Public Hearings
Impact of public-security policies on human rights in Mexico
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: Asistencia Legal por los Derechos Humanos A.C. (Asilegal)
Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Francisco de Vitoria (CDHFFV)Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (PRODH)Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social (CENCOS)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of MexicoRed Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos "Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos" (REDTDT)
Topics: Citizen Security
Rights to the use and exploitation of natural resources and prior consultation with respect to the Cucapá indigenous people of Mexico
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: Comisión Ciudadana de Derechos Humanos del Noroeste, A.C. (CCDH)Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH)State of MexicoPueblo Indígena Cucapá
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Complaints regarding the criminalization of human rights defenders in Guerrero, Mexico
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña TlachinollanCentro Regional de Defensa de Derechos Humanos “José Ma. Morelos y PavónState of MexicoDue Process of Law Foundation (DPLF)Red Guerrerense de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos
Topics: Human Rights Defenders
Case 12.626 – Jessica Gonzales, United States
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: State of the United StatesHuman Rights Clinic, Columbia Law School
Topics: Rights of WomenPetitions and Cases
Border Wall in Texas, United States
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: State of the United StatesUniversity of Texas Working Group on Human Rights and the Border Wall
Topics: Rights of Indigenous PeoplesRights of Migrants and their Families
Petition 1186/04 - Opario Lemoth Morris et al. (Buzos Miskitos), Honduras
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: Asociación Misquita Hondureña de Buzos Lisiados (AMHBLI)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Consejo de Ancianos Almuk Nani Asla TakankaState of HondurasMiskitu Indiang Mairin Asia Takanka (MIMAT-Asociación de Mujeres Miskitas de la Costa Atlántica)
Topics: Rights of Indigenous PeoplesPetitions and Cases
Case 12.546 – Juan Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, Guatemala
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: Clínica de los Derechos Humanos Internacionales Washington College of Law, American UniversityErick ArbenzState of Guatemala
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Case 12.590 – José Miguel Gudiel Álvarez et al. (Diario Militar), Guatemala
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: State of GuatemalaFundación Myrna Mack
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Attacks on actors in the justice system in Guatemala
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of GuatemalaFundación Myrna Mack
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the JudiciaryHuman Rights Defenders
Protection of human rights defenders in Guatemala
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of GuatemalaEstudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala (ICCPG)
Topics: Human Rights Defenders
Ineffectiveness of labor justice for agricultural workers in Guatemala
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: State of GuatemalaPastoral de la Tierra InterdiocesanaThe Bernard and Audre Rapoport, Center for Human Rights at the University of Texas
Topics: Labor and Workers' Rights
Follow-up to complaints regarding extrajudicial executions/ Actions in response to murders of protected persons in Colombia
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Participants: Asociacion para la Promocion Social Alternativa (MINGA)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)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 REINICIARCorporación Sisma MujerState of ColombiaFundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP)Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)
Extraditions of paramilitaries and the rights of victims in Colombia
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: Asociacion para la Promocion Social Alternativa (MINGA)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ)Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP)Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR)Corporación REINICIARCorporación Sisma MujerState of ColombiaFundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP)Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)
Rule of law, judicial independence, and democracy in Colombia
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR)Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ)Comisión de Justicia Paz (CIJP)Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL)Corporación Sisma MujerState of ColombiaFundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP)Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)MINGAREINICIAR
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the JudiciaryHuman Rights Defenders
Case 11.227 – Unión Patriótica, Colombia (Testimony and comments)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ)State of ColombiaREINICIAR
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Discrimination and violence against women as a result of the armed conflict in Colombia
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: Casa de la Mujer en BogotáCenter for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Corporación Mujeres que CreanCorporación Sisma MujerCorporación Vamos MujerState of ColombiaMesa de Trabajo Mujer y Conflicto ArmadoRuta Pacífica de las Mujeres por la Solución Negociada del Conflicto Armado
Topics: Rights of Women
Freedom of expression in Peru
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: State of PeruInstituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
Human rights situation in Bolivia (on the Commission’s initiative)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: State of Bolivia
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
Due process and disciplinary actions against judges in Honduras
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: Asociación de Jueces por la Democracia (AJD)State of Honduras
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the JudiciaryHuman Rights Defenders
Reports of arbitrary detentions and torture in prisons in Honduras
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: CARITASCentro de Prevención, Tratamiento y Rehabilitación de Víctimas de Tortura (CPTRT)State of Honduras
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty
Situation of labor justice in El Salvador
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Concertación por un Empleo Digno en la Maquila (CEDM)State of HondurasGrupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (GMIES)Organización de Mujeres Salvadoreñas por la Paz (ORMUSA)
Topics: Labor and Workers' Rights
Precautionary measure 629-03 – Justice and Peace Commission, Colombia
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP)State of Colombia
Topics: Precautionary MeasuresHuman Rights Defenders
Case 12.251 – Village of La Esperanza (Carmen de Viboral), Colombia
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL)State of Colombia
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Racial discrimination and access to justice of Afro-descendants in Colombia
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: State of ColombiaObservatorio de Discriminación RacialRappaport Center for Human Rights and JusticeUniversidad de Los Andes
Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination
Discrimination on the base of Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation in the Americas
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: Taller de Comunicación Mujer
Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial DiscriminationRights of Persons LGBTI
Case 11.157 - Gladys Carol Espinoza González, Perú
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Participants: Asociación Nacional Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH)
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Case 12.569 – Quilombolas communities of Alcántara, Brazil
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: Associação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas do Maranhão Centro de Cultura Negra do MaranhãoState of BrazilFederação dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura do Estado do MaranhãoGlobal ExchangeJustiça GlobalMovimento dos Atingidos pela Base EspacialRede Social de Justiça e Direitos HumanosSociedade Maranhense de Direitos Humanos
Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination
Case 12.479 – José Airton Honorato et al. (Castelinho), Brasil
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: State of BrazilFundaçao Interamericana de Direitos Humanos (FIDDH)
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Amnesty Law as obstacle to justice in Brazil
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of Brazil
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the JudiciaryTransitional Justice
Case 12.277 – Fazenda Ubá, Brazil
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of BrazilSociedade Paraense de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Freedom of expression and political rights in Nicaragua
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of Nicaragua
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
Prison conditions of persons deprived of liberty on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH)State of Nicaragua
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty
Barriers to equal access to justice in Latin America
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos y Asesoría a Pueblos Indígenas (CEDHAPI)Centro de Estudios de Justicia y Participación (CEJIP)Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF)
Topics: Rights of WomenRights of Indigenous PeoplesRule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary
Case 12.519 – Leopoldo García Lucero, Chile
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: State of ChileThe Redress Trust (REDRESS)
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Case 12.624 – Carlos Baraona Bray, Chile
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Diego PortalesState of Chile
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Case 12.053 – Maya communities of the Toledo District, Belize
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: State of BelizeUniversity of Arizona College of Law
Topics: Rights of Indigenous PeoplesPetitions and Cases
Situation of violence and discrimination against women in Haiti
Monday, October 27, 2008
Participants: Collectif de Notables de Cité Soleil (Fondation CONOCS)State of Haiti
Topics: Rights of Women
PM 259/02 - Detainees at the Guantánamo Naval Base/ PM 211/08 - Djamel Ameziane, United States
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of the United States
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of LibertyPrecautionary Measures
Due process problems in the application of policies on immigrant detention and deportation in the United States
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: State of the United StatesTransnational Legal Clinic, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the JudiciaryRights of Migrants and their Families
Situation of children deprived of liberty in Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay and Uruguay
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Associação Nacional dos Centros de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescene (ANCED) BrasilColectivo de Derechos de Infancia y Adolescencia - ArgentinaComité de los Derechos del Niño – UruguayCoordinadora por los Derechos de la Infancia y la Adolescencia (CDIA) Paraguay
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of LibertyRights of Children
Case 12.361 and Petitions 1368/04, 16/05, 678/06, 1191/06 – In vitro fertilization, Costa Rica
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: State of Costa RicaGerardo Trejos
Topics: Rights of WomenPetitions and Cases
Situation of imprisoned union members in Cuba
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Comisión Latinoamericana por los Derechos Humanos y las Libertades de los Trabajadores y los Pueblos (CLADEHLT)
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of LibertyLabor and Workers' RightsHuman Rights Defenders
Risks and vulnerabilities affecting defenders of women’s rights in the Americas
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Center for Reproductive RightsComite de America Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM)Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos (MULABI)Human Rights Watch
Topics: Rights of WomenHuman Rights DefendersRights of Persons LGBTI
Principles and regulatory best practices of radio broadcasters
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC-ALC)
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
Right to private property of indigenous peoples of Panama
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Cultural SurvivalEnvironmental Defender Law CenterState of PanamaLa Alianza para la Conservación y DesarrolloNative Future
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Case 12.581 - Jesús Vélez Loor, Panama
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of Panama
Topics: Rights of Migrants and their FamiliesPetitions and Cases
Violations of economic, social, and cultural rights of indigenous peoples and access to justice in Honduras and Nicaragua
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Asociación Misquita Hondureña de Buzos Lisiados (AMHBLI)Centro de Asistencia Legal a Pueblos Indígenas (CALPI)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Miskitu Indiang Mairin Asia Takanka (MIMAT-Asociación de Mujeres Miskitas de la Costa Atlántica)
Topics: Rights of Indigenous PeoplesEconomic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights
Persons with HIV in Central America
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Panamerican Health Organization
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights
Citizen security and violence in Venezuela
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Carlos Ayala CoraoCenter for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC)State of Venezuela
Topics: Citizen Security
Precautionary Measures and Petition 592/07 - Hul´qumi´num Treaty Group, Canada
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: State of CanadaUniversity of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program
Topics: Rights of Indigenous PeoplesPetitions and CasesPrecautionary Measures
Situation of Human Rights Defenders and Institutions and Human Rights Guarantees in Venezuela (Private Hearing)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Asociación Civil Espacio PúblicoCentro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Topics: Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees
Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression and Information in Venezuela (Private Hearing)
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Participants: Asociación Civil Espacio PúblicoCentro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression