Schedule




Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Presentation of the Report of the National Commission of Reparation and Reconciliation in Colombia

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: State of Colombia

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


Clarification of forced dissappearance of persons occurred during past dictatorships in Bolivia

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos de Bolivia (ASOFAMD).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Bolivia

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


Situation of the rights of maquila workers in Central America

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: Centro de los Derechos de las Mujeres (CDM).Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH).Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Concertación por un Empleo Digno en la Maquila (CEDM).Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación de la Compañía de Jesús (ERIC).Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (GMIES)

Topics: Rights of Women.Labor and Workers' Rights


General human rights situation in Colombia

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Situation of children and youth linked to the internal armed conflict in Colombia

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Colombia Coalition

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Children.Impact of violence and armed conflicts


General human rights situation in Guatemala

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: State of Guatemala

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Petition 828/01 - Oscar Gorigoitia and others, Argentina

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: Carlos Varela Álvarez.State of Argentina

Topics: Petitions and Cases


General human rights situation in Haiti

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: Alliance Gonaivienne por le Developpement et pour le Respect des Droits Humains (AGREDAH).Commission Episcopale Nationale Justice et Paix.State of Haiti

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Situation of freedom of the press in Mexico

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: Article XIX.Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC-ALC).Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social (CENCOS).Colectivo por la Transparencia.State of Mexico.Fundación Manuel Buendía.Red de Protección a Periodistas y Medios de Comunicación.Reporteros Sin Fronteras.Sindicato Nacional de Redactores de la Prensa

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Petition 1121/04 – Rogelio Jiménez López and others, Mexico

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (FRAYBA).State of Mexico

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Situation of Afrobrazilian women

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: State of Brazil.Geledés-Instituto da Mulher Negra

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Situation of feminicides in Chihuahua, Mexico

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres (CEDEHM).Justicia para Nuestras Hijas

Topics: Rights of Women.Citizen Security


Concessions on the access and use of radioelectric frequencies in the Americas

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: Article XIX.Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC-ALC)

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Friday, July 20, 2007

Precautionary measures for the detainees in the Naval Base of the United States in Guantanamo

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of the United States

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Precautionary Measures


National Plan on Human Rights 2006-2010, Peru

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Centro de Asesoría Laboral de Perú (CEDAL)

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Cases 12.561 and 12.562 Wayne Smith and Hugo Armendariz, United States

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Center for Global Justice.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of the United States.Gibbs Houston Pauw

Topics: Rights of Migrants and their Families.Petitions and Cases


Sexual violence against women in the context of the internal armed conflict in Peru (1980-2000)

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH).Estudio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (DEMUS).Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL).Red para el Desarrollo Integral del Niño y la Familia (REDINFA)

Topics: Rights of Women


Obstacles for the implementation of precautionary measures in Honduras

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH).Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación de la Compañía de Jesús (ERIC)

Topics: Precautionary Measures


Case Andrés Trujillo and others (events that took place on April 11, 2002), Venezuela

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Alfredo Romero Mendoza, Mohamad Merhi and others.State of Venezuela

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Independence of the Judiciary in Honduras

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Asociación de Jueces por la Democracia (AJD).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary.Human Rights Defenders


Situation of freedom of expression in Venezuela

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: State of Venezuela

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Case 12.518 – José Rubén Rivera, El Salvador

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of El Salvador.Probúsqueda

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Situation of the union members deprived of liberty in Cuba

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Comisión Latinoamericana por los Derechos Humanos y las Libertades de los Trabajadores y los Pueblos (CLADEHLT).Siro Del Castillo

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Human Rights Defenders


Situation of persons in jail in Cuba

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Directorio Democrático Cubano

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty


Institutional threats to the independence of the Judiciary in El Salvador

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Asociación de Jueces por la Democratización de la Justicia en El Salvador.Center for Civil and Human Rights of Notre Dame University.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Foro de Jueces Democráticos e Independientes.Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroamericana (IDHUCA)

Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary.Human Rights Defenders


Situation in the jails in Cuba

Friday, July 20, 2007

Participants: Directorio Democrático Cubano

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty