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Session: 178 Virtual Period of Sessions; Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020

      Complaints of forced evictions of land rights defenders in Brazil
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Countries: Brazil
Topics: Human Rights Defenders, Forced Displacement, Environment
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Session: 173 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, September 27, 2019

      Misuse of Criminal Justice Systems to Retaliate Against Environmental Human Rights Defenders
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Center for International and Environmental Law, Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente (CEDHA), Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA), Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente (FIMA), Amazon Watch , EarthRights International (ERI) , Centro por la Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua (CEJUDHCAN), Peace Brigades International , Coordinadora Ecuatoriana de Defensa de la Naturaleza y el Medio Ambiente (CEDENMA), Global Witness, Plataforma Internacional Contra la Impunidad, Alianza Territorial Mapuche (ATM), 350.org, Front Line Defenders (FLD), Asamblea Ciudadana Ambiental de Gualeguaychú, Asamblea el Algarrobo, Confederación de Mapuches Argentina, Asamblea de Chilecito, Chile Sustentable , Corporación de Gestión y Derecho Ambiental Ecolex , Alianza de Derecho Ambiental y Agua (ADA), Foro de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales Internacionales en Guatemala (FONGI) , Instituto de Derechos Ambiental A.C., Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW), Not1More (N1M), Former Commissioner and President of the Commission Juan Mendez , Dinah Shelton, James L. Cavallaro, United Nations Special Rapporteurship on human rights and the environment , Ignacio J. Alvarez, S. James Anaya
Countries: Regional
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Human Rights Defenders, Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees, Environment
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Session: 172 Period of Sessions; Date: Thursday, May 9, 2019

      Reports of human rights violations of people affected by dams and reservoirs in Brazil
Participants: State of Brazil, Justiça Global, Movimiento dos Atingidos por Barragens , Justiça nos Trilhos , Articulação Internacional dos Atingidos e Atingidas pela Vale , Associação Comunitária da Jangada, Brigadas Populares, Movimento Águas e Serras de Casa Branca, Brumadinho, Movimento pela Soberania Popular na Mineração (MAM), Sindicato dos Trabalhadores nas Indústrias e Obras de Construção Pesada de Minas Gerais (Barragens, Pontes, Saneamento, Hidroelétricas, Infraestrutura em Geral) (SITICOP/MG), Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Indústria (CNTI), Internacional de Trabalhadores da Construção e da Madeira (ICM), Sindicato Metabase Inconfidentes, Rede Sindical de Sindicatos de Barragens
Countries: Brazil
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Environment
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      Criminalization of human rights defenders of indigenous peoples and the extractive industry in the United States
Participants: State of the United States, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU), Global Witness, American Indian Law Clinic University of Colorado Law School , International Indian Treaty Council, Food & Water Watch, 350.org, Americans for Indian Opportunity (U.S.), AIM-West (American Indian Movement), Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice (U.S.), American Indian Law Alliance (U.S.), Arbeitskreis Indianer Nordamerikas (AKIN) , BankTrack , Bismarck-Mandan Unitarian Universalist Congregation (U.S.), Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, California Native Vote Project (U.S.), Carrizo, Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, Climate Defense Project, Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (North Region), Divest, Invest, Protect (U.S.), Divest L.A, Dooda (NO) Desert Rock, Earthcare, Fair Trials (Americas), First Peoples Investment Engagement Program, Fundacion Semilla Warunkwa (FUNSEWA), Honor the Earth, Hunkapi ONLUS Association , INCOMINDIOS, Indigenous Rights Center, International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), Law Union of British Columbia (Canada) Lipan Apache Women's Defense, Mazaska Talks, Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice, NDN Collective (U.S.), New Energy Economy (U.S.), North Dakota Human Rights Coalition (U.S.), Climate Change Iwi Leadership Group -National Iwi Chairs Forum, National Lawyers Guild International Committee, Native American Community Academy, NACA-inspired Schools Network (U.S.), Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Public Bank L.A, Rainforest Action Network , Red Nation Coalition, Rio Yaqui Pueblos, Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine, Securing Economic and Energy Democracy) of Southwest New Mexico (SEEDs), Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Sixth World Solutions, Society for Threatened Peoples (Switzerland), Southwest Native Cultures (U.S.), Tewa Women United, Urgewald, S. Human Rights Network, We CopWatch , Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), O’odham Voice Against the Wall
Countries: United States
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Human Rights Defenders, Environment
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Session: 171 Period of Sessions; Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2019

      Human Rights Situation of Quilombola Communities in Brazil
Participants: State of Brazil, Centro de Cultura Negra do Maranhão, Associação de Advogados de Trabalhadores Rurais no Estado de Bahia (AATR), Commisão Pastoral da Terra, Terra de Direitos, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas (CONAQ)
Countries: Brazil
Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination, Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Environment
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Session: 170 Period of Sessions; Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2018

