Schedule




Monday, October 20, 2008

Inauguration of the 133 Period of Sessions

Monday, October 20, 2008

Topics: Inauguration of Periods of Sessions


Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Attacks on actors in the justice system in Guatemala

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Guatemala.Fundación Myrna Mack

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


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 REINICIAR.Corporación Sisma Mujer.State of Colombia.Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP).Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)


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 Guatemala.Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala (ICCPG)

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Case 12.590 – José Miguel Gudiel Álvarez et al. (Diario Militar), Guatemala

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Participants: State of Guatemala.Fundación Myrna Mack

Topics: Petitions 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 University.Erick Arbenz.State of Guatemala

Topics: Petitions and Cases


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 Takanka.State of Honduras.Miskitu Indiang Mairin Asia Takanka (MIMAT-Asociación de Mujeres Miskitas de la Costa Atlántica)

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Petitions and Cases


Border Wall in Texas, United States

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Participants: State of the United States.University of Texas Working Group on Human Rights and the Border Wall

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Migrants and their Families


Case 12.626 – Jessica Gonzales, United States

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Participants: State of the United States.Human Rights Clinic, Columbia Law School

Topics: Rights of Women.Petitions and Cases


Complaints regarding the criminalization of human rights defenders in Guerrero, Mexico

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan.Centro Regional de Defensa de Derechos Humanos “José Ma. Morelos y Pavón.State of Mexico.Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF).Red Guerrerense de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


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 Mexico.Pueblo Indígena Cucapá

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


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 Mexico.Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos "Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos" (REDTDT)

Topics: Citizen Security


Ineffectiveness of labor justice for agricultural workers in Guatemala

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Participants: State of Guatemala.Pastoral de la Tierra Interdiocesana.The Bernard and Audre Rapoport, Center for Human Rights at the University of Texas

Topics: Labor and Workers' Rights


Thursday, October 23, 2008

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 REINICIAR.Corporación Sisma Mujer.State of Colombia.Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP).Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)


Reports of arbitrary detentions and torture in prisons in Honduras

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Participants: CARITAS.Centro de Prevención, Tratamiento y Rehabilitación de Víctimas de Tortura (CPTRT).State of Honduras

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty


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 Discrimination.Rights of Persons LGBTI


Racial discrimination and access to justice of Afro-descendants in Colombia

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Participants: State of Colombia.Observatorio de Discriminación Racial.Rappaport Center for Human Rights and Justice.Universidad de Los Andes

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


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


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 Measures.Human Rights Defenders


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 Honduras.Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (GMIES).Organización de Mujeres Salvadoreñas por la Paz (ORMUSA)

Topics: Labor and Workers' Rights


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 Judiciary.Human Rights Defenders


Human rights situation in Bolivia (on the Commission’s initiative)

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Participants: State of Bolivia

Topics: General Human Rights Situation


Freedom of expression in Peru

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Participants: State of Peru.Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Discrimination and violence against women as a result of the armed conflict in Colombia

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Participants: Casa de la Mujer en Bogotá.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Corporación Mujeres que Crean.Corporación Sisma Mujer.Corporación Vamos Mujer.State of Colombia.Mesa de Trabajo Mujer y Conflicto Armado.Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres por la Solución Negociada del Conflicto Armado

Topics: Rights of Women


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 Mujer.State of Colombia.Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP).Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH).MINGA.REINICIAR

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


Case 11.157 - Gladys Carol Espinoza González, Perú

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Participants: Asociación Nacional Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH)

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 11.227 – Unión Patriótica, Colombia (Testimony and comments)

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).State of Colombia.REINICIAR

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Monday, October 27, 2008

Case 12.479 – José Airton Honorato et al. (Castelinho), Brasil

Monday, October 27, 2008

Participants: State of Brazil.Fundaçao Interamericana de Direitos Humanos (FIDDH)

Topics: Petitions 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


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 Maranhão.State of Brazil.Federação dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura do Estado do Maranhão.Global Exchange.Justiça Global.Movimento dos Atingidos pela Base Espacial.Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos.Sociedade Maranhense de Direitos Humanos

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


The justice system and impunity in Haiti

Monday, October 27, 2008

Participants: State of Haiti.Groupe d´Action pour la Defense des Droits Humains

Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary


Case 12.053 – Maya communities of the Toledo District, Belize

Monday, October 27, 2008

Participants: State of Belize.University of Arizona College of Law

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Petitions and Cases


Case 12.624 – Carlos Baraona Bray, Chile

Monday, October 27, 2008

Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Diego Portales.State of Chile

Topics: Petitions and Cases


Case 12.519 – Leopoldo García Lucero, Chile

Monday, October 27, 2008

Participants: State of Chile.The Redress Trust (REDRESS)

Topics: Petitions and Cases


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 Women.Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary


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


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


Case 12.277 – Fazenda Ubá, Brazil

Monday, October 27, 2008

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Brazil.Sociedade Paraense de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos

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 Judiciary.Transitional Justice


Situation of persons deprived of liberty in prisons and mental hospitals in Argentina

Monday, October 27, 2008

Participants: State of Argentina.Foro de VIH Mujeres y Familia.Grupo de Mujeres de la Argentina

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights of Women


Tuesday, October 28, 2008

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 States.Transnational Legal Clinic, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary.Rights of Migrants and their Families


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 Families.Petitions and Cases


Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression and Information in Venezuela (Private Hearing)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Participants: Asociación Civil Espacio Público.Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression


Situation of Human Rights Defenders and Institutions and Human Rights Guarantees in Venezuela (Private Hearing)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Participants: Asociación Civil Espacio Público.Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Topics: Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


Precautionary Measures and Petition 592/07 - Hul´qumi´num Treaty Group, Canada

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Participants: State of Canada.University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Petitions and Cases.Precautionary Measures


Citizen security and violence in Venezuela

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Participants: Carlos Ayala Corao.Center 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


Persons with HIV in Central America

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Participants: Panamerican Health Organization

Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights


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 Peoples.Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights


Right to private property of indigenous peoples of Panama

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Participants: Cultural Survival.Environmental Defender Law Center.State of Panama.La Alianza para la Conservación y Desarrollo.Native Future

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples


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


Risks and vulnerabilities affecting defenders of women’s rights in the Americas

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Participants: Center for Reproductive Rights.Comite 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 Women.Human Rights Defenders.Rights of Persons LGBTI


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 Liberty.Labor and Workers' Rights.Human Rights Defenders


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) Brasil.Colectivo de Derechos de Infancia y Adolescencia - Argentina.Comité de los Derechos del Niño – Uruguay.Coordinadora por los Derechos de la Infancia y la Adolescencia (CDIA) Paraguay

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights of Children


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 Liberty.Precautionary Measures


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 Rica.Gerardo Trejos

Topics: Rights of Women.Petitions and Cases


Friday, October 31, 2008

Press Conference at the Conclusion of the 133 Period of Sessions

Friday, October 31, 2008

Topics: Press Conferences