Period of Sessions
IACHR Headquarters
October 28 to November 13, 2009
Public Hearings
Case 12.094 – Association of Indigenous Communities Lhaka Honhat, Argentina
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Asociación de Comunidades Aborígenes Lhaka Honhat
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of Argentina
Topics: Rights of Indigenous PeoplesPetitions and Cases
Case 12.128 – Horacio Verbitsky and Others, Argentina
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC)Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of Argentina
Topics: Right to Freedom of ExpressionPetitions and Cases
Situation of Indigenous Communities Affected by the Initiative Project for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA)
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Centro de Estudios Aplicados a los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales de Bolivia (CEADESC)Comunidades Nativas de Pueblos Indígenas de Rondonia de Brasil Confederación Andina de Organizaciones Indígena de Perú (CAIO)Indian Law Resource CenterOrganización Indígena Chiquitana de Bolivia (OICH)
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Right to Freedom of Expression, Participation, Assembly and Protest in Nicaragua
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH)State of Nicaragua
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
Human Rights of Women in the Context of the Coup d’Etat in Honduras
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Feministas en Resistencia de Honduras Observatorio de la Transgresión Feminista
Topics: Rights of Women
Follow-up to the Recommendations of the IACHR Report “Access to Justice and Social Inclusion in Bolivia”
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: State of Bolivia
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental RightsCompliance with the Decisions of the Inter-American SystemAccess to Justice, Judicial Guarantees
Human Rights Situation in Bolivia
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: President of Bolivia's Senate, Oscar Miguel Ortiz Antelo
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
Right to Freedom of Expression and Information in Venezuela (Private Hearing)
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Asociación Civil Espacio PúblicoAsociación Nacional de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil (SINERGIA)Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Círculo de Reporteros Gráficos de VenezuelaColegio Nacional de Periodistas de VenezuelaSindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Prensa, Venezuela (SNTP)
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
Democratic Institutions, Parapolice Groups and Jails in Venezuela (Private Hearing)
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Acción Solidaria (ACSOL)Asociación Civil Espacio PúblicoCenter for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)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)Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of LibertyCitizen Security
Human Rights Situation in Venezuela
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: State of Venezuela
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
Criminalization of Social Protest in Venezuela
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Acción Solidaria (ACSOL)Asociación Civil Espacio PúblicoCenter for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC)State of VenezuelaObservatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP)Programa Venezolano de Educación–Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA)Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
State of the Processing of Violations of Human Rights Perpetrated During the Military Dictatorship in Chile
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Agrupación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos de Chile (AFDD)State of ChileFederación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH)
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the JudiciaryMost serious crimes under International Criminal LawTransitional Justice
Case 12.717 / Precautionary Measure PM 56/08 – Indigenous Communities Ngobe and Others, Panama
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Cultural SurvivalState of Panama
Topics: Rights of Indigenous PeoplesPetitions and CasesPrecautionary Measures
Situation of Persons Affected by “Mega Dams” in the Americas
Monday, November 2, 2009
Participants: Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA)Centro de Derechos Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales (CEDARENA)Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente (CEDHA)Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA)EarthjusticeECOLEX Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente (FIMA)Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA)
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Situation of Children in Juvenile Detention Centers in Jamaica
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: State of JamaicaJamaicans for Justice (JFJ)
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of LibertyRights of Children
Human Rights Situation in Haiti
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: Action Citoyenne pour le Respect des Droits Humains (ACREDH)State of Haiti
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Cité Soleil, Haiti
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: Collectif de Notables de Cité Soleil (Fondation CONOCS)State of Haiti
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights
Situation of Violence against Children and Women in the Haitian-Dominican frontier region
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: State of HaitiRegroupement des Citoyens pour la Protection des Droits Humains (RECIPRODH)
Topics: Rights of WomenRights of ChildrenCitizen Security
Case 12.254 - Víctor Saldaño, United States
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: State of the United StatesJuan Carlos Vega, Jonathan Miller
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of LibertyRights of Migrants and their FamiliesPetitions and Cases
Human Rights in the Context of the Coup d’Etat in Honduras
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
Due process and antiterrorist legislation in Peru
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: State of Peru
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary
Human Rights Situation in the Peruvian Amazon
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP)Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH)Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of PeruState of PeruORPIAN
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Follow-up of the Recommendations of the Report of Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru
Topics: Transitional Justice
Right to Consultation of the Indigenous Peoples of Peru
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: Clínica de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de SeattleState of PeruDue Process of Law Foundation (DPLF)Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Right to Freedom of Expression in Peru
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: State of PeruInstituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Confederación de Nacionalidades indígenas del Ecuador (CONAIE)State of EcuadorFundación Centro LianasFundación PachamamaInstituto Regional de Derechos Humanos (INREDH)
