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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE

  March 10, 2004

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will hold a news conference on Friday, March 12, at the end of its 119th regular session. Commission President José Zalaquett and Executive Secretary Santiago Canton will discuss the results of the three-week session.

In addition to holding more than 60 hearings on petitions and individual cases, the Commission considered the human rights situation in a number of countries and examined how to strengthen the inter-American human rights system.


What: News conference – Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Who: Commission President José Zalaquett
Executive Secretary Santiago Canton

When: 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 12

Where: 8th floor conference room
OAS General Secretariat Building
1889 F St. N
Washington, DC



The press conference will be webcast live, via the Internet at: www.oas.org

Reference: AVI-020/04