140 Period of Sessions

Press Conference on the Case Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan, United States

Friday, October 22, 2010

Topics: Press Conferences.Compliance with the Decisions of the Inter-American System.Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


Human Rights Situation in Chile

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Clínica de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Diego Portales.State of Chile

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression, Assembly, Association, and Movement in Canada

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Clinique internationale de défense des droits humanains de l'Université du Quéebec á Montréal (CIDDHU) .State of Canada.Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l’Homme (FIDH) .Ligues des droits et libertés

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression.Human Rights Defenders


Situation of Environmentalists in Mesoamerica

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Asamblea Departamental de Huehuetenango en Defensa de los Recursos Naturales Renovables y no Renovables (ADH) .Asociación de Organismos No Gubernamentales (ASONOG).Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA).Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM) .Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA).Comité en Solidaridad con el Pueblo de El Salvador (CISPES) .Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA).El Centro para el Derecho Internacional Ambiental (CIEL).Frente de Defensa Miguelense (FREDEMI) .Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF).Mesa Nacional frente la Minería Metálica.Movimiento de Jóvenes Mayas (MOJOMAYAS).Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería, sección Chiapas .Waqib Kej

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Discrimination against the Transsexual, Transgender, and Transvestite Population in Brazil

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Brazil.Grupo Ativista de Travestis e Transexuais e Amig@s (GATTA) .Identidade.Rede Nacional de Negros e Negras LGBT

Topics: Rights of Persons LGBTI


Allegations on Excessive Use of Police Force against Afro-descendants in Brazil

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: State of Brazil.Geledés-Instituto da Mulher Negra.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Mechanism for the Implementation of Precautionary Measures in Honduras

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Centro de Investigación y Promoción de Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH).Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación de la Compañía de Jesús (ERIC).State of Honduras

Topics: Precautionary Measures.Human Rights Defenders


Situation of Citizen Security and Human Rights in Paraguay (Private Hearing)

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos de Paraguay (CODEHUPY).State of Paraguay

Topics: General Human Rights Situation.Citizen Security


Judicial Processes involving Crimes against Humanity during the Military Dictatorship in Argentina

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: State of Argentina

Topics: Impact of violence and armed conflicts


Legal Obstacles for the Recognition and Titling of Indigenous Lands in Guatemala

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Carlos Antonio Pop Ac.State of Guatemala

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Precautionary Measure PM 260/07 – Communities of the Sipakapense and Mam Maya People, Guatemala

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Centro Pluricultural para la Democracia.State of Guatemala

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Precautionary Measures


Human Rights Situation and Access to Justice for Women in Bolivia

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario (CEDLA) .State of Bolivia.Oficina Jurídica para la Mujer de Cochabamba

Topics: Rights of Women


Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Bolivia

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Asociación de Periodistas de La Paz .State of Bolivia

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Situation of the Guaraní Indigenous People in the Bolivian Chaco

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Centro de Estudios Jurídicos e Investigación Social (CEJIS).State of Bolivia

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Honduras

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: Article XIX.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Honduras.International Media Support (IMS).Programa de Legislaciones y Derecho de la Comunicación AMARC-ALC

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Discrimination against Women in the Exercise of their Economic and Social Rights in the Americas

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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


Human Rights Situation and Rule of Law in Nicaragua (Private Hearing)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Military Justice and Impunity in Peru

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru.State of Peru.Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)

Topics: Military justice


Forced Disappearance of Persons in Peru

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru.State of Peru.Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)

Topics: Forced Displacement


Petition 366/09 – Wong Ho Wing, Peru

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: State of Peru.Luis Lamas Puccio

Topics: Petitions and Cases


International Standards and Prosecution of Persons Accused of Terrorism in Peru

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: State of Peru


Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Energy and Extractive Industry Policy in Peru

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP).Asociación Paz y Esperanza.Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH).Central Asháninka del Río Ene (CARE).Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Práctica (CAAAP).Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru.Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR).State of Peru.Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL).Instituto del Bien Común (IBC).Servicios en Comunicación Intercultural (SERVINDI)

