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    Monday, November 2, 2009

    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 Peoples.Petitions 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 Expression.Petitions 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 Center.Organización 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 Rights.Compliance with the Decisions of the Inter-American System.Access 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 Público.Asociación 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 Venezuela.Colegio Nacional de Periodistas de Venezuela.Sindicato 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 Público.Center 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 Liberty.Citizen 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 Público.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC).State of Venezuela.Observatorio 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 Chile.Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH)

    Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary.Most serious crimes under International Criminal Law.Transitional Justice


    Case 12.717 / Precautionary Measure PM 56/08 – Indigenous Communities Ngobe and Others, Panama

    Monday, November 2, 2009

    Participants: Cultural Survival.State of Panama

    Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Petitions and Cases.Precautionary 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).Earthjustice.ECOLEX .Fiscalía del Medio Ambiente (FIMA).Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA)

    Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


    Tuesday, November 3, 2009

    Situation of Children in Juvenile Detention Centers in Jamaica

    Tuesday, November 3, 2009

    Participants: State of Jamaica.Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ)

    Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights 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 Haiti.Regroupement des Citoyens pour la Protection des Droits Humains (RECIPRODH)

    Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Children.Citizen Security


    Case 12.254 - Víctor Saldaño, United States

    Tuesday, November 3, 2009

    Participants: State of the United States.Juan Carlos Vega, Jonathan Miller

    Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights of Migrants and their Families.Petitions 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 Peru.State of Peru.ORPIAN

    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 Seattle.State of Peru.Due 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 Peru.Instituto 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 Ecuador.Fundación Centro Lianas.Fundación Pachamama.Instituto Regional de Derechos Humanos (INREDH)

    Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


    Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Ecuador

    Tuesday, November 3, 2009

    Participants: Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos (CEDHU).State of Ecuador.Instituto Regional de Derechos Humanos (INREDH)

    Topics: Human Rights Defenders


    Thursday, November 5, 2009

    Human Rights Situation in Brazil

    Thursday, November 5, 2009

    Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Brazil.Federación 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 Mexico.Indignación, 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 Peoples.Petitions and Cases.Access 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 Tlachinollan.State of Mexico.Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF)

    Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights 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 Mexico.Grupo 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 Mexico.FUNDAR, Centro de Análisis e Investigación.Observatorio 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 Cases.Human 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 REINICIAR.Corporación Sisma Mujer.State of Colombia.Fundación 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 Colombia.Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)

    Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights 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 Colombia.Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP).Fundación Manuel Cepeda Vargas.Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado (MOVICE)

    Topics: Most serious crimes under International Criminal Law.Transitional Justice.Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


    Friday, November 6, 2009

    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 Ac.State of Guatemala

    Topics: Rights of Women.Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary.Access 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 Liberty.Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary.Right to Freedom of Expression.Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


    Freedom of Movement in Cuba

    Friday, November 6, 2009

    Participants: Juan Antonio Blanco Gil


    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 Liberty.Labor 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 Children.Petitions and Cases.Most serious crimes under International Criminal Law.Transitional 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 Salvador.Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado de San Salvador

    Topics: Petitions and Cases.Most serious crimes under International Criminal Law.Transitional 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 Rights.Rights of Persons with Disabilities


    Maternal mortality in the Americas

    Friday, November 6, 2009

    Participants: Amnesty International.Center for Reproductive Rights.Foro Salud Perú.International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights.Movimiento Autónomo de Mujeres de Nicaragua (MAMN)

    Topics: Rights of Women.Economic, 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 Policy.Child 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 Público.Fundación 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 Bogotá.Colectiva Actoras de Cambio de Guatemala.Consejería en Proyectos “Project Counseling Service”.Estudio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (DEMUS)

    Topics: Rights of Women.Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


    Labor Rights in Central America

    Friday, November 6, 2009

    Participants: Campaña Regional contra la Flexibilidad Laboral.Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (GMIES)

    Topics: Labor and Workers' Rights


    Friday, November 13, 2009

    Press Conference at the Conclusion of the 137 Period of Sessions

    Friday, November 13, 2009

    Topics: Press Conferences