Schedule




Thursday, March 1, 2007

Human Rights Situation in Haiti

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Participants: Alliance Gonaivienne por le Developpement et pour le Respect des Droits Humains (AGREDAH)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Human Rights Violations and Responsibility of International Financial Institutions

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Participants: Indian Law Resource Center


Situation of Women Deprived of Liberty in Brazil

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Brazil.Grupo Mulheres Encarceradas.Pastoral Carcelaria Nacional

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights of Women


Women's Participation and Access to Political Power in the Americas

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Participants: Coordinadora de Mujeres de Bolivia.Corporación Humanas.ELA.Estudio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (DEMUS)

Topics: Rights of Women.Political Rights


Petition 998/05 – Lazinho Brambilla Da Silva, Brazil

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Participants: Associação Direitos Humanos em Rede Conectas Direitos Humanos.State of Brazil

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Petition 250/04 – Ingarico, Wapichana, Patamona, Macuxi and Taurepang indigenous peoples, Brazil

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Participants: Conselho Indígena de Roraima.State of Brazil.Rainforest Foundation

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Petitions and Cases


Human Rights Situation in Nicaragua

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Participants: Asociación Nicaragüense de Personas Viviendo con el VIH-SIDA (ASONVIHSIDA).Casa Alianza.Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Nicaragua.Federación Coordinadora Nicaragüense de Organismos No Gubernamentales que trabaja con la Niñez y la Adolescencia (CODENI)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Right to Freedom of Expression in the Americas

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).Federación de Periodistas de América Latina y el Caribe.Federación Internacional de Periodistas

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Human Rights and Global Warming

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Participants: Center for International and Environmental Law.Earthjustice.Sheila Watt-Cloutier


Friday, March 2, 2007

Public Policies on Adolescents in Conflict with the Law in Brazil

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: State of Brazil

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights of Children


Case 12.548 –Garífuna Community of Triunfo de la Cruz, Honduras

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: State of Honduras.Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña (OFRANEH)

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Petitions and Cases


Citizen Security and Human Rights in the Region

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: Associação Direitos Humanos em Rede Conectas Direitos Humanos.Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS).Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD).Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL).Rede Universitaria de Direitos Humanos.Viva Rio.Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

Topics: Citizen Security


Public Security and Human Rights in Honduras

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)

Topics: Citizen Security


Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: Centro de Prevención, Tratamiento y Rehabilitación de Víctimas de Tortura (CPTRT).Comisión Episcopal de Acción Social.Grupo de Mujeres de la Argentina.Observatorio Chileno sobre el Control Social Punitivo.Observatorio Latinoamericano de Prisiones.Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP).Oficina de Derechos Humanos del Arzobispado de Guatemala (ODHAG)

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty


Murders of Lawyers in Honduras

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: Colegio de Abogados de Honduras.Comité para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Honduras (CODEH)

Topics: Citizen Security


Petition 1490/05 – Jessica Gonzales, United States

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU).State of the United States.Human Rights Clinic, Columbia Law School

Topics: Rights of Women.Petitions and Cases


Case 12.592 – Elías Gattas Sahih, Ecuador

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: State of Ecuador.Xavier Flores Aguirre

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Racial Discrimination in the Dominican Republic

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Dominican Republic.Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados/as y Migrantes (SJRM)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Petition 1207/05 – John Melvin Alexander and others, United States

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: Charles Ogletree Jr..State of the United States.Gay McDougall

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


Case 12.493 – Oscar Daniel Medina and José Luis Hernández, Honduras

Friday, March 2, 2007

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

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Situation of Persons Affected by the Mining and Oil industries in Ecuador

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CEDES).Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos (CEDHU).Defensa y Conservación Ecológica de Intag (DECOIN).State of Ecuador


Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Human Rights Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty in Oaxaca, Mexico

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos y Asesoría a Pueblos Indígenas (CEDHAPI).Liga Mexicana de Derechos Humanos

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty


Rights of Children Deprived of Liberty in Argentina

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Participants: Colectivo de Derechos de Infancia y Adolescencia - Argentina.State of Argentina

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights of Women.Rights of Children


Situation of Afro Descendents in Colombia

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Participants: Asociacion para la Promocion Social Alternativa (MINGA)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Follow-up on the compliance with Report 28/92, Argentina, about the incompatibility of impunity laws with the Inter-American Convention

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Participants: Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS).State of Argentina

Topics: Petitions and Cases.Transitional Justice


Torture in Mexico

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Participants: Colectivo contra la Tortura y la Impunidad.Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH).State of Mexico.Universidad Iberoamericana

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


Precautionary Measures of Congressman Gustavo Petro, Colombia

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

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

Topics: Precautionary Measures


Case 12.531 – Manuel Cepeda Vargas, Colombia

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Participants: Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).State of Colombia

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Right to Freedom of Expression in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Participants: Asociación de periodistas de Los Mochis, A.C..Asociación de Periodistas Paseo del Centenario, A.C..Asociación de Periodistas y Comunicadores 7 de junio A.C..Asociación Sinaloense de Comunicadoras

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Petition 1470/05 – SINTRAOFAN (Union of State Workers of Antioquia), Colombia

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

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

Topics: Petitions and Cases.Human Rights Defenders


Relatives of persons kidnapped for political reasons in Colombia explain their opposition to rescue operations

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Participants: Yolanda Pulecio and others


Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Venezuela

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

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).Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Public Security Policies and Human Rights in El Salvador

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Participants: State of El Salvador.Red para la Infancia y la Adolescencia

Topics: Citizen Security


Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Peru

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Follow up on the recommendations of the report of the Commission of Truth and Reconciliation of Peru

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru.State of Peru

Topics: Transitional Justice


Extrajudicial Executions of Stigmatized Persons in Guatemala

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Participants: Asociación para el Estudio y la Promoción de la Seguridad en Democracia (SEDEM).Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH).Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala (ICCPG)

Topics: Most serious crimes under International Criminal Law


Impunity and Denial of Justice in Guatemala

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Participants: Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH)

Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary.Transitional Justice


Situation of Human Rights in Venezuela

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Participants: State of Venezuela

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Participants: Asociación para el Estudio y la Promoción de la Seguridad en Democracia (SEDEM).Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH).Front Line

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Right to Nutrition in Paraguay

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Participants: International Human Rights Organization for the Right to Feed Oneself (FIAN )

Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights


Domestic Violence in Chile

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Participants: State of Chile

Topics: Rights of Women


Friday, March 9, 2007

Press Conference at the Conclusion of the 127 Period of Sessions

Friday, March 9, 2007

Participants: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Topics: Press Conferences