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Mesoamerica

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: Centro de Derechos Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales (CEDARENA).Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan.Centro de Investigación y Promoción de Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH).Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH).Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD).Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala (ICCPG).Unidad de Protección de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (UDEFEGUA)

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Human Rights Situation in the Camps for Internally Displaced Persons in Haiti

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: Bureau des Avocats Internationaux.State of Haiti.Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University-Washington College of Law

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Human Rights Situation of Children and Women in the Area of Ouanaminthe, Haiti

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: State of Haiti.Regroupement des Citoyens pour la Protection des Droits Humains (RECIPRODH)

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Children


Right to Reproductive Health of Women who Live with HIV/AIDS in the Americas

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: Centro de Derechos Reproductivos (CDR).Fundación Xochiquetzal de Nicaragua.Red Legal Canadiense de VIH/SIDA

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


Punitive Measures and Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Identity in Caribbean Countries

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: Coalition Advocating Inclusion of Sexual Orientation.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice.Jamaica Forum for Lesbians all-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG).Movement Against Discrimination Action Committee.Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD)

Topics: Rights of Persons LGBTI


Human Rights Situation During Reconstruction in Haiti

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: Centre CEcuménique des Droits Humains (CEDH).Comité des Avocats pour le Respect des Libertés Individuelles (CARLI).State of Haiti.Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH).Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Hate Crimes against Members of the LGBT Community and Impunity in Central America

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Participants: Asociación LGBT Arco Iris.Centro de Investigación y Promoción de Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH).Centro de Investigación y Promoción para América Central de Derechos Humanos (CIPAC).Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH).Centro para la Educación y Prevención del SIDA (CEPRESI).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Topics: Rights of Persons LGBTI


Abuse of Children with Disabilities in State Facilities in the Americas

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Disability Rights International (DRI)

Topics: Rights of Children.Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Human Rights Situation of Independent Union Leaders in Cuba

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Grupo Internacional para la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Cuba (GIRSCC)

Topics: Labor and Workers' Rights.Human Rights Defenders


The Constitution and the Right to Nationality in the Dominican Republic

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Dominican Republic.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice.Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico Haitianas (MUDHA).Open Society Justice Initiative (OSI).Red de Encuentro Dominico Haitiano Jacques Viau (REDHJV)


Human Rights Situation of Peasants and Persons of Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous Descent in Cantón de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Manzanillo.State of Costa Rica.Organizaciones comunales

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Right to Consultation and Participation in Issues of Public Interest in Mexico

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Alianza Sierra Madre A.C..Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan.Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA).Colectivo Coa A.C..Comunidad Indígena Huichol de Tuapurie, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán .Consejo de Ejidos y Comunidades Opositoras a la Presa La Parota (CECOP).Conservación Humana A.C..State of Mexico


Human Rights Situation in Panama

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: State of Panama.Unión de Abogados y Abogadas Indígenas de Panamá

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Femicide and Domestic Violence in Uruguay

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Accionar entre Mujeres Guyunusa .Aire.uy .Canarias en movimiento .Casa de la Mujer de la Costa .Casa de la Mujer de la Unión .Casabierta.Centro de Comunicación Virginia Wolf-Cotidiano Mujer .Ciudadanías en Red .CNS Mujeres por Democracia .Colectivo Mujeres de Negro Uruguay .El Faro Centro Interdisciplinario “Caminos”.Equidad y Ciudadanía .State of Uruguay.Fundación PLEMUU .GAMU.Iniciativa Latinoamericana .Instituto Mujer y Sociedad.La Voz de la Mujer .Mujer Ahora .Nuevos Caminos .Red Uruguaya contra la Violencia Domestica y Sexual .SERFAM.Sociedad Uruguaya de Sexología

Topics: Rights of Women


Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia and Implementation of Precautionary Measures

