Period of Sessions
IACHR Headquarters
March 20 to April 4, 2014
- Speech by Commissioner Tracy Robinson, President of the IACHR, at the close of its 150th Sessions
- Report on the 150th Session of the IACHR
- Audio recording of the Press Conference offered at the end of the 150 Period of Sessions
- Closing Ceremony: video and photos
- 35/14 - IACHR Wraps Up its 150th Session
Washington, D.C., April 4, 2014
35A/14 - Report on the 150th Session of the IACHR. - 26/14 - IACHR Announces Schedule for its 150th Session
Washington, D.C., March 14, 2014
Case 11.227 – Unión Patriótica, Colombia
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ)
Corporación REINICIARState of ColombiaFamily of Miguel Ángel Díaz
Topics: Petitions and Cases
General Human Rights Situation in Colombia
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ)Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP)Coordinación Colombia-Europa-Estados Unidos (CEEU)Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR)Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL)State of Colombia
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
Legal Regime and Institutional Practices to Impose Restrictions on Individual Political Rights in Colombia
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: Asociación MingaComisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP)Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR)State of Colombia
Topics: Political Rights
Violations of the Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Colombia
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: Asociación de Familias de Personas con Síndrome de Down (ASDOWN COLOMBIA)State of ColombiaPrograma de Acción por la Igualdad y la Inclusión Social (PAIIS)Universidad de Los Andes
Topics: Rights of WomenRights of Persons with Disabilities
Case 12.710 - Marcos Gilberto Cháves and Sandra Beatriz Cháves, Argentina
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: Defensoría General de la Nación, ArgentinaState of Argentina
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: Abogados Sin Fronteras Canadá (ASFC) Amazon Watch Amnesty InternationalAsociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA)Asociación MingaAsociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH)Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres (CEDEHM)Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (FRAYBA)Centro de Derechos y Desarrollo (CEDAL)Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Centro Regional de Derechos Humanos y Justicia de Género: Corporación Humanas, ChileCiudadanos en Apoyo a los Derechos Humanos A.C (CADHAC) Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala en Estados UnidosComisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH)Comite de America Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM)Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC)Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES)Consultorio Jurídico Internacional de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Santo Tomas de Bogotá, ColombiaCoordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of PeruCorporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR)DNI, Costa RicaEquipo de Reflexión, Investigación de la Compañía de Jesús (ERIC)Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD)Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroamericana (IDHUCA)Justiça GlobalLuz Marina MonzónOficina Jurídica para la MujerPaz y EsperanzaPeace Brigades International Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo (PIDHDD)Red Latinoamericana y Caribeña por la Defensa de los Derechos de los Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes (REDLAMYC)Unidad de Protección de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (UDEFEGUA)
Topics: Human Rights Defenders
Criminal Justice System in Peru
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: State of Peru
Topics: Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees
Access to Justice for Child and Adolescent Victims of Sexual Violence in Peru
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: State of PeruInstituto Promoviendo Desarrollo Social - IPRODESSave the Children
Topics: Rights of ChildrenAccess to Justice, Judicial Guarantees
Human Rights Situation of the Indigenous Peoples in the Territorial Reserve of Kugapakori, Nahua, Nanti, et al. (RTNKN) in Peru
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: Comunidad Nativa Santa Rosa de SerjaliConfederación de Nacionalidades Amazónicas del Perú (CONAP)State of Peru
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression and the Concentration of Media Ownership in Peru
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of PeruInstituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Situation of Haitian Migrant Workers and their Families in the Dominican Republic
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: State of Dominican RepublicGenaro RincónGregoria CorporanJosefina Juan Vda. PichardoManuel de Jesús DandreMaría MartínezReemberto Pichardo Juan
Topics: Rights of Migrants and their Families
Situation of the Right to Nationality of Dominicans of Haitian Descent affected by Denationalization Policies in the Dominican Republic
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: Centro Cultural Dominico-Haitiano (CCDH) Centro de Acción Social y Agraria (CEFASA)Centro Pedro Francisco Bonó (Centro Bonó)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Colectiva Mujer y Salud State of Dominican RepublicFundación Étnica Integral (FEI) Movimiento Socio Cultural de Trabajadores Haitianos, Inc. (MOSCTHA) Observatorio Migrantes del Caribe (OBMICA)Solidaridad Fronteriza
Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination
Human Rights Situation of Women in the Dominican Republic
