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PRESS RELEASE
N° 34/07
IACHR ANNOUNCES CALENDAR OF PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE 128th
PERIOD OF SESSIONS, WEBCAST AND POSTING OF AUDIO RECORDINGS
Washington, D.C., July
3, 2007 – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
announces that the audio recordings of the public hearings of its 128th
period of sessions will be uploaded to the Commission’s Webpage and that
some of them will be Webcast live through the OAS Webpage.
The hearings will take
place on July 18 and 20 on the Terrace level of the General Secretariat
Building of the OAS, 1889 F St. NW, Washington, DC, 20006. The calendar
of hearings, included in this press release, provides the local time and
the identification of which of them will be Webcast.
The hearings on the
Internet
Audio:
The recordings of the audio of all public hearings will be uploaded to
the IACHR Webpage,
http://www.cidh.org, on the same day that the hearing takes place. Radio
stations are authorized to retransmit them, provided that credits are
properly recognized.
Videos:
In addition, some of the hearings will be Webcast live in the OAS
Webpage,
www.oas.org. These videos will also be available on the “Videos On
Demand” page of the OAS. The hearings that will be Webcast are
identified in the calendar. Communication media and organizations may
re-transmit these videos, provided that appropriate source credit is
given. The highest quality signal available is 65 kbps.
Links:
The
incorporation of links in external Websites to the videos of the
hearings is authorized. To include a link in your Webpage, please
contact Carlos Koo, phone (202) 458 6074, e-mail [email protected].
Languages:
Please note that in the hearings participants may speak in any of the
four official languages of the OAS: Spanish, French, English and
Portuguese. The videos and audio recordings are made through the channel
of original voices and may include different languages in the same
hearing.
Photographs:
The OAS uploads high resolution pictures of the hearings to its Webpage
(www.oas.org).
The media is authorized to publish them, provided that credits are
included.
Covering the
hearings
Private hearings:
The
program of public hearings is made available to journalists for
organization purposes only. Please note that the petitioners and the
State have the right to ask that the hearing is made private, and they
can request it at any time, including minutes before its start.
Press:
Media
representatives do not need to get any specific credentials to cover the
public hearings. Journalists may be present in all public hearings. The
use of audio recorders and portable computers is allowed, with the
condition that they do not interfere with the normal development of the
hearing. Cellular phones must be turned off before entering the room.
Cameras:
The taking of photographs (stills and filming for TV) is permitted only
during the first five to ten minutes of the hearing. Photographers and
cameramen must leave when asked to do so. After the hearing has started,
photographers and cameramen will not be allowed to enter the room. TV
crews wishing to cover the hearings at greater length or transmit them
live may do so taking direct feeds of sound and images from the OAS’
system if that hearing is Webcast.
Feeds:
The audio connections are XLR and the video connections are BNC. Media
representatives who would like to tape the hearings through this system
should arrive at least 15 minutes before the start time of the hearing,
so all the equipment is ready at the starting time.
Copies of videos:
High resolution copies of the videos of public hearings that have been
Webcast can be required by the public. This service is free for TV
channels. The copies can be delivered in Beta SP, in DVCPro or in DVD,
according to the election of the party requiring it. They can be picked
up at the OAS headquarters on the same day that the hearing took place.
Copies can also be sent by mail to media headquartered outside
Washington, DC. To coordinate this service please contact Luis Batlle,
phone (202) 458-3336, e-mail [email protected].
Special service for
TV stations:
The TV stations headquartered outside Washington, DC, that wish to
obtain video footage on the same day that the hearing took place may
request the OAS to send them an unedited selection of three minutes of
footage through the Internet. This is done through the OAS’ FTP server.
For more information on this service please contact Patricia Davide,
phone (202) 458-6861, e-mail [email protected].
Press contact:
Any
questions and interview requests should be directed to Maria-Isabel
Rivero, IACHR’s Press and Outreach Office director, phone (202)
458-3867, e-mail
[email protected].
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Wednesday,
July 18, 2007 - Room A
These hearings
will be Webcast live through the OAS website,
www.oas.org.
The videos can
be also watched afterwards in the “Videos On Demand” OAS webpage.
The audio
recordings will be available in the IACHR’s website,
www.iachr.org.
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Time
(Washington, D.C.) |
Topic of
the hearing |
Participants
(the asterisk
identifies the party that asked for the hearing) |
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9:00 - 10:00
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National
Commission of Reparation and Reconciliation of Colombia |
Government of
Colombia (*) |
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10:15 - 11:15
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General human
rights situation in Colombia |
Comisión
Colombiana de Juristas, Grupo Interdisciplinario de Derechos
Humanos, Colectivo de Abogados “José Alvear Restrepo” (*) |
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11:30 - 12:15
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Situation of
children and youth linked to the internal armed conflict in Colombia |
Coalición
Colombia / CEJIL (*) |
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12:15 - 1:00
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General human
rights situation in Guatemala |
Government of
Guatemala (*) |
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3:00 - 3:45
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Situation of
freedom of the press in Mexico |
Reporteros Sin Fronteras / Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social
(CENCOS) / Article XIX / AMARC-México / Fundación Manuel Buendía /
Sindicato Nacional de Redactores de la Prensa / Red de Protección a
Periodistas y Medios de Comunicación / Colectivo por la
Transparencia (*)
Government of
Mexico |
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4:00 - 5:00
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Petition
1121/04 – Rogelio Jiménez López and others, Mexico |
Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (*)
Government of
Mexico |
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5:15 - 6:00
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Situation of
feminicides in Chihuahua, Mexico |
Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres / Justicia para Nuestras
Hijas (*) |
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 – Room B
There will not
be Webcast of these hearings.
