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Session: 178 Virtual Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, December 4, 2020

      Combat of torture in Mexico
Participants:
Countries: Mexico
Topics: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 178 Virtual Period of Sessions; Date: Thursday, December 3, 2020

      Human rights situation of victims of human trafficking in the region
Participants:
Countries: Regional
Topics: Most serious crimes under International Criminal Law, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 174 Period of Sesions; Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2019

      Torture, extrajudicial execution and gross human rights violence due to State repression in Venezuela
Participants: State of Venezuela, Foro Penal Venezolano, Un Mundo Sin Mordaza, Defiende Venezuela, Observatorio de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Los Andes (ODH-ULA)
Countries: Venezuela
Topics: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 173 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, September 27, 2019

      Fight Against Torture in Brazil
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Associação Direitos Humanos em Rede Conectas Direitos Humanos, State of Brazil, Justiça Global, Sociedade Maranhense de Direitos Humanos, Gabinete de Assessoria Jurídica às Organizações Populares (GAJOP), , Defensoría Pública de la Unión de Brasil (DPU), Mecanismo Nacional de Prevenção e Combate à Tortura (MNPCT), Mecanismo Estadual de Prevenção e Combate à Tortura do Rio de Janeiro, Paraíba, Pernambuco e Rondônia (MEPCT/RJ), (MEPCT/PB), (MEPCT/PE), (MEPCT/RO), Associação de Prevenção à Tortura (APT)
Countries: Brazil
Topics: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 173 Period of Sessions; Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2019

      Persecution, Repression, Criminalization and Judicialization of the Peasant and Forcibly Displaced Population of Nicaragua
Participants: State of Nicaragua, Fundación para el Debido Proceso (DPLF), Movimiento Campesino (MC ), Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Nicaragua Nunca +, Acción Penal (AC)
Countries: Nicaragua
Topics: Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Forced Displacement, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 173 Period of Sessions; Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019

      Reparation for Slavery and Other Forms of Structural Racial Discrimination in the United States
Participants: State of the United States, Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law (TMCRC)
Countries: United States
Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 171 Period of Sessions; Date: Thursday, February 14, 2019

      Reports of Torture, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment in Psychiatric Hospitals in Argentina
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), State of Argentina, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ), Xumek, Asamblea Permanente de Usuarixs y Sobrevivientes de los Servicios de Salud Mental (APUSSAM), Asociación por los Derechos en Salud Mental (ADESAM), Comisión Asesora de Discapacidad de la Universidad Nacional de Lanús , Confluir Usuarixs en Acción por el Derecho a la Salud Mental , Movimiento por la Desmanicomialización en Romero (MDR)
Countries: Argentina
Topics: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Session: 168 Period of Sessions IACHR; Date: Monday, May 7, 2018

      Situation of Defenders of Torture Victims in Mexico
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH), State of Mexico, Asistencia Legal por los Derechos Humanos A.C. (Asilegal), Colectivo contra la Tortura y la Impunidad, Servicios y Asesoría para la Paz (SERAPAZ), Organización Mundial contra la Tortura (OMCT), Litigio Estratégico en Derechos Humanos (I(DH)EAS)
Countries: Mexico
Topics: Human Rights Defenders, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 167 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, March 2, 2018

      Human Rights and the Pardon for Former President Fujimori in Peru (EX OFFICIO)
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), State of Peru, Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), Center for Reproductive Rights, Estudio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (DEMUS), Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH), Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, Grupo de trabajo jurídico de la Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos
Countries: Peru
Topics: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 166 Period of Sessions IACHR; Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017

      Denuncias de impunidad por ejecuciones extrajudiciales en Estados Unidos
Participants: State of the United States, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU), International Human Rights Clinic, Santa Clara University School of Law
Countries: United States
Topics: Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 165 Period of Sessions; Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2017

      Reports of Murders, Disappearances, and Torture in Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico
Participants: Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH), Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), Centro Diocesano para los Derechos Humanos Fray Juan de Larios, Instituto Mexicano de Derechos Humanos y Democracia (IMDHD) , Fuerzas Unidas para Encontrar a Nuestros Desaparecidos en México (Fundem) , Idheas Litigio Estratégico
Countries: Mexico
Topics: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 161 Period of Sessions; Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2017

