SCHEDULE OF HEARINGS OF THE 134th PERIOD OF SESSIONS

 

Friday, March 20, 2009 – Room Padilha Vidal (TL Level)

Public hearings held in this room will be webcast live on the OAS Web site, www.oas.org

Videos and audio recordings will be posted on the IACHR site, www.iachr.org

Time (Local)

Subject of Hearing

Participants

2:00 – 3:00

Immigrant Detention and Deportation Policies in the United States

Petitioner: Transnational Legal Clinic, University of Pennsylvania Law School / Immigration Clinic, University of Texas School of Law

State of the United States

3:15 – 4:15

Accountability for Violations of Human Rights in the United States

Petitioner: World Organization for Human Rights USA / Center for Constitutional Rights

State of the United States

4:30 – 5:30

Freedom of Expression in Jamaica

Petitioner: Oliver Clarke

State of Jamaica

5:45 - 6:30

Criminal Processes against Defenders of Indigenous Peoples in Countries in the Region

Petitioner: Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas (CAOI) / Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC) / Confederación Nacional de Comunidades de Perú Afectadas por la Minería (CONACAMI) / Confederación de los Pueblos de la Nacionalidad Kichua de Ecuador (ECUARUNARI) / Indian Law Resource Center

 

 

Friday, March 20, 2009 – Room Ruben Dario (8th Floor)

This room does not have webcast. The audio recordings will be available on the IACHR Web site, www.iachr.org

Time (Local)

Subject of Hearing

Participants

2:00 – 3:30

Case 12.578 – María Isabel Véliz Franco, Guatemala

Petitioner: Rosa Elvira Franco / La Red de No Violencia contra las Mujeres en Guatemala / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

State of Guatemala

3:45 – 4:45

 

Military Justice and Human Rights in Mexico

Petitioner: Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (PRODH) / Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Francisco de Vitoria (CDHFFV) / Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH) / Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña ”Tlachinollan” / Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (FRAYBA) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) / Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos “Todos los derechos para todas y todos” (REDTDT) / FUNDAR, Centro de Análisis e Investigación

State of Mexico

5:00 – 6:00

Diagnostic and Human Rights Program of the Federal District of Mexico

Petitioner: Government of the Federal District / Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal

 

  

Saturday, March 21, 2009 – Room Padilha Vidal (TL Level)

Public hearings held in this room will be webcast live on the OAS Web site, www.oas.org

Videos and audio recordings will be posted on the IACHR site, www.iachr.org

Time (Local)

Subject of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 10:00

Human Rights Situation in Chile

Petitioner: State of Chile

10:15 - 11:15

Case 12.520 – Espejo Gómez and Others, Chile / Case 12.521 – Barraza Codoceo and Others, Chile

Petitioner: Nelson Caucoto Pereira

State of Chile

11:30 – 12:30

Human Rights Situation in Bolivia

Petitioner: Oficina Jurídica para la Mujer de Cochabamba / Colegio de Abogados de La Paz

 

 

Monday, March 23, 2009 – Room Padilha Vidal (TL Level)

Public hearings held in this room will be webcast live on the OAS Web site, www.oas.org

Videos and audio recordings will be posted on the IACHR site, www.iachr.org

Time (Local)

Subject of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 9:45

National Commission of Reparation and Reconciliation in Colombia

Petitioner: State of Colombia

10:00 – 11:00

Rule of Law and Independence of the Judiciary in Colombia

Petitioner: Corporación para la Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos REINICIAR / Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ) / Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH) / Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo

State of Colombia

11:15 – 12:15

Allegations on Alliances between Politicians and Paramilitaries in Colombia

Petitioner: Corporación Nuevo Arco Iris / Human Rights Watch / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

State of Colombia

12:30 – 1:30

Case 12.573 – Marino López y Others (Operation Genesis), Colombia

Petitioner: Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz

State of Colombia

3:00 – 4:00

Right to Freedom of Expression in Colombia

Petitioner: Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo / Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz

State of Colombia

4:15 - 5:15

Labor Freedom and Fundamental Rights of the Workers in Colombia

Petitioner: Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia (CUT)

