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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