The audio
recordings will be available in the IACHR’s webpage,
www.iachr.org.
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Time
(Washington, D.C.) |
Topic of
the hearing |
Participants
(the asterisk
identifies the party that asked for the hearing) |
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9:00 – 10:00
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Clarification
of the forced disappearance of persons in Bolivia |
Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos de Bolivia (ASOFAMD)
/ Centro para la Justicia y la Ley Internacional (CEJIL) (*)
Government of
Bolivia |
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10:15 – 11:15
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Situation of
the rights of the maquila workers in Central America |
Concertación por un Empleo Digno en la Maquila (CEDM) / Grupo de
Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (GMIES) / Centro de los
Derechos de las Mujeres (CDM) / Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación
de la Compañía de Jesús (ERIC) / Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos
Humanos (CENIDH) / Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH)
/ CEJIL (*) |
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11:30 – 12:30
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Petition
828/01 - Oscar Gorigoitia and others, Argentina |
Carlos Varela Álvarez (*)
Government of
Argentina |
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3:00 – 4:00
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General human
rights situation in Haiti |
Commission Episcopale Nationale Justice et Paix / Alliance
Gonaivienne por le Developpement et pour le Respect des Droits
Humains (AGREDAH) (*)
Government of
Haiti |
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4:15 - 5:00
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Situation of
Afrobrazilian women |
GELEDES (*)
Government of
Brazil |
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5:15 – 6:00
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Concessions of
access and usage of radioelectric frequencies in the Americas
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Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC) an Article XIX (*) |
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Friday,
July 20, 2007 - Room A
These hearings
will be Webcast live through the OAS website,
www.oas.org.
The videos can
be also watched afterwards in the “Videos On Demand” OAS webpage.
The audio
recordings will be available in the IACHR’s website,
www.iachr.org.
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Time
(Washington, D.C.) |
Topic of
the hearing |
Participants
(the asterisk
identifies the party that asked for the hearing) |
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9:00 - 10:00
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Precautionary
measures for the detainees in the Naval Base of the United States in
Guantanamo |
Center for
Constitutional Rights / Washington College of Law / CEJIL (*)
Government of
the United States |
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10:15 - 11:00
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Cases 12.561 y
12.562, Wayne Smith and Hugo Armendáriz, United States |
Center for
Global Justice, Center for Justice and International Law, Gibbs
Houston Pauw (*)
Government of
the United States |
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11:15 - 12:30
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Case Andrés
Trujillo and others (events that took place on April 11, 2002),
Venezuela |
Alfredo Romero Mendoza, Mohamad Merhi y otros
Government of
Venezuela(*) |
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3:00 - 3:45
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Freedom of
expression in Venezuela |
Government of
Venezuela (*) |
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3:45 - 4:30
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Situation of
the union members deprived of liberty in Cuba |
Siro Del Castillo, Comisionado para el Caribe de la Comisión
Latinoamericana por los Derechos y las Libertades de los
Trabajadores y los Pueblos (CLADHELT) (*) |
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4:45 - 5:45
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Situation of
persons in jail in Cuba |
Directorio
Democrático Cubano (*) |
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Friday,
July 20, 2007 – Room B
There will not
be Webcast of these hearings.
The audio
recordings will be available in the IACHR’s webpage,
www.iachr.org.
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Time
(Washington, D.C.) |
Topic of
the hearing |
Participants
(the asterisk
identifies the party that asked for the hearing) |
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9:00 - 10:00
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National Plan
on Human Rights 2006-2010, Peru |
Centro de Asesoría Laboral de Perú (CEDAL) (*) |
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10:15 - 11:00
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Sexual
violence against women in the context of the internal armed conflict
in Peru (1980-2000) |
APRODEH /
DEMUS / IDL / REDINFA (*) |
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11:15 - 12:15
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Obstacles for
the implementation of precautionary measures in Honduras
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Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH)
/ Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación (ERIC) /
Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ) / CEJIL (*) |
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3:00 - 4:00
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Independence
of the Judiciary in Honduras |
Asociación de Jueces por la Democracia / CEJIL (*)
Government of
Honduras |
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4:15 - 5:00
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Case 12.518 –
José Rubén Rivera, El Salvador |
Pro Búsqueda / CEJIL (*)
Government
of El Salvador |
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5:15 - 6:00
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Institutional
threats to the independence of the Judiciary in El Salvador |
Foro de Jueces Democráticos e Independientes / Asociación de Jueces
por la Democratización de la Justicia en El Salvador / Center for
Civil and Human Rights of Notre Dame University / Instituto de
Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Centroamericana (IDHUCA) / CEJIL
(*) |
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