From http://www.iachr.org/Comunicados/English/2008/hearings133eng.htm

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.

9:00 – 10:00

PM 259/02 - Detainees at the Guantánamo Naval Base/ PM 211/08 - Djamel Ameziane, United States

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

Government of the United States

10:15 – 11:15

Due process problems in the application of policies on immigrant detention and deportation in the United States

Transnational Legal Clinic, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Government of the United States

11:30 – 12:30

Situation of children deprived of liberty in Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay and Uruguay

Colectivo de Derechos de Infancia y Adolescencia - Argentina / Associação Nacional dos Centros de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescene (ANCED) Brasil / Coordinadora por los Derechos de la Infancia y la Adolescencia (CDIA) Paraguay / Comité de los Derechos del Niño – Uruguay

2:30 – 4:00

Case 12.361 and Petitions 1368/04, 16/05, 678/06, 1191/06 – In vitro fertilization, Costa Rica

Gerardo Trejos

Government of Costa Rica

4:15 – 5:00

Situation of imprisoned union members in Cuba

Comisión Latinoamericana por los Derechos Humanos y las Libertades de los Trabajadores y los Pueblos (CLADEHLT)

5:15 – 6:00

Risks and vulnerabilities affecting defenders of women’s rights in the Americas

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)

6:14 – 7:00

Principles and regulatory best practices of radio broadcasters

Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC-ALC)

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.

9:00 – 10:00

Right to private property of indigenous peoples of Panama

Environmental Defender Law Center / Cultural Survival / Native Future / La Alianza para la Conservación y Desarrollo

Government of Panama

10:15 – 11:15

Case 12.581 - Jesús Vélez Loor, Panama

Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Government of Panama

11:30 – 12:15

Violations of economic, social, and cultural rights of indigenous peoples and access to justice in Honduras and Nicaragua

Centro de Asistencia Legal a Pueblos Indígenas (CALPI) / Asociación de Miskitos Hondureños de Buzos Lisiados (AMHBLI) / Miskitu Indiang Mairin Asla Takanka (MIMAT) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

12:30 – 1:15

Persons with HIV in Central America

Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO)

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

4:15 – 5:00

Private Hearing

Situation of human rights defenders and institutions and human rights guarantees in Venezuela

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)

5:00 – 5:45

Private Hearing

Situation of the right to freedom of expression and information in Venezuela

Espacio Público / Centro de Investigaciones de la Universidad Católica “Andrés Bello” / Centro de Investigaciones de la Comunicación / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

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

Central America’s Economic Dilemmas: Food, Energy, and the Impact of the U.S. Crisis
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC
 
The current global economic crisis can have potentially dramatic effects on Central American
countries. Rising import bills, reduced remittances, and stagnating or deteriorating terms of trade, coupled
with a slowdown of the U.S. economy and limited fiscal resources, can have a severe negative impact on
the already complex socio-economic conditions in the region. This conference will analyze Central
America’s current economic scenario, including the consequences of increased food and energy prices.
 
AGENDA
 
2:00 p.m. – Welcome and opening remarks
 
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.  U.S. economic slowdown and its effects in Central America  
Pablo Rodas Martini, Chief Economist, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
Robert Wilke Meins, Multilateral Investment Fund, IADB
Yolanda de Gavidia, Former Minister of the Economy, El Salvador
 
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.  Coffee break
 
3:45 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.   Effects of food and energy price increases
Jorge Máttar, Adjunct Director, ECLAC Sub-Regional Secretariat, Mexico City
Humberto López, Lead Economist, Central America, World Bank
Patricia Vásquez, Energy Intelligence
Jorge Asturias, Regional Director for Central America, Organización Latinoamericana de Energía
(OLADE)
 
5:20 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.   Closing remarks
 
Please RSVP, acceptances only, to José Raúl Perales (joseraul.perales@wilsoncenter.org).
We look forward to your participation in this important discussion.