      Situation of indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon, land and environment
Participants: State of Peru, Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL), Forest Peoples Programme, Comunidad Nativa de Santa Clara de Uchunya , Federación de Comunidades Nativas de Ucayali (FECONAU)
Countries: Peru
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Environment
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Session: 169 Period of Sessions; Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2018

      Use of Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) and the Violation of Human Rights of Communities and Defenders of Environmental and Land Rights in the Americas
Participants: FUNDAR, Centro de Análisis e Investigación, Servicio de Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ), Acción Ecológica , Oilwatch, Alianza Latinoamericana Frente al Fracking, Acción por la Biodiversidad, Argentina , Alerta Angostura, Argentina , Alerta Isla Riesco, Chile, Alianza Colombia Libre de Fracking, Colombia , Alianza Mexicana contra el Fracking, México, Amigos de la Tierra, Argentina , ANAMURI, Chile , Amigos del Río San Rodrigo A.C, México , Asamblea Ambiental Ciudadana de Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz – Argentina, Asamblea Ciudadana de Última Esperanza, Chile, Asamblea Argentina Mejor sin TLC, Argentina, Asamblea Nacional de Afectados Ambientales, Mexico, Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad, Colombia , Asamblea Popular por el Agua, Mendoza, Argentina, Asociación de Abogados y Abogadas de Derecho Indígena (AADI), Argentina, Asociación Departamental de Usuarios Campesinos, Cundinamarca, Colombia, Asociación de Usuarios del Agua de Saltillo (AUAS) A. C., México , Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) , Asociación por la Justicia Ambiental (AJAM), Argentina, ATTAC, Argentina, Asociación Potosina por la Dignidad Animal, México, Asamblea Vecinxs Autoconvocadxs de Loncopué (AVAL), Neuquén, Argentina, Biblioteca Popular Osvaldo Bayer, Argentina, Base Investigaciones Sociales, Paraguay, Bloqueverde, Costa Rica, Comité para la Abolición de las Deudas Ilegítimas ( CADTM - AYNA), Argentina , Cantoalagua Red Internacional Intercultural por la Protección y la Sanación del Agua, Colombia, CENSAT, Agua Viva, Colombia , CEMIDA, Argentina, Centro Ecológico, Brasil, Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CDES), Ecuador, Centro de Documentación e Información Bolivia (CEDIB), Bolivia, Centro de Políticas Públicas y Derechos Humanos, Equidad Perú, Centro de Investigación y Formación de Movimientos Sociales Latinoamericanos (CIFMSL), Argentina , Alianza Mundial para la Participación Ciudadana CIVICUS, Centro Oeste de Estudios Políticos y Socioambientales (COEPSA), Argentina, Colectivo COA, México, Colectivo por la Protección de la Provincia de Sugamuxi, Colombia, Comisión Nacional en Defensa del Agua y la Vida, Uruguay, Comité Ambiental en Defensa de la Vida, Colombia, Comité de Derechos Humanos de la Huasteca y Sierra Oriental, México, Confederación Mapuce de Neuquén, Argentina, Cooperación, Perú, Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo (CLOC-Vía Campesina), Coordinadora Regional de Acción Solidaria en Defensa del Territorio Huasteca-Totonacapan (CORASON), México, CORDATEC, Colombia, Corporación Colectivo de Abogados Luis Carlos Pérez (CCALCP), Colombia, Corporación Compromiso y Observatorio Minero Ambiental (OMAC), Colombia, Corporación para la defensa integral del ambiente y las fuentes hídricas en el Bajo Simacota (COLDIMAFH), Colombia, Corporación por la Defensa del Agua y Territorio Yariguies, Colombia, Corporación S.O.S. Ambiental, Colombia, Corporación Tierra Libre, Colombia, Corporación Yareguies, Colombia, CTA Autónoma, Argentina, DECA Equipo Pueblo A.C, México, ECODESS - Perú, El Paraná NO se toca, Argentina, Encuentro Ciudadano Lagunero, México , Equipo Nacional de Pastoral Aborigen (ENDEPA), Argentina, Equipo de Educación Popular Pañuelos en Rebeldía, Argentina, Espacio DESC, México, FASE, Brasil , Federación Ecológica (Fecon), Costa Rica, Federación Mineroenergética Funtramiexco, Colombia, Food & Water Watch, Foro Ambiental Santiagueño, Argentina, Foro Ambiental y Social de la Patagonia, Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, Foro Boliviano de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (FOBOMADE), Bolivia, Foro Regional en Defensa del Río de la Plata, la Salud y el Medio Ambiente, Argentina, Frente Popular Darío Santillán, Argentina, Frente Socioambiental del Movimiento Autonomista
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Session: 169 Period of Sessions; Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2018

