Time: 
10/23/2008 - 09:00 - 10/23/2008 - 19:30

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

Thursday, October 23, 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

Extraditions of paramilitaries and the rights of victims in Colombia

MINGA / Sisma Mujer / Corporación REINICIAR / Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP) / Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL) / Corporación Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo / Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH) / Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ) / Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos (FCSPP) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Government of Colombia

10:00 – 11:00

Rule of law, judicial independence, and democracy in Colombia

Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)

Government of Colombia

11:15 – 12:45

Case 11.227 – Unión Patriótica, Colombia (Testimony and comments)

REINICIAR / Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ)

Government of Colombia

1:00 – 2:00

Discrimination and violence against women as a result of the armed conflict in Colombia

Mesa de Trabajo Mujer y Conflicto Armado / SISMA Mujer / Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres / Vamos Mujer / Mujeres que Crean / Casa de la Mujer en Bogotá / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Government of Colombia

2:45 – 3:45

Case 11. 157 – Gladys Carol Espinoza González, Peru

Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH)

Government of Peru

4:00 – 5:00

Freedom of expression in Peru

Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)

Government of Peru

5:15 – 6:15

Case 11. 568 – Luis Galindo Cárdenas, Peru

Ricardo M. Rocha

Government of Peru

6:30 – 7:30

Human rights situation in Bolivia (on the Commission’s initiative)

Government of Bolivia

Thursday, October 23, 2008 – Room B

9:00 – 10:00

Due process and disciplinary actions against judges in Honduras

Asociación de Jueces por la Democracia (AJD)

Government of Honduras

10:15 – 11:15

Reports of arbitrary detentions and torture in prisons in Honduras

Centro de Prevención, Tratamiento y Rehabilitación de Víctimas de Tortura (CPTRT)/CARITAS

Government of Honduras

11:30 – 12:30

Situation of labor justice in El Salvador

Organización de Mujeres Salvadoreñas por la Paz (ORMUSA) / Grupo de Monitoreo Independiente de El Salvador (GMIES) / Concertación por un Empleo Digno en la Maquila (CEDM) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Government of El Salvador

3:00 – 4:00

Precautionary measure 629-03 – Justice and Peace Commission, Colombia

Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP)

Government of Colombia

4:15 – 5:15

Case 12.251 – Village of La Esperanza (Carmen de Viboral), Colombia

Corporación Jurídica Libertad (CJL)

Government of Colombia

5:30 - 6:30

Racial discrimination and access to justice of Afro-descendants in Colombia

Universidad de Los Andes / Observatorio de Discriminación Racial / Rappaport Center for Human Rights and Justice

Government of Colombia