Schedule of Hearings, 140o Period of Sessions, October 2010

 

Monday, October 25 - Padilha Vidal Room (TL Level, GSB)

Public hearings held in this room will be webcast live

Videos and audio recordings will be posted on the IACHR site

Time (Local)

Title of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 10:00

 

Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression, Assembly, Association, and Movement in Canada

Petitioner: Clinique internationale de défense des droits humains de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (CIDDHU) / Ligues des droits et libertés / Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l’homme (FIDH)

 
State of Canada

10:15 –11:00

 

Situation of Environmentalists in Mesoamerica

Petitioner: Centro para el Derecho Internacional Ambiental (CIEL) / Asamblea Departamental de Huehuetenango en Defensa de los Recursos Naturales Renovables y no Renovables (ADH) / Asociación de Organismos No Gubernamentales (ASONOG) / Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) / Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM) / Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA) / Comité en Solidaridad con el Pueblo de El Salvador (CISPES) / Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA) / Frente de Defensa Miguelense (FREDEMI) / Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF) / Movimiento de Jóvenes Mayas (MOJOMAYAS) / Mesa Nacional frente la Minería Metálica / Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería, sección Chiapas / Waqib Kej

11:15 –12:15

 

Discrimination against the Transsexual, Transgender, and Transvestite Population in Brazil

Petitioner: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) / Identidade / Rede Nacional de Negros e Negras LGBT / Grupo Ativista de Travestis e Transexuais e Amig@s (GATTA)

State of Brazil

2:00 – 3:00

 

Allegations on Excessive Use of Police Force against Afro-descendants in Brazil

Petitioner: Geledés Instituto da Mulher Negra / Global Rights

 

State of Brazil

3:15 - 4:15

 

Mechanism for the Implementation of Precautionary Measures in Honduras

Petitioner: Comité de Familiares Detenidos Desaparecidos de Honduras (COFADEH) / Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación de la Compañía de Jesús (ERIC) / Centro de Investigación y Promoción de Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

State of Honduras

4:30 – 5:30

 

Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Honduras

Petitioner: Article 19 / Programa de Legislaciones y Derecho de la Comunicación AMARC-ALC / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) / International Media Support (IMS)

 

State of Honduras

5:45 – 6:30

 

Private Hearing

Situation of Citizen Security and Human Rights in Paraguay

Petitioner: Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos de Paraguay

State of Paraguay

 

Monday, October 25 - Ruben Darío Room (GSB 8th Floor)

The hearings held in this room will not be Webcast. The audio recordings will be available on the IACHR site

Time (Local)

Title of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 10:00

Human Rights Situation in Chile

Petitioner:  Clínica de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Diego Portales

State of Chile

10:15 – 11:15

 

Judicial Processes involving Crimes against Humanity during the Military Dictatorship in Argentina

 

Petitioner: State of Argentina (*)

11:30 – 12:30

 

Legal Obstacles for the Recognition and Titling of Indigenous Lands in Guatemala

Petitioner: Carlos Antonio Pop Ac

State of Guatemala

2:00 – 3:00

Precautionary Measure PM 260/07 – Communities of the Sipakapense and Mam Maya People, Guatemala

 

Centro Pluricultural para la Democracia

State of Guatemala

(On the IACHR’s own initiative)

 

3:15 – 4:15

Human Rights Situation and Access to Justice for Women in Bolivia

Petitioner: Oficina Jurídica para la Mujer de Cochabamba /  Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario (CEDLA)

State of Bolivia

4:30 – 5:30

Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Bolivia

Petitioner: Asociación de Periodistas de La Paz

State of Bolivia

5:45 – 6:45

Hearing canceled on request of the petitioners
Situation of the Guaraní Indigenous People in the Bolivian Chaco

Petitioner: Centro de Estudios Jurídicos e Investigación Social (CEJIS)

State of Bolivia

 

(*) Based on Article 66.4 of its Rules of Procedure, the IACHR has arranged for civil society organizations to have an opportunity to participate in this hearing. The representatives of these organizations will make their presentations after the State’s.