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Human Rights Situation in Brazil
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of BrazilFederación de Órganos para la Asistencia Social y Educacional (FASE)
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
Case 12.660 – Ricardo Ucán Seca, Mexico
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: State of MexicoIndignación, Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Humanos A.C. Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos "Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos" (REDTDT)
Topics: Rights of Indigenous PeoplesPetitions and CasesAccess to Justice, Judicial Guarantees
Human Rights of Migrant Indigenous Agricultural Laborers in Guerrero, Mexico
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña TlachinollanState of MexicoDue Process of Law Foundation (DPLF)
Topics: Rights of Indigenous PeoplesRights of Migrants and their Families
Institutional Violence against Women in Mexico
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: Asistencia Legal por los Derechos Humanos A.C. (Asilegal)Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (CDC)Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres (CEDEHM)Centro de Derechos Humanos Victoria Diez (CDHVD) State of MexicoGrupo de Mujeres de San Cristóbal de Las Casas (COLEM)Instituto Guerrerense de Derechos Humanos A.C.Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos "Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos" (REDTDT)
Topics: Rights of Women
Public Security and Human Rights in Tijuana, Mexico
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: Comisión Ciudadana de Derechos Humanos del Noroeste, A.C. (CCDH)Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH)State of Mexico
Topics: Citizen Security
Situation of Political Rights in Mexico
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: Centro de Investigación y Capacitación Propuesta Cívica (PROPUESTA CIVICA)State of MexicoFUNDAR, Centro de Análisis e InvestigaciónObservatorio Iberoamericano de la Democracia
Topics: Political Rights
Forced Displacement in Colombia
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES)State of Colombia
Topics: Forced Displacement
Case 12.380 – Alirio Uribe Muñoz and other members of the Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo, Colombia
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR)State of Colombia
Topics: Petitions and CasesHuman Rights Defenders
Situation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender Persons in Colombia
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: Asociacion para la Promocion Social Alternativa (MINGA)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 REINICIARCorporación Sisma MujerState of ColombiaFundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP)Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)
Topics: Rights of Persons LGBTI
Situation of Afro-Colombian, Indigenous and Campesino Communities of Northern Cauca, Colombia
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: State of ColombiaProceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)
Topics: Rights of Indigenous PeoplesRights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination
Guarantees for the Exercise of the Rights of members of the National Movement of Victims of State Crimes, Colombia
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Participants: Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR)Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP)State of ColombiaFundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP)Fundación Manuel Cepeda VargasMovimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado (MOVICE)
Topics: Most serious crimes under International Criminal LawTransitional JusticeAccess to Justice, Judicial Guarantees
International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)State of Guatemala
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary
Impunity for Violations of Women’s Human Rights in Guatemala
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Carlos Antonio Pop AcState of Guatemala
Topics: Rights of WomenRule of Law, Independence of the JudiciaryAccess to Justice, Judicial Guarantees
Torture, Extrajudicial Executions and Violations to the Right of Freedom of Expression in Cuba
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Directorio Democrático Cubano
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of LibertyRule of Law, Independence of the JudiciaryRight to Freedom of ExpressionAccess to Justice, Judicial Guarantees
Situation of Independent Union Leaders in Cuba
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Grupo Internacional para la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Cuba (GIRSCC)
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of LibertyLabor and Workers' Rights
Cases 12.646 – Santos Ernesto Salinas; 12.577 - José Rochac Hernández; 12.647 - Emelinda Hernández; and 12.667 - Manuel Antonio Bonilla Osorio and Ricardo Ayala Abarca, El Salvador
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Asociación Pro-Búsqueda de Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos a Consecuencia del Conflicto Armado (Pro-Búsqueda)State of El Salvador
Topics: Rights of ChildrenPetitions and CasesMost serious crimes under International Criminal LawTransitional Justice
Follow-Up to Recommendations of Case 11.481 – Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero, El Salvador
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of El SalvadorOficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado de San Salvador
Topics: Petitions and CasesMost serious crimes under International Criminal LawTransitional Justice
Freedom of Expression and Broadcasting Regulation in the Americas
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC-ALC)
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
Right to Education of Persons with Disabilities in the Americas
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Vernor Muñoz
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental RightsRights of Persons with Disabilities
Maternal mortality in the Americas
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Amnesty InternationalCenter for Reproductive RightsForo Salud PerúInternational Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human RightsMovimiento Autónomo de Mujeres de Nicaragua (MAMN)
Topics: Rights of WomenEconomic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights
Human Rights of Orphan Children and International Adoption Policies in the Americas
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Center for Adoption PolicyChild Advocacy Program, Harvard Law School
Topics: Rights of Children
Absence of Regulation for Homosexual Civil Unions
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (PROMSEX)Corporación Interés PúblicoFundación Igualdad Legal y Social para Lesbianas, Gays, Bisexuales y Trans (IGUALDAD LGBT)Movimiento de Integración y Liberación Homosexual (MOVILH)
Topics: Rights of Persons LGBTI
Follow-Up of Recommendations to the IACHR Report “Access to Justice for Women Victims of Violence in the Americas”
Friday, November 6, 2009
Participants: Casa de la Mujer en BogotáColectiva Actoras de Cambio de GuatemalaConsejería en Proyectos “Project Counseling Service”Estudio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (DEMUS)
Topics: Rights of WomenAccess to Justice, Judicial Guarantees