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SCHEDULE OF HEARINGS FOR 133rd PERIOD OF SESSIONS
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 – Room
A
Public hearings held in this
room will be webcast live on the OAS Web site,
www.oas.org.
The videos will also be available for
viewing later on the OAS and IACHR Web sites.
The audio recordings will be
posted on the IACHR site,
www.iachr.org. |
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Time
(Local) |
Subject of Hearing |
Participants |
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10:15 – 11:15
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Impact of public-security policies on
human rights in Mexico |
Centro de Derechos
Humanos Agustín Pro Juárez (PRODH) / Centro de Derechos Humanos
Francisco de Vitoria O.P. (CDHFFV) / Asistencia Legal para los
Derechos Humanos A.C. (Asilegal) / Centro Nacional de Comunicación
Social (CENCOS) / Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos
Humanos (REDTDT) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Government of
Mexico |
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11:30 – 12:30
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Rights to the use and exploitation of
natural resources and prior consultation with respect to the Cucapá
indigenous people of Mexico |
Pueblo Indígena Cucapá
/ Comisión Ciudadana de Derechos Humanos del Noroeste, A.C. (CCDH) /
Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH)
Government of Mexico |
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2:00 – 3:00
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Complaints regarding the
criminalization of human rights defenders in Guerrero, Mexico |
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3:15 – 4:15
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Case 12.626 – Jessica Gonzales, United
States |
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4:30 – 5:30
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Border Wall in Texas, United States |
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5:45 – 6:45
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Petition 1186/04 - Opario Lemoth
Morris et al. (Buzos
Miskitos), Honduras |
Asociación de
Misquitos Hondureños de Buzos Lisiados (AMHBLI) / Miskitu Indiang
Mairin Asia Takanka (MIMAT) / Consejo de Ancianos Almuk Nani Asla
Takanka/ Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Government of
Honduras |
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 – Room
B
These hearings will not be webcast.
The audio recordings will be
available on the IACHR Web site,
www.iachr.org.
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Time
(Local) |
Subject of Hearing |
Participants |
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9:00 – 10:00
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Case 12.546 – Juan
Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, Guatemala
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Clínica de los
Derechos Humanos Internacionales Washington College of Law, American
University / Erick Arbenz
Government of
Guatemala |
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10:15 – 11:15
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Case 12.590 – José
Miguel Gudiel Álvarez et al. (Diario Militar), Guatemala
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Fundación Myrna Mack
Government of
Guatemala |
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11:30 – 12:30
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Attacks on actors in the justice
system in Guatemala
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Fundación
Myrna Mack / Center for Justice and
International Law (CEJIL)
Government of
Guatemala |
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2:00 – 3:00 |
Protection of human rights defenders
in Guatemala
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Estudios Comparados
en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala (ICCPG) / Centro para la Acción
Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH) / Center for Justice and
International Law (CEJIL)
Government of
Guatemala |
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3:15 – 4:15
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Inefficacy of the labor justice system
for agricultural workers in Guatemala
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Pastoral de la Tierra Interdiocesana /
The Bernard and Audre Rapoport, Center for Human Rights at the
University of Texas
Government of
Guatemala |
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4:30 – 6:00
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Follow-up to complaints regarding
extrajudicial executions/ Actions in response to murders of
protected persons in Colombia
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MINGA / Center
for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) / Corporación Colectivo de
Abogados José Alvear Restrepo /
Grupo Interdisciplinario de Derechos Humanos
(GIDH) / Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP) / Comisión
Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ) / Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con
los Presos Políticos (FCSPP) / Sisma Mujer / Corporación REINICIAR /
Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL)
Government of Colombia |
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 – Room A
The public hearings held in this
room will be webcast live on the OAS Web site,
www.oas.org.
The videos will also be available for
viewing later on the OAS and IACHR Web sites.