      Violations of the Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights of LGBTI Persons in the Region
Participants: Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Personas Trans (REDLACTRANS)
Countries: Regional
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Rights of Persons LGBTI, Environment
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Session: 169 Period of Sessions; Date: Monday, October 1, 2018

      Citizen Security and Allegations of the Irregular Use of Police Force in Natural Resource Exploration and Mining Activities in Peru
Participants: State of Peru, Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF), Fundación Ecuménica para el Desarrollo y la Paz (FEDEPAZ), Grupo de Formación e Intervención para el Desarrollo Sostenible (GRUFIDES) , Red Muqui, Derechos Humanos Sin Fronteras
Countries: Peru
Topics: Citizen Security, Environment

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      Serious Health Problems Experienced by Peruvian Miners and State and Corporate Responsibility
Participants: State of Peru, Grupo de Formación e Intervención para el Desarrollo Sostenible (GRUFIDES) , Red Muqui, Instituto Natura – Chimbote, Ancash
Countries: Peru
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Environment
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Session: 167 Period of Sessions; Date: Monday, February 26, 2018

      Protection of Land and Environment Defenders in the Andean Region
Participants: Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR), Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH), Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos (CEDHU), CEDIP, Broederlijk Delen
Countries: Regional
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Environment
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Session: 165 Period of Sessions; Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2017

      Criminalization of Female Environmental Activists in Latin America
Participants: Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru, Estudio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (DEMUS), Fundación Ecuménica para el Desarrollo y la Paz (FEDEPAZ), Red Latinoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Sociales y Ambientales, Flora Tristán – Centro de la Mujer Peruana.
Countries: Regional
Topics: Rights of Women, Environment
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Session: 161 Period of Sessions; Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2017

      Situation of Environmental Rights Defenders in the Americas
Participants: Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), EarthRights International (ERI) , Acción Ecológica , Fondo de Acción Urgente, Red Latinoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Sociales y Ambientales, Oilwatch, Red de Mujeres Saramanta Warmikuna, Arturo Escobar, Joan Martínez Alier, Naomi Klein
Countries: Regional
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights Defenders, Environment
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Session: 161 Period of Sessions; Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2017

      Impact of Executive Orders on Human Rights in the United States (Ex-officio)
Participants: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU), American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program - Harvard University, Hope Border Institution, International Indian Treaty Council, International Human Rights Clinic - University of Washington, Northwest Detention Center Resistance, Latino Advocacy, Not1more Deportation, Detention Watch Network
Countries: United States
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rights of Migrants and their Families, Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees, Environment
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Session: 161 Period of Sessions; Date: Monday, March 20, 2017

      Reports of Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders who Oppose Hydroelectric Projects in Guatemala
Participants: State of Guatemala, Unidad de Protección de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (UDEFEGUA), Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA), Asamblea Departamental de Huehuetenango en Defensa de los Recursos Naturales Renovables y no Renovables (ADH) , Protection International (PI), Plataforma Internacional Contra la Impunidad, Asociación de Abogados y Notarios Mayas de Guatemala, Nim Ajpu (ANMAG) , Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (CIEDH), Acompañamiento de Austria (ADA), Consejo del Pueblo Maya (CPO), Consejo Mam, Guatemala Human Rights Commission, USA (GHRC), Guatemala Solidarity Network, Microregión de Ixquisis, San Mateo Ixtatán, The Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation, PAYXAIL YAJAW KONOB (Gobierno Ancestral Plurinacional) AKATEKA, CHUJ, POPTI’, Q’ANJOB’AL, Proyecto Acompañamiento Quebec Guatemala Montréal, Canadá, Resistencia Río Dolores
Countries: Guatemala
Topics: Human Rights Defenders, Environment
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Session: 161 Period of Sessions; Date: Saturday, March 18, 2017

      Right of Access to Information and Transparency in Environmental Management, Licensing, Monitoring, and Oversight of Extractive Activities in the Americas
Participants: Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR), Capitulo Nacional de Transparency Internacional (EyT), Movimiento Salvemos a Santo Domingo de Nicaragua, Fundación Justicia y Transparencia (FJT),, Observatorio de Políticas Públicas de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Espacio Nacional para la Transparencia en las Industrias Extractivas (ENTRE)
Countries: Regional
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Right to Freedom of Expression, Environment
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Session: 161 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, March 17, 2017

      Situation of Environmental Rights Defenders in Panama
Participants: State of Panama, Alianza para la Conservación y el Desarrollo (ACD) , Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns/, Sisters of Mercy’s Institute Justice Team
Countries: Panama
Topics: Human Rights Defenders, Environment
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Session: 156 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, October 23, 2015

