Children's rights are set to be on the agenda in a number of discussions scheduled to take place during the 147th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Hearings are scheduled for the following dates in March: 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th. The following hearings either focus exclusively on children, or are likely to include children's rights on the agenda:
11 March:
- Human Rights Situation of Children Deprived of Liberty with Adults in the United States
12 March:
- Situation of the Rights of Children in the Context of Migration in the Americas
- Right to Nationality of the Dominicans of Haitian Origin in Dominican Republic
13 March:
- Right to Personal Integrity of Women and girls in Nicaragua
- Situation of the Right to Life of Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
14 March:
- Situation of Defenders of Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Colombia
15 March:
- Human Rights and Criminalisation of Abortion in South America
- School Violence against Children in the Americas
16 March:
- Forced Disappearances in the Americas
- Situation of Human Rights of Children in Haiti
- General Situation of Human Rights in El Salvador
- Situation of Human Rights of Women and Girls in El Salvador
Further information
- Visit the Inter-American Commission's website
- Webcast channels of the 147th session: English, Spanish and the Schedule of Hearings (pdf)
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Previous sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Organisation:
Link :
http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2013/014.asp