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Asociación Minga.Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES).Corporación Jurídica Yira Castro.Corporación REINICIAR.Corporación Sembrar.Corporación Sisma Mujer.State of Colombia.Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas

Topics: Precautionary Measures.Human Rights Defenders


Human Rights Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Autoridad Nacional de Gobierno Indígena de Colombia (ONIC).State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Application of the Military Jurisdiction in Cases of Human Rights Violations in Colombia

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Asociación Minga.Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).Colectivo de Abogados Luis Carlos Pérez (CALP).Corporación Jurídica Humanidad Vigente.State of Colombia.Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP).Justapaz


Human Rights Situation in Colombia

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).Comisión de Justicia Paz (CIJP).Comité de Derechos Humanos del Bajo Ariari.Coordinación Colombia-Europa-Estados Unidos (CEEU).Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL).State of Colombia.Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


National Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders in Mexico

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Abogados y Abogadas para la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos.Acción Urgente para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (ACUDDEH).Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC-ALC).Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan.Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (PRODH).Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social (CENCOS).Comisión de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos .Comité Cerezo.State of Mexico.Grupo de Información y Reproducción Elegida (GIRE) .Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos "Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos" (REDTDT)

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Human Rights Situation of the Indigenous Communities Affected by Activities of the Mining Industry in the Andean Region

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: Centro de Estudios Aplicados a los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales de Bolivia (CEADESC).Comité de Fiscalización del Medio Ambiente de la Provincia de Angaraes, Perú.Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas (CAOI).Indian Law Resource Center.Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC)

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Presentation of “40 Principles for Guaranteeing Diversity and Pluralism in Broadcasting and Audiovisual Communication Services”

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC-ALC)

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Indirect Censorship and Official Advertising in the Americas

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: Article XIX.Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC).Centro de Análisis e Investigación FUNDAR.Centro de Archivos y Acceso a la Información Pública (CAInfo).Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP).Fundación Pro Acceso.Grupo Medios y Sociedad.Instituto de Prensa y Libertad de Expresión.Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS).Open Society Justice Initiative (OSI)

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Presentation of the Report of the Truth Commission of Ecuador

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: Comisión de la Verdad de Ecuador.State of Ecuador


Case 12.698 – Adriana Plaza Orbe et al., Ecuador

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE).State of Ecuador.Instituto Regional de Derechos Humanos (INREDH)

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Ecuador

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: Alfredo Negrete.Asociación Ecuatoriana de Editores de Periódicos (AEDEP).Canales Comunitarios Regionales Ecuatorianos Asociados (CCREA).State of Ecuador.Fundación Andina para la Observación y Estudio de Medios (FUNDAMEDIOS).Participación Ciudadana

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Human Rights Situation in Venezuela

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: State of Venezuela

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression and Information in Venezuela (Private Hearing)

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: Asociación Civil Espacio Público.Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Colegio Nacional de Periodistas de Venezuela.Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Prensa, Venezuela (SNTP)

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Defenders in Venezuela (Private Hearing)

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: Acción Solidaria (ACSOL).Asociación Civil Espacio Público.Caritas de la Diócesis de Los Teques.Carlos Ayala Corao.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC).Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Human Rights Defenders


Situation of Indigenous Children in Schools in the United States

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: Boarding School Healing Project and others.State of the United States

Topics: Rights of Children.Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Case 12.719, Orlando Cordia Hall, United States

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: State of the United States.Owen Bonheimer (Steptoe & Johnson LLP)

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Petition 900/08 – Djamel Ameziane, United States

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of the United States

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Petitions and Cases.Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment


Citizen Security, Prisons, Sexual Diversity, and Equality in Venezuela

Friday, October 29, 2010

Participants: State of Venezuela.Foro por los Derechos Humanos y la Democracia

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Citizen Security.Rights of Persons LGBTI


Press Conference at the Conclusion of the 140th Period of Sessions

Friday, November 5, 2010


138 Period of Sessions

Remarks by Jose Miguel Insulza, OAS Secretary General, at the Inaugural Session

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Topics: Inauguration of Periods of Sessions