      Situation of Defenders of Women’s Rights and the Environment in America
Participants: Asociación para los derechos de la Mujer (AWID), Coordinadora Nacional de Organizaciones de Mujeres Trabajadoras Rurales e Indígenas (CONAMURI), Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (IM Defensoras), Acción Ecológica , Fondo de Acción Urgente de América Latina y el Caribe (FAU-AL), Fondo de Mujeres del Sur, Fondo Alquimia, Chile, Unión Latinoamericana de Mujeres (Red ULAM), Madres de Ituzaingó – Línea Fundadora, Argentina, Mujeres defensoras del Río Pilmaiken, Chile
Countries: Regional
Topics: Rights of Women, Human Rights Defenders, Environment
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Session: 156 Period of Sessions; Date: Monday, October 19, 2015

      Situation of Defenders of the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples and of the Environment in Ecuador
Participants: State of Ecuador, EarthRights International (ERI) , Acción Ecológica
Countries: Ecuador
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights Defenders, Environment
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      Human Rights Situation of Defenders of the Environment in the Context of Extractive Industries in America
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH), Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan, Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ), Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR), Associação Direitos Humanos em Rede Conectas Direitos Humanos, Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH), Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH), Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), Justiça Global, Unidad de Protección de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (UDEFEGUA), Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH), Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos (CEDHU), Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA), Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA), Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN), Robert F. Kennedy, Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center), Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF), Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR), Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Sociedad (IIDS), Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres de Chihuahua , Amazon Watch , Asociadas por lo Justo (JASS) , Justiça nos Trilhos , Peace Brigades International , Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (IM Defensoras), Laboratorio de Paz, Asamblea de los Pueblos del Sur, Asamblea de los Pueblos Indígenas del Istmo de Tehuantepec en Defensa de la Tierra y el Territorio (APIITDTT), Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID), Comunidad de Derechos Humanos Bolivia, Fondo de Acción Urgente de América Latina y el Caribe (FAU-AL), Forum Suape, Global Witness, Internacional Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Movilización de Mujeres Afrodescendientes del Norte del Cauca por el Cuidado de la Vida en los Territorios Ancestrales, Plataforma Internacional Contra la Impunidad, Terra Mater, Unión Nacional de Instituciones para el Trabajo de Acción Social (UNITAS), Proyecto de Derechos Económicos Sociales y Culturales (ProDESC)
Countries: Regional
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Human Rights Defenders, Environment
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Session: 154 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, March 20, 2015

      The Right to Property and the Right to a Healthy Environment of Indigenous Peoples in Bocas del Toro, Panama
Participants: State of Panama, Alianza para la Conservación y el Desarrollo (ACD) , Movimiento por la Defensa de los Territorios y Ecosistemas de Bocas del Toro (MODETEAB) , Centro de Desarrollo y Asistencia Técnica Ngobe (CEDETENG)
Countries: Panama
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Environment
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Session: 150 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, March 28, 2014

      Situation of the Right to Freedom of Association and Environmental Defenders in Ecuador
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), State of Ecuador, Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Fundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos (INREDH), Grupo de Afectados por la disolución de Fundación Pachamama
Countries: Ecuador
Topics: Environment

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Session: 146 Period of Sessions; Date: Sunday, November 4, 2012

      Human Rights of People Affected by Metal Mining in El Salvador
Participants: State of El Salvador, Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador
Countries: El Salvador
Topics: Environment

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Session: 146 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, November 2, 2012

      Situation of Human Rights Defenders and Defenders of the Environment in Ecuador
Participants: State of Ecuador, Fundación Pachamama, Instituto Regional de Derechos Humanos (INREDH), Fundación Centro Lianas
Countries: Ecuador
Topics: Human Rights Defenders, Environment

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Session: 143 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, October 28, 2011

      Environment and Human Rights in El Salvador
Participants: State of El Salvador, Procurador para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador
Countries: El Salvador
Topics: Environment

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Session: 143 Period of Sessions; Date: Monday, October 24, 2011

      Situation of the Inhabitants and Human Rights Defenders of Las Granadillas Mountain, Guatemala
Participants: State of Guatemala, Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo (GAM), Iglesia Luterana de Guatemala (ILUGUA)
Countries: Guatemala
Topics: Human Rights Defenders, Environment

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      Human Rights Violations in the Context of Natural Resource Concessions in Honduras
Participants: State of Honduras, Asociación de Jueces por la Democracia (AJD), Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación de la Compañía de Jesús (ERIC), Movimiento Amplio por la Dignidad y la Justicia (MADJ), Foro de Mujeres por la Vida
Countries: Honduras
Topics: Environment

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