      Reports of Confinement, Mistreatment, and Torture in the Prison System in Brazil
Participants: Associação Direitos Humanos em Rede Conectas Direitos Humanos, State of Brazil, Justiça Global, Pastoral Carcelaria Nacional, Instituto Tierra, Trabalho e Cidadania (ITTC), Sou da Paz , Associação pela Reforma Prisional - Centro de Estudos de Segurança e Cidadania da Universidade Candido Mendes , Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD), Instituto de Defensores de Direitos Humanos (DDH), Rede Justiça Criminal, Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCRIM)
Countries: Brazil
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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      Right to Truth and Report of Venezuela’s Commission for Justice and Truth
Participants: State of Venezuela, Programa Venezolano de Educación–Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA), Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas, Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC)
Countries: Venezuela
Topics: Transitional Justice, Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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      Reports of Political Persecution in Venezuela
Participants: State of Venezuela, Foro Penal Venezolano, Un Mundo Sin Mordaza, Defensores Activos (DA), Refugee Freedom Program (RFP)
Countries: Venezuela
Topics: Right to Freedom of Expression, Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees, Political Rights, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Right of Association
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Session: 159 Period of Sessions; Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016

      Torture, Institutional Violence, and Impunity in the Americas
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Red Euro-Latinoamericana para la Prevención de la Tortura (RELAPT)
Countries: Regional
Topics: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 154 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, March 20, 2015

      Reports of Sexual Torture of Women in Mexico
Participants: Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH), Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan, State of Mexico, Centro de Derechos Humanos Agustín Pro Juárez (PRODH), Asociadas por lo Justo (JASS)
Countries: Mexico
Topics: Rights of Women, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 154 Period of Sessions; Date: Thursday, March 19, 2015

      Citizen Security and Reports of Torture in Argentina
Participants: State of Argentina, Amnesty International, Defensoría de Casación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Defensoría General de la Provincia de Santa Fe, Defensoría General de la Provincia de Chubut
Countries: Argentina
Topics: Citizen Security, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 154 Period of Sessions; Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015

      Case 12.797 – Linda Loaiza López Soto et al.
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), State of Venezuela, Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC), Linda Loaiza López Soto, Juan Bernardo Delgado
Countries: Venezuela
Topics: Rights of Women, Petitions and Cases, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 175 Period of Sessions Public Hearings; Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2013

      Protection of children in Mexico: forced recruitment and disappearances
Participants: State of Mexico, Red por los Derechos de la Infancia en México (REDIM)
Countries: Mexico
Topics: Rights of Children, Most serious crimes under International Criminal Law, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 140 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, October 29, 2010

      Petition 900/08 – Djamel Ameziane, United States
Participants: State of the United States, Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
Countries: United States
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty, Petitions and Cases, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment

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Session: 131 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, March 7, 2008

      Prevention of torture in Latin America
Participants: Asociación para la Prevención de la Tortura (APT)
Countries: Regional
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment

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Session: 127 Period of Sessions; Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007

      Torture in Mexico
Participants: Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH), State of Mexico, Colectivo contra la Tortura y la Impunidad, Universidad Iberoamericana
Countries: Mexico
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment

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Session: 123 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, October 21, 2005

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Participants: State of Brazil, Centro de Defensa del Niño de Ceará
Countries: Brazil
Topics: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), State of Venezuela, Programa Venezolano de Educación–Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA)
Countries: Venezuela
Topics: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 116 Period of Sessions; Date: Friday, October 18, 2002

      Information Related to Alleged Acts of Torture in Mexico
Participants: Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH), State of Mexico, Grupo de Mujeres de San Cristóbal de Las Casas (COLEM), Acción de los Cristianos para la Abolición de la Tortura (ACAT), Red de Defensores Comunitarios de Chiapas
Countries: Mexico
Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 108 Period of Sessions; Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2000

      Case 12.266 - Testimonio sobre la masacre de El Aro, Colombia (Private Hearing; Confidential Testimony)
Participants: Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)
Countries: Colombia
Topics: Petitions and Cases, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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Session: 100 Period of Sessions; Date: Thursday, October 8, 1998

      Case 11.756 - Leonor La Rosa Bustamante, Perú
Participants: State of Peru, Heriberto Benítez
Countries: Peru
Topics: Petitions and Cases, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
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