Time: 
10/27/2008 - 09:00 - 10/27/2008 - 21:00

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

Monday, October 27, 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

Case 12.569 – Quilombolas communities of Alcántara, Brazil

Justiça Global / Sociedade Maranhense de Direitos Humanos / Centro de Cultura Negra do Maranhão / Associação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas do Maranhão / Federação dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura do Estado do Maranhão / Global Exchange / Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos / Movimento dos Atingidos pela Base Espacial

Government of Brazil

10:15 – 11:15

Case 12.479 – José Airton Honorato et al. (Castelinho), Brasil

Fundaçao Interamericana de Direitos Humanos (FIDDH)

Government of Brazil

11:30 – 12:30

Amnesty Law as obstacle to justice in Brazil

Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Government of Brazil

2:00 – 3:00

Case 12.277 – Fazenda Ubá, Brazil

Sociedade Paraense de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Government of Brazil

3:15 – 4:15

Freedom of expression and political rights in Nicaragua

Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH) / Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL)

Government of Nicaragua

4:30 – 5:30

Prison conditions of persons deprived of liberty on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast

Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH)

Government of Nicaragua

5:45 – 6:30

Barriers to equal access to justice in Latin America

Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal / Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL) / Centro de Estudios de Justicia y Participación (CEJIP) / Centro de Derechos Humanos y Asesoría a Pueblos Indígenas (CEDHAPI)

Monday, October 27, 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

Case 12.519 – Leopoldo García Lucero, Chile

The Redress Trust (REDRESS)

Government of Chile

10:15 – 11:15

Case 12.624 – Carlos Baraona Bray, Chile

Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Diego Portales

Government of Chile

11:30 – 12:30

Case 12.053 – Maya communities of the Toledo District, Belize

University of Arizona College of Law

Government of Belize

3:00 – 4:00

Situation of violence and discrimination against women in Haiti

Collectif de Notables de Cité Soleil

Government of Haiti

4:15 – 5:15

The justice system and impunity in Haiti

Groupe d´Action pour la Defense des Droits Humains

Government of Haiti

5:30 - 6:30

Situation of persons deprived of liberty in prisons and mental hospitals in Argentina

Grupo de Mujeres de la Argentina - Foro de VIH Mujeres y Familia

Government of Argentina

  • By Adam Isacson at 10/15/2008 - 15:49