 

Tuesday, October 26 - Padilha Vidal Room (TL Level, GSB)

Public hearings held in this room will be webcast live

Videos and audio recordings will be posted on the IACHR site

Time (Local)

Title of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 9:45

 

 

Private Hearing

 

Human Rights Situation and Rule of Law in Nicaragua

Petitioner: Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH) / Centro por el Derecho y la Justicia Internacional (CEJIL)

10:00 -11:00

 

Military Justice and Impunity in Peru

Petitioner: Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL) / Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos

State of Peru

11:15 – 12:15

 

Forced Disappearance of Persons in Peru

Petitioner: Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL) / Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos

State of Peru

2:00 – 3:00

 

Petition 366/09 – Wong Ho Wing, Peru

Luis Lamas Puccio

 

Petitioner: State of Peru

3:15 - 4:00

 

 

International Standards and Prosecution of Persons Accused of Terrorism in Peru

Petitioner: State of Peru

4:15 - 5:00

 

Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Energy and Extractive Industry Policy in Peru

Petitioner: Asociación Paz y Esperanza / Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH) / Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Practica (CAAAP) / Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos del Peru / Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR) / Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL) / Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) / Servicios en Comunicación Intercultural (SERVINDI) / Central Ashaninka del Río Ene / Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESEP)

State of Peru

5:15 – 6:00

 

Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Mesoamerica

Petitioner: Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña TLACHINOLLAN / Instituto de Estudios Comparados en Ciencias Penales (ICCPG) / Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos (UDEFEGUA) /Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho (FESPAD) / Centro de Investigación y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH) / Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos (COFADEH) / Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH) / Centro de Derecho Ambiental y Recursos naturales (CEDARENA) / Servicio de Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

 

Tuesday, October 26 - Ruben Darío Room (GSB 8th Floor)

The hearings held in this room will not be Webcast. The audio recordings will be available on the IACHR site

Time (Local)

Title of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 10:00

 

Human Rights Situation in the Camps for Internally Displaced Persons in Haiti

Petitioner: Bureau des Avocats Internationaux / Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti / International Human Rights Clinic, Washington College of Law, American University

 

State of Haiti

10:15 – 11:15

 

Human Rights Situation During Reconstruction in Haiti

Petitioner: Fédération Internationale des ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH) / Réseau National de Défense des Droits Humains (RNDDH) / Centre Œcuménique des Droits Humains (CEDH) / Comité des Avocats pour le Respect des Libertés Individuelles (CARLI)

 

State of Haiti

11:30 – 12:30

 

HEARING CANCELLED

Human Rights Situation of Women in the Camps for Internally Displaced Persons in Haiti

Petitioner: Mouvement de Femmes de Cité Soleil (MOFECS)

 

State of Haiti

2:00 – 3:00

 

Human Rights Situation of Children and Women in the Area of Ouanaminthe, Haiti

Petitioner: Regroupement des Citoyens pour la Protection des Droits Humains (RECIPRODH)

 

State of Haiti

3:15 - 4:00

 

Discrimination against Women in the Exercise of their Economic and Social Rights in the Americas

(On the IACHR’s own initiative)

4:15 – 5:00

 

Right to Reproductive Health of Women who Live with HIV/AIDS in the Americas

Petitioner: Centro de Derechos Reproductivos / Fundación Xochiquetzal de Nicaragua / Red Legal Canadiense de VIH/SIDA

5:15 – 6:00

 

Punitive Measures and Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Identity in Caribbean Countries

Petitioner: Global Rights / Society Against Sexual Orientation / Jamaica Forum for Lesbians all-Sexuals and Gays / Coalition Advocating Inclusion of Sexual Orientation / Movement Against Discrimination Action Committee

6:15 – 7:00

 

Hate Crimes against Members of the LGBT Community and Impunity in Central America

Petitioner: Asociación LGBT Arco Iris / Centro de Investigación y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH) / Centro para la Educación y Prevención del SIDA (CEPRESI) / Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH) / Centro de Investigación y Promoción para América Central de Derechos Humanos (CIPAC) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

  

Thursday, October 28 - Padilha Vidal Room (TL Level, GSB)

Public hearings held in this room will be webcast live

Videos and audio recordings will be posted on the IACHR site

Time (Local)

Title of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 10:00

 

Human Rights Situation in Colombia

Petitioner: Comité de Derechos Humanos del Bajo Ariari / Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ) / Comisión de Justicia y Paz (CIJP) / Coordinación CEEU / Corporación Jurídica Libertad / Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)

State of Colombia

10:15 – 11:15

 

Application of the Military Jurisdiction in Cases of Human Rights Violations in Colombia

Petitioner: Asociación Minga / Corporación Jurídica Humanidad Vigente / Colectivo de Abogados Luis Carlos Pérez (CALP) / Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CCAJAR) /  Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con Presos Políticos (FCSPP) / Justapaz

State of Colombia

11:30 – 12:30

 

 

Human Rights Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia

Petitioner: Autoridad Nacional de Gobierno Indígena de Colombia (ONIC)

State of Colombia

2:00 – 3:00

 

Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia and Implementation of Precautionary Measures

