108 Period of Sessions

Case 12.132 - Ernestina y Erlinda Serrano Cruz, El Salvador

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Asociación Pro-Búsqueda de Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos a Consecuencia del Conflicto Armado (Pro-Búsqueda).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of El Salvador

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.690 - Giraldo Cardona et al., Colombia

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP).State of Colombia

Topics: Petitions and Cases.Human Rights Defenders


Case 12.195 – Mario Alberto Jara Oñate (“Carabineros 2”) and 12.281 - Gilda Rosario Pizarro Jiménez (“Carabineros 5”), Chile

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Chile

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.232 – María Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Chile

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Chile

Topics: Petitions and Cases


12.219 – Christian Daniel Sahli Vera et al., Chile

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Chile

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.249 – Jorge Odir Miranda Cortez et al., El Salvador

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: State of El Salvador.Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD)

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Cases of Friendly Settlement: 11.607 – Víctor Hugo Maciel; 11.666 – Correccional “Panchito López” and 11.713 – Comunidad indígena Enxet Lamenxay, Chile

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Paraguay

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.032 – Ricardo Canese, Paraguay

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Paraguay

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Child Prostitution in Costa Rica

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Casa Alianza.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Topics: Rights of Children


Case 12.266 - Testimonio sobre la masacre de El Aro, Colombia (Private Hearing; Confidential Testimony)

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)

Topics: Petitions and Cases.Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment


Human Rights Situation in Colombia

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 11.748 – Pueblo Bello, Colombia

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).State of Colombia

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Situation of Administration of Justice in El Salvador

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroamericana (IDHUCA)


Case 11.873 – Jesús Alberto Vasco, Venezuela

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: State of Venezuela.Humanidad Vigente

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Cases 12.250 – Mapiripán and 10.738 Palacio de Justicia, Colombia

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).State of Colombia

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.227 – Unión Patriótica, Colombia

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).State of Colombia.REINICIAR

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Follow up to Reports on Merits and Friendly Settlement, Colombia

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).State of Colombia

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.141 - Villatina, Colombia

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).State of Colombia

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Human Rights Situation in Chiapas, Mexico

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (FRAYBA).Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos "Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos" (REDTDT)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 12.130 – Miguel Orlando Muñoz Guzmán, Mexico

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH).State of Mexico

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Human Rights Situation of Rural Landowners in Venezuela

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Federación Nacional de Ganaderos de Venezuela

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Human Rights Situation in Cuba

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Comité Cubano Pro Derechos Humanos.Lázaro González Valdéz

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Human Rights Situation in Cuba

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Claudio Benedí.Junta Patriótica Cubana

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 11.802 - Ramón Hernández Berrios et al. (Comayagua), Honduras

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Casa Alianza.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Honduras

Topics: Rights of Children.Petitions and Cases


Case 11.491 - Minors detained in jails for adults, Honduras

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Casa Alianza.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Honduras

Topics: Rights of Children.Petitions and Cases


Case 12.228 – Alfonso Martín Del Campo Dodd, Mexico

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Mexico.Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights

Topics: Petitions and Cases


General Situation of Children Living in the Streets and in At-Risk Situations in Mexico and Central America

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Participants: Casa Alianza.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Topics: Rights of Children


Human Rights Situation in Guyana

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: Kamau Cush.Movement for Economic Empowerment

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Follow up on Report 30/97 - Gustavo Carranza, Argentina

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Argentina

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.204 - Asociación Mutual Israelita AMIA, Argentina

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Argentina

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.312 - Emilio Ted Pop, Guatemala

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: State of Guatemala.International Human Rights Law Group

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Situation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Guatemala

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: Coordinadora por los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights


Case 10.606 - Samuel de la Cruz; 11.275 - Francisco Guarcas Cipriano and 11.435 - José Sucunú Panjoj, Guatemala

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Consejo de Comunidades Etnicas Runujel Jumán.State of Guatemala

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Cases 11.544; 11.554; 11.677; 11.681; 12.101; 12.199, Guatemala

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: Casa Alianza.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Guatemala

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.670 - Menéndez Caride et.al., Argentina

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Sergio Bobrovsky

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.243 - Juan Raúl Garza, United States

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: State of the United States.Hugh Southey.Tooks Chambers

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Human Rights Situation in Puerto Rico

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico.State of the United States.Manuel Rivera

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Friendly Settlements in Cases: 11.421; 11.439; 11.445; 11.446; 11.512; 11.584; 11.605; 11.626; 11.779; 11.783 and 11.991, Ecuador

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: César Duque.Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos (CEDHU).State of Ecuador

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Friendly Settlement in Cases: 11.993; 11.994 and 12.008, Brazil

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: State of Brazil.Isabel Ricupero

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.094 – Aboriginal Community of Lahka Honhat (Wichis), Argentina

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Argentina

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Petitions and Cases


Case 11.516 – Ovelario Tames and the General Situation of Indigenous People in Brazil

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Brazil

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Petitions and Cases


Follow up on report 55/97 - Juan Carlos Abella et.al. "La Tablada", Argentina

Thursday, October 12, 2000

Participants: State of Argentina.Martha Fernández de Burgos

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.790 - Elva Greta Mineya Calle, Peru

Friday, October 13, 2000

Participants: State of Peru.FEDEPAZ

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.286 - Fabián Salazar Olivares, Peru