Monday, March 24, 2014
Participants: Centro de Derechos Reproductivos (CDR)Centro de Investigación para la Acción Femenina (CIPAF)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Colectiva Mujer y Salud Comite de America Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM)State of Dominican RepublicRed de Salud de las Mujeres Latinoamericanas y del Caribe (RSMLAC)Red Mundial de Mujeres por los derechos Reproductivos (RMMDR)
Topics: Rights of Women
Case 12.866 – Henry Hill et al., United States
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Participants: ACLU Human Rights ProgramACLU Michigan Juvenile Life Without Parole InitiativeState of the United StatesHuman Rights Clinic, Columbia Law School
Topics: Petitions and Cases
Human Rights Situation of Workers in the Meatpacking and Poultry Industry in the United States
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Participants: State of the United StatesMidwest Coalition for Human RightsNebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public InterestSouthern Poverty Law Center
Topics: Labor and Workers' RightsEconomic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights
Impact of “Stand Your Ground” Laws on Minorities in the United States
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Participants: Community Justice ProjectState of the United StatesFlorida Legal Services, Inc.Free Marissa Now Mobilization CampaignNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)The Dream Defenders, Inc.University of Miami Human Rights Clinic (HRC)
Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination
Drug Policies and Human Rights in the Americas
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Participants: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU)Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH)Associação Direitos Humanos em Rede Conectas Direitos HumanosCanadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)Centro de Estudios de Derechos Justicia y Sociedad (DeJusticia)Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)Centro de investigación Drogas y Derechos Humanos (CIDDH)Colectivo por una Política Integral hacia las Drogas (CUPIHD), MéxicoColegio Médico de ChileComisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH)Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)Corporación HumanasFundación Myrna MackInstituto de Estudios Legales y Sociales del Uruguay (IELSUR)Instituto Latinoamericano de Seguridad y Democracia (ILSED),Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
Human Rights Situation of Journalists in Cuba
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Participants: Centro de Información Hablemos Press (CIPRESS)Centro de Información Legal “Cubalex” State of Cuba
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Situation of Persons with Disabilities in Cuba
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Participants: Centro de Información Legal “Cubalex” State of Cuba
Topics: Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Situation of Legal Standing and Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities in Latin America
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Participants: Asociación para la promoción y protección de los derechos de las personas en situación de vulnerabilidad (EQUAL) Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)Centro de Investigación y Docencia en Derechos Humanos “Alicia Moreau” de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina Colectivo Chuhcan Disability Rights International (DRI)Documenta, análisis y acción para la justicia social, AC (Documenta)Fundamental ColombiaFundamental Costa RicaInstituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (IDEH-PUCP)Instituto Interamericano sobre Discapacidad y Desarrollo Inclusivo, Costa RicaInstituto Interamericano sobre Discapacidad y Desarrollo Inclusivo, UruguayLitigio Estratégico en Derechos Humanos (I(DH)EAS)Programa de Acción por la Igualdad y la Inclusión Social (PAIIS)
Topics: Access to Justice, Judicial GuaranteesRights of Persons with Disabilities
Process for Appointing Justice Operators in Guatemala
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Participants: Asociación Refugio de la Niñez Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (CIIDH)
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the JudiciaryHuman Rights Defenders
National Reparation Program in Guatemala
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Topics: Transitional JusticeImpact of violence and armed conflicts
Human Rights Situation and the Death Penalty in the Americas
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Participants: State of ArgentinaState of BrazilState of ChileState of Costa RicaState of HondurasState of MexicoState of PanamaState of ParaguayState of UruguayPermanent Observer of France to the Organization of American States
Topics: Death Penalty
Human Rights Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty in Nicaragua
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty
Human Rights Situation of the Indigenous Peoples of Nicaragua
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Human Rights Public Policy and Good Practices in Mexico
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: State of Mexico
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
Challenges to the Work of the Truth Commission of the State of Guerrero, Mexico
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: Comisión de la Verdad del Estado de Guerrero, MexicoState of Mexico
Topics: Transitional JusticeImpact of violence and armed conflicts
Maternal Health and Reports of Obstetric Violence in Mexico
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: State of MexicoGrupo de Información y Reproducción Elegida (GIRE) Parto Humanizado, A.C.Sakil Nichim Anzetik A.C.