Remarks by Felipe Gonzalez, IACHR Chair, at the Inaugural Session

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Topics: Inauguration of Periods of Sessions


Public Policy on Reparations in Guatemala

Friday, March 19, 2010

Participants: Centro de Análisis Forense y Ciencias Aplicadas (CAFCA).State of Guatemala

Topics: Transitional Justice


Interstate Petition 2 - Franklin Guillermo Aisalla Molina, Ecuador v. Colombia (Video: 2nd of 2 parts)

Friday, March 19, 2010

Participants: State of Colombia.State of Ecuador

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.632 – Adriana Beatriz Gallo et al., Argentina

Friday, March 19, 2010

Participants: Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Argentina

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression.Petitions and Cases


Case 12.221 – Jorge Omar Gutiérrez, Argentina

Friday, March 19, 2010

Participants: Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Argentina

Topics: Petitions and Cases.Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


Right to Consultation of the Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Region and Implementation of Projects of the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA)

Friday, March 19, 2010

Participants: Red Jurídica para la Defensa de la Amazonía (RAMA)

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Legislation on Forced Disappearance in Guatemala

Friday, March 19, 2010

Participants: Asociación de Familiares Detenidos Desaparecidos de Guatemala (FAMDEGUA).Centro de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala.Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (CIIDH).State of Guatemala.Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM)


Human Rights Situation in Guatemala

Friday, March 19, 2010

Participants: Asociación para el Estudio y la Promoción de la Seguridad en Democracia (SEDEM).Centro de Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH).Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (CIIDH).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Guatemala.Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala (ICCPG).Unidad de Protección de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (UDEFEGUA)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Interstate Petition 2 - Franklin Guillermo Aisalla Molina, Ecuador v. Colombia (Video: 1st of 2 parts)

Friday, March 19, 2010

Participants: State of Colombia.State of Ecuador

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Situation of the Prison System in Brazil

Friday, March 19, 2010

Participants: Associação de Advogados de Trabalhadores Rurais no Estado de Bahia (AATR).Associação dos Cristãos para a Abolição da Tortura (ACAT Brasil).Centro Feminista de Estudos e Assessoria (CFEMEA).Comissão de Direitos Humanos e Minorias (CDHM) da Câmara dos Deputados.Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito (CPI) do Sistema Carcerário Brasileiro.State of Brazil.Justiça Global.Núcleo de Estudos Pela Paz e Direitos Humanos da Universidade de Brasília (UnB).Pastoral Carcerária do Brasil

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty


Political Reform in Mexico

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: State of Mexico

Topics: Political Rights


Situation of Broadcasting in Latin America

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: Asociación Internacional de Radiofusión

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Case12.684 - Jeremy Smith, Jamaica

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: State of Jamaica.International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University-Washington College of Law

Topics: Petitions and Cases.Citizen Security.Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


General Situation of Human Rights in Colombia

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: State of Colombia

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


General Situation of Human Rights in Colombia

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: Colombia Diversa .Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP).Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL).Corporación REINICIAR.Corporación Sisma Mujer.State of Colombia.Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP).Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH).MINGA

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Case 10.738 – The Disappeared of the Palace of Justice, Colombia

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP).State of Colombia

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Process of Demobilization of Paramilitary Groups in Medellín and Enforcement of the Justice and Peace Law

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: State of Colombia.Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)


Situation of the Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women in Colombia

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: State of Colombia.Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres

Topics: Rights of Women


Case 10.488 - Ignacio Ellacuría et al. (The Jesuits), El Salvador

Monday, March 22, 2010

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

Topics: Petitions and Cases.Most serious crimes under International Criminal Law.Transitional Justice


Attacks on Journalists in Mexico

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: Article XIX.Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social (CENCOS).State of Mexico

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Human Rights Situation of Migrants in Transit through Mexican Territory