 

Petitioner: Corporación Reiniciar / Sisma Mujer / Liga de Mujeres Desplazadas / Consultoría para los Derechos Humanos y el Desplazamiento (CODHES) / Programa Somos Defensores – Asociación Minga / Corporación Jurídica Yira Castro / Corporación Sembrar

State of Colombia

3:15 - 4:15

 

Femicide and Domestic Violence in Uruguay

Petitioner: Red Uruguaya contra la Violencia Domestica y Sexual / CNS Mujeres por Democracia / Equidad y Ciudadanía / Canarias en movimiento / Ciudadanías en Red / Iniciativa Latinoamericana / Accionar entre Mujeres Guyunusa / Aire.uy / Fundación PLEMUU / Mujer Ahora / El Faro

Centro Interdisciplinario “Caminos” / Instituto Mujer y Sociedad / SERFAM / GAMU / Centro de Comunicación Virginia Wolf-Cotidiano Mujer / La Voz de la Mujer / Casa de la Mujer de la Costa / Casabierta  / Colectivo Mujeres de Negro Uruguay / Nuevos Caminos / Casa de la Mujer de la Unión / Sociedad Uruguaya de Sexología

 

State of Uruguay

4:30 – 5:30

 

Human Rights Situation in Panama

Petitioner: Unión de Abogados y Abogadas Indígenas de Panama

 

State of Panama

5:45 – 6:30

 

 

Abuse of Children with Disabilities in State Facilities in the Americas

Petitioner: Disability Rights International

 

Thursday, October 28 - Ruben Darío Room (GSB 8th Floor)

The hearings held in this room will not be Webcast. The audio recordings will be available on the IACHR site

Time (Local)

Title of Hearing

Participants

10:00 – 11:00

 

Right to Consultation and Participation in Issues of Public Interest in Mexico

Petitioner: Comunidad Indígena Huichol de Tuapurie, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán / Consejo de Ejidos y Comunidades Opositoras a la Presa La Parota (CECOP) / Alianza Sierra Madre A.C. / Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña “Tlachinollan” / Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental A.C. (CEMDA) / Colectivo Coa A.C. /  Conservación Humana A.C. /

State of México

11:15 – 12:15

 

National Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders in Mexico

Petitioner: Acción Urgente para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (ACUDDEH) / Abogadas y Abogados para la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos / Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias / Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (Centro Prodh) / Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan / Centro Nacional de Comunicación Social (CENCOS) / Comité Cerezo / Comisión de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos / Grupo de Información y Reproducción Elegida (GIRE) / Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos "Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos"

 

State of México

3:15 - 4:15

 

Human Rights Situation of Peasants and Persons of Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous Descent in Cantón de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Petitioner: Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Manzanillo /  Organizaciones comunales

State of Costa Rica

4:30 – 5:30

 

The Constitution and the Right to Nationality in the Dominican Republic

Petitioner: Red de Encuentro Dominico Haitiano Jacques Viau / Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas (MUDHA) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) / Global Rights / Open Society Justice Initiative (OSI)

 

State of República Dominicana

5:45 – 6:45

 

Human Rights Situation of Independent Union Leaders in Cuba

Petitioner: Grupo Internacional por la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Cuba (GIRSCC)

 

State of Cuba

  

Friday, October 29 - Padilha Vidal Room (TL Level, GSB)

Public hearings held in this room will be webcast live

Videos and audio recordings will be posted on the IACHR site

Time (Local)

Title of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 10:00

 

Petition 900/08 – Djamel Ameziane, United States

Petitioner: Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

State of the United States

10:15 - 11:15

 

Case 12.719, Orlando Cordia Hall, United States

Petitioner: Owen Bonheimer (Steptoe & Johnson LLP)

State of the United States

11:30 –12:30

 

Situation of Indigenous Children in Schools in the United States

Petitioner: Boarding School Healing Project and others (**)

State of the United States

2:00 – 2:45

 

Private Hearing

 

Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Defenders in Venezuela

 

Petitioner: Comité de Víctimas de los Sucesos de Febrero-Marzo de 1989 (COFAVIC) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) / Acción Solidaria / Espacio Público / Carlos Ayala Corao / Caritas Los Teques / Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiócesis de Caracas

3:00 - 3:45

 

Private Hearing

 

Situation of the 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 (CNP) / Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Prensa (SNTP) / Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL )

4:00 – 4:45

 

Human Rights Situation in Venezuela

Petitioner: State of Venezuela

5:00 – 6:00

 