Challenges in the Implementation of the Criminal Justice System in Mexico
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: Asistencia Legal por los Derechos Humanos A.C. (Asilegal)Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH)State of MexicoInstituto de Justicia Procesal Penal, A.C.Observatorio Ciudadano del Sistema de Justicia
Human Rights Situation of the Apetina Indigenous Community in Suriname
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: Environmental Toxicology and HealthState of SurinameSuriname Indigenous Health Fund (SIHF)
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Human Rights Situation of LGBTI Persons in Canada
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: Egale CanadáState of Canada
Topics: Rights of Persons LGBTI
Challenges of Protecting Women from Violence 20 Years after the Belém do Pará Convention
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: Amnesty InternationalAsociación para los derechos de la Mujer (AWID)Asociadas por lo Justo (JASS) Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Colectiva Feminista para el Desarrollo LocalComite de America Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM)Consorcio Para el Diálogo y la Equidad Oaxaca A.C. (Consorcio-Oaxaca)Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (IM Defensoras)Red Nacional de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos ,México and El SalvadorUnidad de Protección de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (UDEFEGUA)
Topics: Rights of Women
Follow-up to the IACHR Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Jamaica (SCHEDULED BY THE COMMISSION)
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: State of JamaicaCivil Society of the Americas
Topics: General Human Rights SituationRights of Persons LGBTI
Situation of Justice Operators in Chile
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: State of Chile
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of the JudiciaryHuman Rights Defenders
Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Prior Consultation in Chile
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: State of ChileObservatorio de Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas
Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples
State Response to Conflicts in the Context of Development Projects in Panama
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Participants: Alianza para la Conservación y el Desarrollo (ACD) Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of Panama
Access to Justice for Victims of the Jean-Claude Duvalier Regime in Haiti
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: Avocats sans frontières Canada (ASFC)Centre CEcuménique des Droits Humains (CEDH)Collectif contre l’impunitéState of HaitiMaison des femmesMouvement des femmes haïtiennes pour l´éducation et le développement (MOUFHED) Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH)
Topics: Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees
Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Ecuador
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: Asociación Ecuatoriana de Editores de Periódicos (AEDEP)Carmita Lucia AndradeChristian Gustavo Zurita RonState of EcuadorFundación Andina para la Observación y Estudio de Medios (FUNDAMEDIOS)Ivonne Eulalia Guzmán VeraJean Paul Cano MedinaJuan Carlos Calderón VivancoMiguel Ángel Rivadeneira VallejoRodrigo Xavier Bonilla ZapataSimón Espinosa Cordero
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
Situation of the Right to Freedom of Association and Environmental Defenders in Ecuador
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE)Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)State of EcuadorFundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos (INREDH)Grupo de Afectados por la disolución de Fundación Pachamama
Topics: Environment
Situation of the Right to Life for Women in Bolivia
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: State of BoliviaOficina Jurídica para la Mujer
Topics: Rights of Women
Human Rights and Evictions in Paraguay
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos de Paraguay (CODEHUPY)State of ParaguayServicio de Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ)
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
Public Policies for Protecting the Human Rights of LGTBI Children and Adolescents in Paraguay
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: State of ParaguayFederación Paraguaya LGBTLESVOSSOMOSGAY
Topics: Rights of ChildrenRights of Persons LGBTI
Human Rights Situation of LGBTI Persons in the Andean Region
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (PROMSEX)Fundación EquidadFundación Igualdad
Topics: Rights of Persons LGBTI
Human Rights Situation of LGBTI Persons in Belize
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: State of BelizeUnited Belize Advocacy Movement
Topics: Rights of Persons LGBTI
Situation of the Right of Access to Justice and Suspension of Judicial Decisions (ação de suspensão de segurança) in Brazil
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA)State of BrazilInternational RiversJustiça GlobalJustiça nos Trilhos Sociedade Paraense de Defesa dos Direitos HumanosTerra de Direitos
Topics: Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees
Situation of Human Rights and Social Protest in Brazil
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: Articulação Nacional do Comitês Populares (ANCOP)Artigo 19Conectas, Brasil State of BrazilInstituto de Defensores de Direitos Humanos (DDH)Justiça GlobalQuilombo Xis – Ação Comunitária CulturalServiço de Assessoria Jurídica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (SAJU/UFRS)Sindicato dos Jornalistas do Rio de JaneiroUnited Rede Internacional de Direitos Humanos (URIDH)
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
General Human Rights Situation in Venezuela
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC)State of VenezuelaVicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas
Topics: General Human Rights Situation
Human Rights Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty in Venezuela
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: State of VenezuelaObservatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP)
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty
Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression and Information in Venezuela
Friday, March 28, 2014
Participants: Asociación Civil Espacio PúblicoCentro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)Colegio Nacional de Periodistas de VenezuelaState of VenezuelaInstituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS)Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Prensa, Venezuela (SNTP)
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression
