The Human Rights Brief launches its Special Coverage of the 143rd Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). News updates, background information, and legal analysis of each open hearing will be posted online throughout the week of October 24 – October 28, 2011. All content is available for practitioners and media to syndicate.
Inter-American System
Human Rights Situation of Women Victims of Internal Armed Conflict in Guatemala
April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Commissioners: Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Dinah Shelton
Petitioners: Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA) / Asociación Campesina de Desarrollo Nebajense (ASOCDENEB) / Coordinadora de Víctimas de Alta Verapaz (CODEVI) / Centro de Análisis Forense de…
Case 12.794 – Wong Ho Wing, Peru
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Commissioners: José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Felipe González, Tracy Robinson, and Elizabeth Abi-Mershed (Deputy Executive Secretary)
Petitioners: Wong Ho Wing
State: State of Peru
Topic: contentious case between Peru and Wong Ho Wing
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Commission)…
Sexual Violence Against Adolescent Girls in Bolivia
April 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Commissioners: Commissioner Felipe Gonzalez Morales, Commissioner Rodrigo Escobar Gil
Petitioners: American University Washington College of Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic, the Child and Family Advocacy Clinic at Rutgers School of Law, the Centro una Brisa de Esperanza based in…
Trans-Persons’ Right to Identity
April 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Commissioners: José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Tracy Robinson, Rosa Marie Belle Antoine, Dinah Shelton, Rodrigo Escobar Gil and Rosa Maria Ortiz
Petitioners: Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Personas Trans (the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Trans People, Redlactrans)
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Human Rights Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty in Uruguay
April 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Commissioners: Tracy Robinson, Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Felipe González, Rosa María Ortiz
Petitioner: Instituto de Estudios Legales y Sociales del Uruguay (IELSUR)
State: Uruguay
On Tuesday, March 27, 2012, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR, Commission) held a thematic hearing…
Land Rights of the Kaliña and Lokono Indigenous Peoples of Suriname
April 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Commissioners: Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Dinah Shelton, Rosa María Ortiz, Elizabeth Abi-Mershed (Assistant Executive Secretary)
Petitioners: Fergus McKay (Association of Indigenous Village Leaders in Suriname (VIDS)), Captain Richard Pené (Village Chief)
State: Suriname
Topic: Case 12.639 Regarding the Kaliña and Lokono…
Situation of Judicial Independence in El Salvador
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Commissioners: Tracy Robinson, Rosa Maria Ortiz, Dinah Shelton, Rose-Marie Antoine, E. Abi Mershed
Petitioners: Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho and Mirte Postema, Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal
State: El Salvador
Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of…
Legal Restrictions to Freedom of Association in the Americas
April 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Commissioners: Jose de Jesus Orozco Henriquez (President), Rosa Maria Ortiz, Felipe Gonzalez, Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Santiago Canton (Executive Secretary)
Petitioners: Alianza Ciudadana Pro Justicia, Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF), Fundación Andina para la Observación y Estudio de Medios…
General Human Rights Situation in Antioquia
April 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Petitioner: Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos (GIDH)
Respondent: State of Colombia
Commissioners: José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Felipe González, Rosa María Ortíz
Topic: Thematic Hearing–General Human Right Situation in Antioquia, Colombia
Paramilitary groups in the department of Antiquia,…