The audio recordings will be
available on the IACHR site,
www.iachr.org. |
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Time (Local) |
Subject of Hearing |
Participants |
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9:00 - 10:00
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Extraditions of paramilitaries and the
rights of victims in Colombia |
MINGA / Sisma
Mujer / Corporación REINICIAR / Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y
Paz (CIJP) / Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL) /
Corporación Colectivo de Abogados
José Alvear Restrepo
/ Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH) /
Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ) /
Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con
los Presos Políticos (FCSPP)
/ Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Government of
Colombia |
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10:00 – 11:00
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Rule of law, judicial independence,
and democracy in Colombia
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Grupo
Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)
Government of
Colombia |
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11:15 – 12:45
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Case 11.227 – Unión
Patriótica, Colombia (Testimony and comments)
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REINICIAR /
Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ)
Government of
Colombia |
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1:00 – 2:00
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Discrimination and violence against
women as a result of the armed conflict in Colombia
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Mesa de Trabajo
Mujer y Conflicto Armado / SISMA Mujer / Ruta Pacífica de las
Mujeres / Vamos Mujer / Mujeres que Crean / Casa de la Mujer en
Bogotá / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Government of
Colombia |
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2:45 – 3:45
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Private Hearing
Case 11. 157 –
Gladys Carol Espinoza González, Peru
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Asociación
Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH)
Government of Peru |
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4:00 – 5:00
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Freedom of
expression in Peru
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Instituto de
Defensa Legal (IDL)
Government of Peru |
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5:15 – 6:15 |
Private Hearing
Case 11. 568 – Luis
Galindo Cárdenas, Peru
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Ricardo M. Rocha
Government of Peru |
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6:30 – 7:30 |
Human rights situation in Bolivia (on
the Commission’s initiative) |
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 – Room B
These hearings will not be webcast.
The audio recordings will be
available on the IACHR Web site,
www.iachr.org.
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Time
(Local) |
Subject of Hearing |
Participants |
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9:00 – 10:00 |
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Government of
Honduras |
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10:15 – 11:15
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Reports of arbitrary detentions and
torture in prisons in Honduras
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Centro de Prevención,
Tratamiento y Rehabilitación de Víctimas de Tortura (CPTRT)/CARITAS
Government of Honduras |
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11:30 – 12:30
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Situation of labor justice in El Salvador
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Organización de
Mujeres Salvadoreñas por la Paz (ORMUSA) / Grupo de Monitoreo
Independiente de El Salvador (GMIES) / Concertación por un Empleo
Digno en la Maquila (CEDM) / Center for Justice and International
Law (CEJIL)
Government of El
Salvador |
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3:00 – 4:00
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Precautionary measure 629-03 – Justice
and Peace Commission, Colombia
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Comisión
Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP)
Government of
Colombia |
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4:15 – 5:15
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Case 12.251 –
Village of La Esperanza (Carmen de Viboral), Colombia
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Corporación
Jurídica Libertad (CJL)
Government of
Colombia |
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5:30 - 6:30
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Racial discrimination and access to
justice of Afro-descendants in Colombia
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Universidad de Los
Andes / Observatorio de Discriminación Racial / Rappaport Center for
Human Rights and Justice
Government of
Colombia |
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Friday, October 24, 2008 – Room A
The public hearings held in this
room will be webcast live on the OAS Web site,
www.oas.org.
The videos will also be available for
viewing later on the OAS and IACHR Web sites.
The audio recordings will be
available on the IACHR site,
www.iachr.org. |
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Time
(Local) |
Subject of Hearing |
Participants |
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9:00 – 10:00 |
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10:15 – 11:15
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11:30 – 12:15 |
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Corporación
Promoción de la Mujer / Taller de Comunicación Mujer |
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Monday, October 27, 2008 – Room A
The public hearings held in this
room will be webcast live on the OAS Web site,
www.oas.org.
The videos will also be available for
viewing later on the OAS and IACHR Web sites.
The audio recordings will be
available on the IACHR site,
www.iachr.org. |
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Time
(Local) |
Subject of Hearing |
Participants |
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9:00 – 10:00 |
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Justiça Global /
Sociedade Maranhense de Direitos Humanos / Centro de Cultura Negra
do Maranhão / Associação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas
do Maranhão / Federação dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura do Estado
do Maranhão / Global Exchange / Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos
Humanos / Movimento dos Atingidos pela Base Espacial
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10:15 – 11:15
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11:30 – 12:30 |
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Government of
Brazil |
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2:00 – 3:00 |
Case 12.277 –
Fazenda Ubá, Brazil
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Government of
Brazil |
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3:15 – 4:15
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Freedom of expression and political
rights in Nicaragua
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Government of
Nicaragua |
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4:30 – 5:30
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Prison conditions of persons deprived
of liberty on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast
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Centro Nicaragüense
de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH)
Government of
Nicaragua |
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5:45 – 6:30 |
Barriers to equal access to justice in
Latin America
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Fundación
para el Debido Proceso Legal /
Instituto de Defensa Legal
(IDL) /
Centro de Estudios de Justicia y Participación
(CEJIP) /
Centro de Derechos Humanos y Asesoría a Pueblos Indígenas
(CEDHAPI)
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Monday, October 27, 2008 – Room B
These hearings will not be webcast.
The audio recordings will be
available on the IACHR Web site,
www.iachr.org.
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Time
(Local) |
Subject of Hearing |
Participants |
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9:00 – 10:00 |
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10:15 – 11:15
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11:30 – 12:30
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Government of
Belize |
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3:00 – 4:00
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Situation of violence and
discrimination against women in Haiti
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Collectif de Notables
de Cité Soleil
Government of Haiti
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4:15 – 5:15
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The justice system and impunity in
Haiti
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Groupe d´Action pour
la Defense des Droits Humains
Government of Haiti
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5:30 - 6:30
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Situation of persons deprived of
liberty in prisons and mental hospitals in Argentina
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Grupo de Mujeres de
la Argentina - Foro de VIH Mujeres y Familia
Government of
Argentina |
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 – Room A
The public hearings held in this
room will be webcast live on the OAS Web site,
www.oas.org.
The videos will also be available for
viewing later on the OAS and IACHR Web sites.
The audio recordings will be
available on the IACHR site,
www.iachr.org. |
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Time
(Local) |
Subject of Hearing |
Participants |
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9:00 – 10:00 |
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10:15 – 11:15 |
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11:30 – 12:30 |
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2:30 – 4:00
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Case 12.361 and Petitions 1368/04,
16/05, 678/06, 1191/06 – In vitro fertilization, Costa Rica |
Gerardo Trejos
Government of Costa
Rica |
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4:15 – 5:00
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Situation of imprisoned union members
in Cuba
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Comisión
Latinoamericana por los Derechos Humanos y las Libertades de los
Trabajadores y los Pueblos (CLADEHLT) |
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5:15 – 6:00
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Risks and vulnerabilities affecting
defenders of women’s rights in the Americas
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Center for
Reproductive Rights / Human Rights Watch / Comite de America Latina
y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM) /
Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos (MULABI)
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6:14 – 7:00 |
Principles and regulatory best
practices of radio broadcasters |
Asociación Mundial
de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC-ALC) |
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 – Room B
These hearings will not be webcast.
The audio recordings will be
available on the IACHR Web site,
www.iachr.org.
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Time
(Local) |
Subject of Hearing |
Participants |
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9:00 – 10:00 |
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10:15 – 11:15
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11:30 – 12:15
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12:30 – 1:15 |
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Panamerican Health
Organization (PAHO) |
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3:00 – 4:00 |
Citizen security and violence in
Venezuela |
Carlos Ayala Corao (UCAB)
/ Comité de Familiares Victimas de los sucesos de febrero y marzo de
1989 (COFAVIC) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Government of
Venezuela |
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4:15 – 5:00 |
Private Hearing
Situation of human rights defenders
and institutions and human rights guarantees in Venezuela
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Espacio Público /
Centro de Investigaciones de la Universidad Católica “Andrés Bello”
/ Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de Caracas / Programa Venezolano de
Educación-Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA) / Center for Justice
and International Law (CEJIL)
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5:00 – 5:45 |
Private Hearing
Situation of the right to freedom of
expression and information in Venezuela
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Espacio Público /
Centro de Investigaciones de la Universidad Católica “Andrés Bello”
/ Centro de Investigaciones de la Comunicación / Center for Justice
and International Law (CEJIL) |
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6:00 – 7:00 |
Precautionary Measures and Petition
592/07 - Hul´qumi´num Treaty Group, Canada |
University of Arizona Indigenous
Peoples Law and Policy Program
Government of Canada |
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