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: Albergue de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe A.C..Albergue Guadalupano de Tierra Blanca .Casa de Migrantes Hermanos en el Camino.Centro de Derechos Humanos Agustín Pro Juárez (PRODH).Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Matías de Córdova.Centro Diocesano para los Derechos Humanos Fray Juan de Larios.Dimensión de la Pastoral de la Movilidad Humana.State of Mexico.Frontera Con Justicia A.C. y Humanidad Sin Fronteras.Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes en México.Servicio Jesuita de Jóvenes Voluntarios

Topics: Rights of Migrants and their Families


Situation of the Right to Health of Indigenous People in Chiapas, Mexico

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: Centro de Capacitación en Ecología y Salud para Campesinos - Defensoría del Derecho a la Salud (CCESC-DDS).Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH).State of Mexico

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Case 12.288 - Juan García Cruz and Santiago Sánchez Silvestre, Mexico

Monday, March 22, 2010

Participants: Abogados y Abogadas para la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Mexico.Servicios Legales, Información y Estudios Jurídicos (SLIEJ)

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Petitions and Cases


Use of Children in Armed Organizations and Recruitment of Minors in the Peruvian Armed Forces

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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

Topics: Rights of Children


Situation of Indigenous Communal Property in Nicaragua

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: State of Nicaragua.Gobierno Territorial Rama y Kriol (GTR-K) de la Región Autónoma Atlántico Sur

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Response of the Judiciary to the Crimes and Events related to the Coup d'État in Honduras

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: Centro de Investigación y Promoción de Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH).Centro para la Prevensión, Tratamiento y Rehabilitación para las víctimas de Tortura y sus familiares (CPTRT).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Frente de Abogadas y Abogados en Resistencia contra el golpe de Estado.Frente de Abogados contra el golpe de Estado.Movimiento Amplio por la Dignidad y la Justicia (MADJ)

Topics: Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


Situation of the Administration of Justice in Panama

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: Alianza Ciudadana Pro Justicia.State of Panama.Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF)

Topics: Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in the Andean Region

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: Centro sobre Derecho y Sociedad of Ecuador (CIDES).Consorcio Desarrollo y Justicia.Freedom House.Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression, Information, and Association in Venezuela (Private Hearing)

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: Asociación Civil Espacio Público.Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Colegio Nacional de Periodistas de Venezuela

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Deterioration of Institutions, Failure to Comply with Decisions of the Inter-American System, and Threats to Human Rights Defenders in Venezuela (Private Hearing)

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: Acción Solidaria (ACSOL).Asociación Civil Espacio Público.Caritas de la Diócesis de Los Teques.Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comisión de Justicia y Paz (SECORVE).Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC).Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP).Programa Venezolano de Educación–Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA).Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados.Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas

Topics: Human Rights Defenders.Compliance with the Decisions of the Inter-American System


Violence, Citizen Security, and Prison Conditions in Venezuela (Private Hearing)

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: Acción Solidaria (ACSOL).Caritas de la Diócesis de Los Teques.Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comisión de Justicia y Paz (SECORVE).Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC).Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP).Programa Venezolano de Educación–Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA).Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados.Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Citizen Security


Economic and Social Rights in Haiti following the Earthquake

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: Bureau des Avocats Internationaux.Center for Human Rights and Global Justice of the New York University Law School.State of Haiti.Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.Robert F. Kennedy, Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center)

Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights


Human Rights Situation of the Ashaninka People in Peru

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: Asociación Paz y Esperanza.Central Asháninka del Río Ene (CARE).Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Práctica (CAAAP).Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru.State of Peru

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


Complaints of Criminalization and Repression of Social Protest in Peru

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Case 12.718 and PC 271/05 – Community of La Oroya, Perú

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA).Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente (CEDHA).Earthjustice.State of Peru

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Discrimination against Women in the Exercise of their Economic and Social Rights in the Americas

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Participants: UN Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

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


Situation of Freedom of Expression in Ecuador

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Press Conference at the Conclusion of the 138 Period of Sessions

Friday, March 26, 2010

Topics: Press Conferences