Friday, October 13, 2000

Participants: Ana Elena Townsend Diez Canseco .Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Peru.Guillermo González Arica

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Peru

Friday, October 13, 2000

Participants: Jorge Salazar Cussianovich

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Cases 11.830 and 12.038, Peru

Friday, October 13, 2000

Participants: Colegio de Abogados de Lima.State of Peru

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Human Rights Situation in Peru

Friday, October 13, 2000

Participants: Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru.Sofía Macher

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 11.876 - Lori Berenson, Peru

Friday, October 13, 2000

Participants: State of Peru.Ramsey Clark

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Conditions of Detention in Peru

Friday, October 13, 2000

Participants: Fundación Ecuménica para el Desarrollo y la Paz (FEDEPAZ).Iván Bazán Chacón

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty


Case 11.550 –Xamán Massacre, Guatemala

Friday, October 13, 2000

Participants: Eduardo Salerno.State of Guatemala.Fundación Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Petitions and Cases.Transitional Justice


106 Period of Sessions

Follow up on the Report 55/97 (Case 11.137 – “La Tablada” Juan Carlos Abella et al.), Argentina

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: State of Argentina.Martha Fernández de Burgos

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Situation of Persons in Mental Health Institutions in Mexico

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: Eric Rosenthal.Mental Disability Rights International

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty


Case 11.710 - Corriente de Renovación Socialista and Case 11.026 - Chaparro Nivia e Hincapié Galeano, Colombia

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).State of Colombia

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Human Rights Situation in Colombia

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).Comité H.A.G..State of Colombia

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 12.050 - La Granja (Ituango), Colombia

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: Comité H.A.G..State of Colombia

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.054 - María and Salvador Chiriboga, Ecuador

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: Alejandro Ponce.State of Ecuador

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Follow-up on Friendly Settlement cases and on Recommendations, Ecuador

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: State of Ecuador.International Human Rights Law Group

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.478 - Juan Clímaco Cuéllar et al., Ecuador

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: State of Ecuador.Judith Salgado

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.117 - Santos Soto Ramírez and Sergio Cerón Hernández, Mexico

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: Bufete Jurídico "Tierra y Libertad".State of Mexico

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Human Rights Situation in Mexico

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH).Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 11.603 - 19 comerciantes, Colombia

Thursday, March 2, 2000

Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).State of Colombia

Topics: Petitions and Cases


General Situation of Democratic Institutions in the Andean Region

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Comisión Andina de Juristas.Diego García Sayán


Human Rights Situation in Guatemala

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Alianza contra la impunidad.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Human Rights Situation in Guatemala

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: State of Guatemala

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 11.420 - Aldea de las Dos Erres, Guatemala

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Guatemala

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.199 - Marcos Fidel Quisquinay , Guatemala

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Guatemala

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Human Rights Situation in Cuba

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Claudio Benedí

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 11.227 – Unión Patriótica, Colombia

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: State of Colombia.REINICIAR

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.068 - Eleazar Ramón Mavares, Venezuela

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC).State of Venezuela

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.699 - Víctor Jesús Arangurez etal. “Retén de Catia”, Venezuela

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC).State of Venezuela

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Human Rights Situation during the Natural Disaster in Venezuela

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC).Programa Venezolano de Educación–Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Human Rights Situation in Nicaragua

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: International Human Rights Law Group

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Dissapearances of persons during the 1980s

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Comite para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Honduras (CODEH).State of Honduras

Topics: Forced Displacement


Follow-up to Report 41/00 (Case 11.491 - Children detained in jails for adults), Honduras

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Casa Alianza.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Honduras

Topics: Rights of Children.Petitions and Cases


Case 10.636 - Myrna Mack Chang, Guatemala

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: State of Guatemala.Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights

Topics: Petitions and Cases.Human Rights Defenders


Sexual Exploitiation of Children in Costa Rica

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Bruce Harris.Casa Alianza

Topics: Rights of Children


Human Rights Situation in Honduras

Friday, March 3, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comite para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Honduras (CODEH)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 12.189 - Dilcia Jean y Violeta Bosico, Dominican Republic

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Dominican Republic.University of Berkeley

Topics: Rights of Children.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Petitions and Cases


Situation of Children who Dissapeared during the Armed Conflict in El Salvador

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Asociación Pro-Búsqueda de Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos a Consecuencia del Conflicto Armado (Pro-Búsqueda).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Topics: Rights of Children.Impact of violence and armed conflicts


Follow up on the Report 33/97 (Case 11.405 Newton Coutinho Mendes), Brazil

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.566 - Favela Nova Brasilia, Brazil

Monday, March 6, 2000


Situation of the Prison System in the Region

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH).Fundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos (INREDH).María Judith Salgdo

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty


Human Rights Situation in Perú

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru.Sofía Macher

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 12.085 – Ana Elena Townsend, Peru

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Ana Elena Townsend Diez Canseco .State of Peru

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Situation of Peruvian Retired Citizens

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Centro de Asesoría Laboral de Perú (CEDAL).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Peru.Javier Mujica Petit

Topics: Labor and Workers' Rights


Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Peru

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Asociación Prensa Libre

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Case 11.045 - La Cantuta, Peru

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Asociación Nacional Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Peru

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.041 - Marina Machaca, Peru

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comite de America Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM).State of Peru

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.104 – Alejandro Briceño Contreras, Peru

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Asociación Nacional Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH).State of Peru

Topics: Petitions and Cases