165 Period of Sessions
Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Panama

Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Panama

Monday, October 23, 2017

Participants: Defensoría del Pueblo .State of Panama

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Situation of Human Rights Defenders and Social Leaders in Colombia

Situation of Human Rights Defenders and Social Leaders in Colombia

Monday, October 23, 2017

Participants: Red de derechos Humanos del Suroccidente Colombiano Francisco Isaías Cifuentes . Solidaridad jurídica.Asociación de Hermandades Agroecológicas y Mineras de Guamocó .Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos Movimiento Político y Social Marcha Patriótica.Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (CPDH).Coordinación de víctimas y derechos humanos nororiente.Coordinadora Departamental de Organizaciones Sociales, Ambientales y Campesinas del Caquetá (COORDOSAC) .Corporación Acción Humanitaria por la Convivencia y la Paz del Nordeste Antioqueño .State of Colombia.Redhus

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


164 Period of Sessions

Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Haiti

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Participants: Ensemble des Citoyens Compétents à la Recherche l’Egalité des Droits de l’Homme (ECCREDH).State of Haiti

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Situation of Women Human Rights Defenders in Nicaragua

Situation of Women Human Rights Defenders in Nicaragua

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Participants: State of Nicaragua.Iniciativa Nicaragüense de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos de las mujeres (IN-Defensoras)

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Reports of Attacks on Human Rights Defenders by Extractive Companies in Guatemala

Reports of Attacks on Human Rights Defenders by Extractive Companies in Guatemala

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Participants: Centro de Acción Ambiental Legal y Social de Guatemala (CALAS) .State of Guatemala

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


163 Period of Sessions
Reports of Violence and Harassment against Human Rights Defenders in Ecuador

Reports of Violence and Harassment against Human Rights Defenders in Ecuador

Friday, July 7, 2017

Participants: Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos (CEDHU).Confederación de Nacionalidades indígenas del Ecuador (CONAIE).State of Ecuador.Fundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos (INREDH)

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


162 Period of Sessions
Justice Operators and Human Rights Defenders in the Context of Transitional Justice in Uruguay

Justice Operators and Human Rights Defenders in the Context of Transitional Justice in Uruguay

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Participants: State of Uruguay.Observatorio Luz Ibarburu (OLI)

Topics: Human Rights Defenders.Transitional Justice


Human Rights Situation of Peasants and their Defenders in Paraguay

Human Rights Situation of Peasants and their Defenders in Paraguay

Friday, May 26, 2017

Participants: Juan Martens. Via Campesina.State of Paraguay.Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales y Sociales del Paraguay (INECIPPY).Federación Nacional Campesina (FNC).Marcial Gómez.Teodolina Villalba

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


161 Period of Sessions
Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders in Honduras

Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders in Honduras

Friday, March 17, 2017

Participants: Amnesty International.Asociación LGBT Arco Iris.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Honduras.Grupo Sociedad Civil

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Situation of Environmental Rights Defenders in Panama

Situation of Environmental Rights Defenders in Panama

Friday, March 17, 2017

Participants: Alianza para la Conservación y el Desarrollo (ACD) .State of Panama.Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns/.Sisters of Mercy’s Institute Justice Team

Topics: Human Rights Defenders.Environment


Independence of Justice Operators in Chile

Independence of Justice Operators in Chile

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Participants: Asociación Nacional de Magistrados de Chile.State of Chile

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


Reports of Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders who Oppose Hydroelectric Projects in Guatemala

Reports of Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders who Oppose Hydroelectric Projects in Guatemala

Monday, March 20, 2017

Participants: Acompañamiento de Austria (ADA).Asamblea Departamental de Huehuetenango en Defensa de los Recursos Naturales Renovables y no Renovables (ADH) .Asociación de Abogados y Notarios Mayas de Guatemala, Nim Ajpu (ANMAG) .Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA).Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (CIEDH).Consejo del Pueblo Maya (CPO).Consejo Mam.State of Guatemala.Guatemala Human Rights Commission, USA (GHRC).Guatemala Solidarity Network.Microregión de Ixquisis, San Mateo Ixtatán.The Swedish Fellowship of Reconciliation.PAYXAIL YAJAW KONOB (Gobierno Ancestral Plurinacional) AKATEKA, CHUJ, POPTI’, Q’ANJOB’AL.Plataforma Internacional Contra la Impunidad.Protection International (PI).Proyecto Acompañamiento Quebec Guatemala Montréal, Canadá.Resistencia Río Dolores.Unidad de Protección de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (UDEFEGUA)

Topics: Human Rights Defenders.Environment


Investigation of Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Colombia

Investigation of Attacks on Human Rights Defenders in Colombia

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Participants: Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR).Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP).Comité de Solidaridad con Presos Políticos (CSPP).Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (CPDH).Coordinación Colombia-Europa-Estados Unidos (CEEU).Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL).Corporación Jurídica Yira Castro.Corporación REINICIAR.Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH).Instituto sobre Raza, Igualdad y Derechos Humanos.Movimiento Político y Social Marcha Patriótica

Topics: Human Rights Defenders


Human Rights Situation of LGBTI People in El Salvador

Human Rights Situation of LGBTI People in El Salvador

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Participants: Asociacion Comunicando y Capacitando a mujeres TRANS con VIH en El Salvador - COMCAVIS TRANS.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of El Salvador.Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD)

Topics: Human Rights Defenders.Rights of Persons LGBTI


Reports of Violence against LGBTI People of African Descent in Brazil

Reports of Violence against LGBTI People of African Descent in Brazil

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Participants: State of Brazil.The International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights.Rede Nacional de Negros e Negras LGBT

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Human Rights Defenders.Rights of Persons LGBTI


Situation of Environmental Rights Defenders in the Americas

Situation of Environmental Rights Defenders in the Americas

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Participants: Acción Ecológica .Arturo Escobar.EarthRights International (ERI) .Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH).Fondo de Acción Urgente.Joan Martínez Alier.Naomi Klein.Oilwatch.Red de Mujeres Saramanta Warmikuna.Red Latinoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Sociales y Ambientales

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Human Rights Defenders.Environment