Schedule of Public Hearings

The public hearings will be held at the IACHR headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Monday, July 10, 2023

time
hearings
participants
09:00 - 10:30

Violence and discrimination against women, girls and adolescents in Belize

  • United Belize Advocacy Movement (UniBam)
  • Tikun Olam
  • PETAL Promoting Empowerment through Awareness for Lesbian bi sexual women
  • State of Belize
11:00 - 12:30

Human rights of indigenous peoples in Argentina

  • Asociación de Abogados/as de Derecho Indígena (AADI)
  • Abogados y Abogadas del Noroeste Argentino (ANDHES)
  • Asociación de Mujeres Abogadas Indígenas (AMAI)
  • Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
  • The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for South America
  • State of Argentina
14:00 - 15:30

Human Rights Situation of Wet'suwet'en Indigenous Peoples in Canada

  • The Wet’suwet’en Nation
  • Amnesty International
  • State of Canada


Tuesday, July 11, 2023

time
hearings
participants
09:00 - 10:30

CANCELLED HEARING Human rights situation of persons deprived of their liberty in Jamaica (Ex Officio)

  • Stand Up for Jamaica
  • Jamaicans for Justice
  • State of Jamaica
11:00 - 12:30

Human rights and the use of facial recognition technologies in Brazil

  • UNEafro Brasil - União de Núcleos de Educação Popular para Negras/os e Classe Trabalhadora
  • State of Brazil
14:00 - 15:30

Parental Alienation Law in Brazil

  • Grupo Vozes de Anjos
  • Instituto Maria da Penha
  • Cladem
  • Movimento Nacional De Direitos Humanos (MNDH)
  • Associación Más Que Vencedores
  • Organização de Direitos Humanos Projeto Legal
  • Movimento Infância Livre de Abusos (MILA)
  • Coletivo Pachamamá
  • Mães de Haia
  • Coletivo Mães na Luta
  • Coletivo CPI Voz Materna
  • ONG Projeto Despertar
  • Observatório de Políticas Públicas para Crianças e Adolescentes (OPPCA)
  • No Corpo Certo
  • Marias Também tem Força
  • Fórum Nacional Mulher e Infância
  • Esquerda Sem Misoginia
  • Coletiva Sociedade Matriarcal (SOMA)
  • Women's Declaration International Brasil (WDI)
  • Biblioteca Feminista da Praia Vermelha (UFRJ)
  • Clínica Feminista (UFRGS)
  • Militância Materna
  • Brasil Contra SAP
  • Grupo de Pesquisa Direito, Gênero e Identidades Plurais (DIGIPLUS) FURG RS
  • Núcleo de Pesquisa e Extensão em Direitos Humanos (NUPEDH) FURG RS
  • Associação Brasileira de Saúde Mental (ABRASME)
  • Oitava Feminista
  • Rede Feministas de Juristas deFEMde
  • Associação Mães e Pais pela Democracia (AMPD)
  • União Brasileira De Mulheres (UBM)
  • Bloco Não é Não
  • Rede Europeia de Apoio às Vítimas Brasileiras de Violência Doméstica (ReviBra)
  • Instituto de Cidadania e Direitos Humanos
  • Mulheres Unidas Contra Violências
  • PADEM
  • State of Brazil
16:00 - 18:00

Case 14.293 -Otilia Inés Lux García de Coti vs Guatemala

  • Carlos Antonio Pop
  • State of Guatemala


Wednesday, July 12, 2023

time
hearings
participants
08:45 - 10:00

Challenges and good practices in international coordination and cooperation for the protection of the rights of refugees, migrants and others in human mobility (Ex Officio)

  • HIAS
  • Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS)
  • Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
  • The Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE)
  • Amnesty International
  • Caribbean Centre for Human Rights
  • The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
  • The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for Central America and the Caribbean
  • Secretaría Técnica del Proceso de Quito
10:30 - 11:45

Differential impact on the lives of women relatives of persons deprived of liberty in the Americas.

  • Red Internacional de Mujeres Familiares de Personas Privadas de la Libertad
  • ACIFAD
  • AMPARAR
  • Azul Originario
  • Mujeres Libres
  • FPU
  • Comité de Familiares por la Justicia en Cárceles de Guayaquil
  • CAIFAM
12:15 - 13:30

Access to Justice for Victims of Human Trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Asociación Civil de Derechos Humanos Mujeres Unidas Migrantes y Refugiadas en Argentina (AMUMRA)
  • Associação Brasileira de Defesa da Mulher, da Infância e da Juventude (ASBRAD)
  • Instituto Brasileiro de Inovações pró-Sociedade Saudável Centro-Oeste (IBISS/CO)
  • Fundación Libera contra la trata de Personas y la Esclavitud en Todas sus Formas y Observatorio de Trata y Trafico Capítulo Chileno
  • Corporación Espacios de Mujer
  • Fundación Renacer
  • Sindicato de Trabajadoras del Servicio Doméstico (SINTRASEDOM)
  • ECPAT Guatemala
  • CHS Alternativo
  • Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women Latin America and the Caribbean GAATW-REDLAC
15:00 - 16:15

Judicialization of matters of public interest against persons exercising freedom of expression ("SLAPPs") in the region.

  • ARTICLE 19
  • Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa (FLIP)
  • El Veinte
  • Foro de Periodismo Argentino (FOPEA)
  • Instituto de Prensa y Sociedad, Perú, (IPyS Perú)
  • Columbia Global Freedom of Expression (GFoE)
  • Associação Brasileira de Jornalismo Investigativo (Abraji)
  • Instituo DEMOS (Guatemala)
16:45 - 18:00

Labor rights of the informal sector wokers in the Americas

  • Confederacion Sindical de las Americas (CSA)
  • Federación Internacional de los Trabajadores del Transporte (ITF)
  • International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network (ILAW)


Thursday, July 13, 2023

time
hearings
participants
09:00 - 10:15

Obstetric Violence in the Americas

  • Promsex, Perú
  • Miles, Chile
  • GIRE, México
  • CDD, Argentina
  • CRR LAC programme
10:45 - 12:45

Case 13.955 - Gabriel Alejandro Vasco Toapanta vs. Ecuador

  • Santiago Vasco Morales
  • Gladys Patricia Aguirre Villa
  • Juan Pablo Albán Alencastro,
  • Beatriz Meythaler
  • Gabriela Flores
  • Clínica Jurídica de la Universidad San Francisco de Quito
  • State of Ecuador
14:00 - 15:30

Human rights situation in Haiti in the context of humanitarian and citizen security crisis

  • Bureau des Droits en Haïti (BDHH) - Biwo dwa moun
  • State of Haiti
16:00 - 18:00

Case 13.599 - Ariel Osvaldo Mollar vs Argentina

  • Defensoría de Casación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
  • Ariel Ovaldo Mollar
  • State of Argentina


Friday, July 14, 2023

time
hearings
participants
09:00 - 10:30

Human rights situation of LGBTIQ+ persons deprived of liberty in Venezuela

  • Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones
  • State of Venezuela
11:00 - 12:30

Human rights violations and states of exception in El Salvador

  • Amnesty Interenational
  • Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto
  • Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
  • Centro por los Derechos Civiles y Políticos (CCPR)
  • Cristosal
  • Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD)
  • Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF)
  • Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (IDHUCA)
  • Red Salvadoreña de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos
  • Servicio Social Pasionista (SSPAS)
  • World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
  • State of El Salvador
14:00 - 15:30

Situation of people deprived of liberty in Mexico.

  • Red Solidaria Década Contra la Impunidad AC
  • Frente Mexiquense en Defensa para una Vivienda Digna A.C.
  • Presunción de la Inocencia y Derechos Humanos
  • The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • State of Mexico
16:00 - 18:00

Case 14.736- 37 People with disabilities detained in Casa Esperanza vs México

  • Disability Rights International
  • O´Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University
  • State of Mexico