State of Colombia

5:30 – 6:30

Human Rights Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia

Petitioner: Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC) / Indian Law Resource Center

State of Colombia

 

 

Monday, March 23, 2009 – Room Ruben Dario (8th Floor)

This room does not have webcast. The audio recordings will be available on the IACHR Web site, www.iachr.org

Time (Local)

Subject of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 10:00

Case 12.616 – Lazinho Brambilla da Silva, Brazil

Petitioner: Conectas Direitos Humanos / Associação de Mães e Amigos de Crianças e Adolescentes em Risco (AMAR)

State of Brazil

10:15 – 11:15

Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil

Petitioner: Fundação Interamericana de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos / Centro Santo Dias de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos

State of Brazil

11:30 – 12:30

Petition 592/07 and Precautionary Measures 110/07 – Hul´qumi´num Treaty Group, Canada

Hul´qumi´num Treaty Group / University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program

Petitioner: State of Canada

2:00 – 2:45

Freedom of Expression and Private Broadcasting in the Americas

Petitioner: Asociación Internacional de Radiodifusión (AIR)

3:00 - 4:00

Democratic Institutions in Nicaragua

Petitioner: Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH)

State of Nicaragua

4:15 – 5:15

 

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the Maquila Workers in Honduras

Petitioner: Colectiva de Mujeres Hondureñas (CODEMUH) / Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

State of Honduras

 

 

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 – Room Padilha Vidal (TL Level)

Public hearings held in this room will be webcast live on the OAS Web site, www.oas.org

Videos and audio recordings will be posted on the IACHR site, www.iachr.org

Time (Local)

Subject of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 10:00

Judiciary Processes in Cases of Human Rights Violations during the Internal Armed Conflict in Peru 1980-2000

Petitioner: Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH)

State of Peru

10:15 – 11:15

Military Police Justice in Peru

Petitioner: Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)

State of Peru

11:30 – 12:30

Case 12.651 – Minors Convicted to Life Sentences, Argentina

Petitioner: Defensoría General de la Nación

State of Argentina

2:00 – 3:00

Judicial Processes about Crimes Against Humanity of the Military Dictatorship in Argentina

Petitioner: Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH) / Liga Argentina de Derechos Humanos (LADH) / Comité de Acción Jurídica (CAJ)

State of Argentina

3:15 – 4:15

Situation of the Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Petitioner: Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)

State of Argentina

4:30 – 5:30

Case 12.609 – Elena Téllez Blanco, Costa Rica

Petitioner: Sindicato de Empleados del Patronato Nacional de la Infancia (SEPI) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

State of Costa Rica

5:45 – 6:30

Criminal Due Process in Costa Rica

On the Commission’s Initiative

State of Costa Rica

 

 

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 – Room Ruben Dario (8th Floor)

This room does not have webcast. The audio recordings will be available on the IACHR Web site, www.iachr.org

Time (Local)

Subject of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 9:45

Human Rights Situation in Venezuela

Petitioner: State of Venezuela

10:00 – 11:00

Situation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Venezuela

Petitioner: Programa Venezolano de Educación–Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA) / Acción Solidaria (ACSOL) / Convite A. C. / Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)

State of Venezuela

11:15 – 12:15

Situation of the Judiciary in Venezuela

Petitioner: Red Venezolana de Activistas por la Paz (REVAPAZ) / Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF) / Comisión Internacional de Juristas.

State of Venezuela

12:30 – 1:30

Case 12.668 – Leopoldo López Mendoza, Venezuela

On the Commission’s Initiative

Leopoldo López Mendoza /  Enrique Sánchez Falcón / José Antonio Maes Aponte

State of Venezuela

3:00 – 3:45

Private Hearing

Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Venezuela

Petitioner: Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

4:00 – 4:45

Private Hearing

Situation of Institutional Strength and Human Rights Guarantees in Venezuela

Petitioner: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) / Observatorio Venezolano de Prisioners / Carlos Ayala Corao / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

5:00 – 5:45

Private Hearing

Right to Freedom of Expression and Information in Venezuela

Petitioner: Espacio Público / Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) / Colegio Nacional de Periodistas / Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Prensa / Círculo de Reporteros Gráficos de Venezuela / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

 

 

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