y Centro de Colombia (DHOC)

Topics: Memory, Truth and Justice


Judicial protection of victims of terrorist acts inspired by hate speech

Judicial protection of victims of terrorist acts inspired by hate speech

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Participants: Anti-Defamation League (ADL).Article 19-México.State of Mexico

Topics: Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


Friday, September 27, 2019
Case 13.377 of Silvia Elena Rivera and Others vs. Mexico on the missing and murdered girls and young women in Ciudad Juárez

Case 13.377 of Silvia Elena Rivera and Others vs. Mexico on the missing and murdered girls and young women in Ciudad Juárez

Friday, September 27, 2019

Participants: Irma Pérez. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.Centro para el Desarrollo Integral de la Mujer (CEDIMAC).State of Mexico.Julia Caldera de Chávez.Paula Flores Bonilla.Ramona Morales Huerta.Red Ciudadana de No Violencia y Dignidad Humana

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Children.Petitions and Cases


Misuse of Criminal Justice Systems to Retaliate Against Environmental Human Rights Defenders

Misuse of Criminal Justice Systems to Retaliate Against Environmental Human Rights Defenders

Friday, September 27, 2019

Participants: Corporación de Gestión y Derecho Ambiental Ecolex . Ignacio J. Alvarez. Instituto de Derechos Ambiental A.C.. James L. Cavallaro. S. James Anaya.350.org.Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua (ADA).Alianza Territorial Mapuche (ATM).Amazon Watch .Asamblea Ciudadana Ambiental de Gualeguaychú.Asamblea de Chilecito.Asamblea el Algarrobo.Center for International and Environmental Law.Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente (CEDHA).Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA).Centro por la Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua (CEJUDHCAN).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Chile Sustentable .Confederación de Mapuches Argentina.Coordinadora Ecuatoriana de Defensa de la Naturaleza y el Medio Ambiente (CEDENMA).Dinah Shelton.EarthRights International (ERI) .Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW).Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente (FIMA).Former Commissioner and President of the Commission Juan Mendez .Foro de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales Internacionales en Guatemala (FONGI) .Front Line Defenders (FLD).Global Witness.Not1More (N1M).Peace Brigades International .Plataforma Internacional Contra la Impunidad.United Nations Special Rapporteurship on human rights and the environment

Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights.Human Rights Defenders.Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees.Environment


Social Participation and Control in Human Rights Policies in Brazil

Social Participation and Control in Human Rights Policies in Brazil

Friday, September 27, 2019

Participants: Associação Brasileira de Lésbicas, Gays, Bissexuais, Travestis e Transexuais (ABGLT). Central de Cooperativas Unisol Brasil . Conselho Indigenista Missionário (CIMI).Articulação para o Monitoramento dos Direitos Humanos no Brasil .Associação Direitos Humanos em Rede Conectas Direitos Humanos.Defensoría Pública de la Unión de Brasil (DPU).State of Brazil.Justiça Global.Movimento Nacional de Direitos Humanos (MNDH).Movimiento dos Atingidos por Barragens .Relatoría Nacional do Direito a Saude Sexual e Reprodutiva (Plataforma Dhesca Brasil).Terra de Direitos.União Nacional das Organizações Cooperativistas Solidárias (UNICOPAS)

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression.Human Rights Defenders


Fight Against Torture in Brazil

Fight Against Torture in Brazil

Friday, September 27, 2019

Participants: Mecanismo Estadual de Prevenção e Combate à Tortura do Rio de Janeiro, Paraíba, Pernambuco e Rondônia (MEPCT/RJ), (MEPCT/PB), (MEPCT/PE), (MEPCT/RO).Associação de Prevenção à Tortura (APT) .Associação Direitos Humanos em Rede Conectas Direitos Humanos.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Defensoría Pública de la Unión de Brasil (DPU).State of Brazil.Gabinete de Assessoria Jurídica às Organizações Populares (GAJOP), .Justiça Global.Mecanismo Nacional de Prevenção e Combate à Tortura (MNPCT).Sociedade Maranhense de Direitos Humanos

Topics: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment


Environmental Protection in the Amazon and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil (EX OFFICIO)

Environmental Protection in the Amazon and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil (EX OFFICIO)

Friday, September 27, 2019

Participants: Conselho Indigenista Missionário (CIMI). Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia (COIAB).Instituto Socioambiental (ISA).Amazon Watch .Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB).Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA).Associação dos Povos Indigenas do Brasil.Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente (CEDHA).Defensoría Pública de la Unión de Brasil (DPU).State of Brazil.Fórum Teles Pires.Indian Law Resource Center.Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD) .International Rivers.Justiça Global.Movimento Xingu Vivo para Sempre.Operação Amazônia Nativa

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights


Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Argentina

Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Argentina

Friday, September 27, 2019

Participants: Abogados y abogadas del Noroeste argentino en Derechos Humanos y Estudios Sociales (ANDHES) .Colectivo de Derechos de Infancia y Adolescencia - Argentina.Comité Argentino de Seguimiento y Aplicación de la Convención Internacional sobre los Derechos del Niño (CASACIDN).Comite de America Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM).State of Argentina.Red Latinoamericana y Caribeña por la Defensa de los Derechos de los Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes (REDLAMYC)

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Children


Migration and Asylum in Mexico

Migration and Asylum in Mexico

Friday, September 27, 2019

Participants: Al Otro Lado .Albergue La 72 – Hogar Refugio para Personas Migrantes en Tenosique, Tabasco.Alma Migrante.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Colectivo de Observación y Monitoreo de Derechos Humanos en el Sureste Mexicano.Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH).State of Mexico.Families Belong Together.Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos "Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos" (REDTDT).Red Zona Norte de Casas y Centros de Derechos Humanos para Migrantes Red Jesuita con Migrantes México

Topics: Rights of Migrants and their Families