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PRESS RELEASE
N° 52/07
IACHR ANNOUNCES CALENDAR OF PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE 130th
PERIOD OF SESSIONS
Washington, D.C.,
September 27, 2007 – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
announces the calendar of public hearings of its 130th period
of sessions, that will take place October 8-19, 2007. The hearings will
be held on October 10 and 12, in the TL level of the General Secretariat
Building of the OAS, 1889 F St. NW, Washington, DC, 20006. The audio
recordings of all public hearings will be available in the Commission’s
website and those held in Room A will be webcast live through the OAS
website.
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Wednesday,
October 10, 2007 – Room A
These hearings
will be Webcast live through the OAS website,
www.oas.org.
The videos can
also be watched afterwards in the OAS and in the IACHR websites.
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 |
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9:00 – 10:00
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Peace Process in El Salvador |
Government of
El Salvador |
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10:15 – 11:15
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Case 11.481 –
Monsignor Romero, El Salvador (Follow-up of recommendations) |
Oficina de Tutela Legal del Arzobispado de San Salvador
/ Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) |
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11:30 – 12:30
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Follow-up of
Reports on Extrajudicial Executions in Colombia |
Colectivo de
Abogados JAR / FCSPP / Comisión Colombiana de Juristas / Comité
Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz / REINICIAR / GIDH / CJLib / MINGA /
Humanidad Vigente |
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2:30 – 3:30
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Petition
1166/05 – Massacre and Persons Displaced from Tibú, Colombia |
Asociación para la Promoción Social Alternativa (MINGA)
Government of Colombia |
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3:45 – 5:10
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Case 11.227 - Unión Patriótica, Colombia (Testimonial Declaration) |
REINICIAR / Comisión Colombiana de Juristas
Government of Colombia |
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5:30 – 6:15
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Reproductive
Rights of Women in the Americas |
Centro de Derechos Reproductivos / Human Rights Watch / CEJIL |
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6:30 – 7:15
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Case 12.476 –
Oscar Elías Biscet and Others, Cuba (Follow-up of recommendations)
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Directorio Democrático Cubano /
Cuban-American Bar Association |
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Wednesday,
October 10, 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 |
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9:00 – 10:00
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Case 12.632 –
Ana María Careaga and Others, Argentina |
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
Government of Argentina |
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10:15 – 11:15
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Independence of the Judicial Branch in Bolivia |
Edwin Rojas Tordota, Colegio Nacional de Abogados de Bolivia
Government of Bolivia |
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11:30 – 12:30
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Case 12.658 –
Inmates in the Prision of Urso Branco, Brazil |
Justicia Global / Comisión de Justicia y Paz de la Arquidiócesis de
Porto Velho
Government of Brazil |
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2:30 – 3:15
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Situation of
Descendants of Fugitive Slaves of the Colonial Period (“Quilombolas”)
in Brazil |
Red Social de Justicia y Derechos Humanos / Federación de Órganos
para la Asistencia Social y Educacional (FASE) / CEJIL
Government of Brazil |
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3:30 – 4:15
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General
Situation of Human Rights and Violence in Haiti |
Secrétariat
National Justice et Paix
Government of
Haiti |
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4:30 – 5:15
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Situation of Women in Cité Soleil, Haiti |
Government of Haiti |
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5:30 – 6:15
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Malnutrition among Indigenous Children in the Americas |
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Friday, October 12, 2007 – Room A
These hearings
will be Webcast live through the OAS website,
www.oas.org.
The videos can
also be watched afterwards in the OAS and in the IACHR websites.
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 |
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9:00 - 10:00
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Human Rights
Situation of Migrant Workers, Refugee Children and Other Vulnerable
Groups in the United States |
United States Government |
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10:15 – 11:15
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Petition
177/04 and Precautionary Measures 26/04 – Warren Summerlin and
Others, United States |
Jon Sands /
Sandra Babcock
United States
Government |
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11:30 – 1:30
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Case 12.590 – José Miguel Gudiel Álvarez and Others (Diario
Militar), Guatemala (Testimonial Declaration) |
Fundación
Myrna Mack
Government of
Guatemala |
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3:00 - 3:45
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Rights of
Children and Adoption Processes in Guatemala |
Center for
Justice and International Law (CEJIL)
Government of Guatemala |
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4:00 – 5:30
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Human Rights
Situation in Venezuela |
Héctor Faúndez / Espacio Público / Centro de Derechos Humanos de la
Universidad Católica “Andrés Bello” / Reporteros Sin Fronteras /
asociación Civil Ciudadanía Activa / Vicaría de Derechos Humanos de
Caracas / COFAVIC / Espacio Público / Observatorio Venezolano de
Prisiones / UCAB / CEJIL |
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5:45 – 6:30
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Program of the Government for the Protection of Victims, Witnesses
and all those involved in judicial procedures |
Government of
Venezuela |
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Friday, October 12, 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 |
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9:00 – 10:00
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Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH)
Government of Peru |
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10:15 – 11:15
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Situation of
Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation in Peru – Precautionary
Measures 102/07 (Kugpakori Nahua Nanti and others), 262/05 (Mashco
Piro, Yora and Arahuaca) y 129/07 (Tagaeri, Taromenane and others) |
Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana (AIDESP)
Government of Peru |
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11:30 – 12:30
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Case 12.500 –
Omar Maldonado and Others, Chile |
Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH) / Corporación de
Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos (CODEPU)
Government of Chile |
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3:00 – 3:45
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Case 12.587 – Alicia Barbani and Others (Customers of the Banco de
Montevideo), Uruguay |
Alicia Barbani
and María Huerta
Government of
Uruguay |
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4:00 – 4:45
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Penal justice reforms in Mexico |
RED
/ FUNDAR / Centro de Derechos Humanos “Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez” /
Abogados y Abogadas para la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos |
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5:00 - 6:00
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Case 12.579 – Inés Fernández Ortega,
Mexico |
Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan / Organización
Indígena Pueblo Tlapaneco / CEJIL
Government of Mexico |
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6:00 - 7:00 |
Case 12.579 -
Valentina Rosendo Cantú, Mexico |
Centro
de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña Tlachinollan / Organización
Indígena Pueblo Tlapaneco
Government of Mexico |
Audio:
The audio recordings of all public hearings will be uploaded to the
IACHR webpage,
www.iachr.org, on the same day that the hearing takes place. Radio
stations are authorized to broadcast them, provided that credits are
properly recognized.
Videos:
All hearings taking place in Room A will be Webcast live in the OAS
webpage,
www.oas.org. These videos will be available to be watched later on
the “Videos On Demand” webpage of the OAS and in the Commission’s
webpage. Communication media and organizations that would like to
broadcast the hearings are authorized to do so, provided that credits
are properly recognized. The highest quality signal available through
this system is 65 kbps.
Links:
The inclusion
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
ckoo@oas.org.
Languages:
Please note that participants in the hearings may talk 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.
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
lbatlle@oas.org.
Special service
for TV stations:
The TV stations headquarted 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
pdavide@oas.org.
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
cidh-prensa@oas.org. |
