INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Session 149

Children's rights are set to be on the agenda in a number of discussions scheduled to take place during the 149th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 

Hearings are scheduled for the following dates: 28th, 29th and 31th October and 1st November. 

The following hearings either focus exclusively on children, or are likely to include children's rights on the agenda:

Monday, 28th October: 

• Reports of Discrimination and Violence against Children in Guyana, Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
  Petitioners: Red Thread (RT) / Artistes In Direct Support (AIDS) / Family Awareness Conscious Together (FACT) / Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD – Guyana) / Child Advocate / State of Guyana
• Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Guatemala
  Petitioners include: Asociación Refugio de la Niñez / Centro Internacional para las Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (CIIDH) / Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (CALDH) / Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos – Guatemala (UDEFEGUA) / Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)

• Citizen Security and the Rights of Children in Haiti
  Petitioners: Centre Haitien de Recherches et de Developpement Humain (CHARDH) / State of Haiti
• Human Rights of Girls in Latin America and the Caribbean
  Petitioners: Oficina Regional de UNICEF para América latina y el Caribe

Tuesday, 29th October: 

• Reproductive Rights and Emergency Contraception in the Americas
  Petitioners include: Centro de Derechos Reproductivos / Federación Latinoamericana de Sociedades de Obstetricia y Ginecología (FLASOG) / Centro de Promoción y Defensa de Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (PROMSEX Perú) / Centro de Derechos de Mujeres, Honduras / Colectiva por el Derecho a Decidir, Costa Rica / Miles por la Interrupción Legal del Embarazo, Chile
• Situation of Violence against Women in the Americas
  Petitioners include: Comité Latinoamericano y de El Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres (CLADEM) / Red de Mujeres Afrolatinoamericanas, Afrocaribeñas y de la Diáspora / Coordinadora del Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas / Observatorio Ciudadano Nacional de Feminicidio de México 

Friday, 1st November: 

• Reports of Human Trafficking in Mexico
  Petitioners: Observatorio contra la trata de personas con fines de explotación sexual del Distrito Federal / Centro de Estudios Sociales y Culturales Antonio de Montesinos A.C. (CAM) / Colectivo contra la Trata de Personas A.C. (TDP) / State of Mexico

Further information: 

• Visit the Inter-American Commission's website
• Full schedule of hearings for the 149th Session
• Webcast channels of the 149th session: English, Spanish (Padilha Vidal Room), and French (Ruben Dario Room)

• Children's rights and the Inter-American Commission

• Website of the Rapporteur on Child Rights at the Commission