Citizen Security, Prisons, Sexual Diversity, and Equality in Venezuela

Petitioner: Foro por los Derechos Humanos y la Democracia (Justicia y Proceso Venezuela, Asociación Civil Control Ciudadano para la Seguridad y Defensa de la Nación, Diversidad e Igualdad Sexual ante la Ley y Una Ventana a la Libertad)

State of Venezuela

  

Friday, October 29 - Ruben Darío Room (GSB 8th Floor)

The hearings held in this room will not be Webcast. The audio recordings will be available on the IACHR site

Time (Local)

Title of Hearing

Participants

9:00 – 9:45

 

Human Rights Situation of the Indigenous Communities Affected by Activities of the Mining Industry in the Andean Region

 

Petitioner: Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas (CAOI) / Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (ONIC) / Centro de Estudios Aplicados a los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales (CEADESC / Comité de Fiscalización del Medio Ambiente de la Provincia de Angaraes, Peru / Indian Law Resource Center

11:15 – 12:15

 

Situation of the Right to Freedom of Expression in Ecuador

Petitioner: Participación Ciudadana / Canales Comunitarios Regionales Ecuatorianos Asociados (CCREA) / Asociación Ecuatoriana de Editores de Periódicos (AEDEP) / Fundamedios / Alfredo Negrete

State of Ecuador

2:00 – 3:00

 

Case 12.698 – Adriana Plaza Orbe et al., Ecuador

Petitioner: Fundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos (INREDH) / Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE)

State of Ecuador

3:15 - 4:15

 

Presentation of the Report of the Truth Commission of Ecuador

Petitioner: Comisión de la Verdad de Ecuador

State of Ecuador

4:30 – 5:15

 

Presentation of “40 Principles for Guaranteeing Diversity and Pluralism in Broadcasting and Audiovisual Communication Services”

Petitioner: Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias para América Latina y el Caribe (AMARC-ALC)

5:30 – 6:15

 

Indirect Censorship and Official Advertising in the Americas

Petitioner: Open Society Justice Initiative / Asociación por los Derechos Civiles / Centro de Archivos y Acceso a la Información Pública / Grupo Medios y Sociedad / Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa / Instituto Prensa y Sociedad / Centro de Análisis e Investigación FUNDAR / Article 19 / Fundación Pro Acceso / Instituto de Prensa y Libertad de Expresión

 

 

 

(**) In the hearing “Situation of Indigenous Children in Schools in the United States) that will be held Friday, October 29, from 11:30 to 12:30 in the Padilha Vidal Room, the following organizations are also petitioners: Western Shoshone Defense Project / National Congress of American Indians / Seventh Generation Fund / Internatíonal Indian Treaty Council / Cultural Survival / US Human Rights Network / National Organization of Women Foundation / Ms. Tonya Gonella Frichner- North American Regional Representative of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues / Chief Oren Lyons- Faithkeeper of the Onondaga Nation / Andrew Erueti- Amnesty International Coordinator, Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Indigenous Environmental Network / Guahan Coalition for Peace & Justice / Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights / Lucy Te Moana- Private Secretary to Minister of Maori Affairs / First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres / United Natives Shawn A-in-chut-Atleo- National Chief, Assembly of First Nations / Quebec Native Women INC. / Leon K. Siu - The Hawaiian Kingdom, Minister of Foreign Affairs / Kenneth Deer- Publisher-Editor of the Eastern Door / Les Melzer- Chairperson for the International Indigenous Peoples' Caucus / Dennis Norman- Faculty Chair, Harvard University Native American Program / Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa- Director, University of Hawaii Center For Hawaiian Studies / Verónica Lozano- United Nations Energy and Environment Development  Programme / Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights / Native American Network of the American College Personnel Association / Comunidad Liberación- Liberation Community / The Northern Illinois Conference Committee on Native American Ministries, (United Methodist Church) / National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission of the National Council of Churches of Australia / My People International / Wiconi International / North American Institute of Indigenous Theological Studies / Native Youth Sexual Health Network / Malcolm X Grassroots Movement / Young Women United / Ancient Ways of Knowing Foundation / Women's Health & Justice Initiative (New Orleans, LA) / Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative / Center for Race and Gender, University of California, Berkeley / María Chavez Quispe - World Council of Churches Indigenous Peoples Consultant / Dr. George Tinker - The Clifford Baldridge Chair of American Indian Cultures and Religious / Traditions Iliff School of Theology / Leslie R. Wolfe, Ph.D. President, Center for Women Policy Studies / Tim Giago, Indian Country Today / M. Thandabantu Iverson, Indiana University Northwest

 

 

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