The hearings for the 154th session of the IACHR will take place on 16, 17, 19 and 20 March, and the working meetings will be on 18 March.
The following hearings either focus explicitly on children or are likely to include children's rights on their agenda:
16 March 2015
Human Rights Situation of Child Victims of Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in the United States
Petitioners: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), Human Rights Project for Girls (Rights4Girls) Unites States
Human Rights and Uruguay’s New Criminal Legislation
Petitioners: Mujer Ahora / Mujer y Salud Uruguay (MYSU), Infancia y Adolescencia Ciudadana (IACI) State of Uruguay
17 March 2015
Situation of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in Venezuela
Petitioners include: Federación Nacional de Sociedades de Padres y Representantes (FENASOPADRES), Padres Organizados Venezuela (PADRESORGANIZA2), Federación Nacional de Estudiantes de Educación Media (FENEEM), Padres por la Educación, Unión Metropolitana de Estudiantes (UNIMES)
Reports of Discriminatory Practices related to Maternity Leave in Chile’s Public Sector
Petitioners: National Association of Prosecutors of the Public Ministry of Chile (Asociación Nacional de Fiscales del Ministerio Público de Chile), State of Chile
19 March 2015
Access to Justice for People with Disabilities in Guatemala
Petitioners: Asociación Colectivo Vida Independiente de Guatemala, Comisión Guatemalteca de Auditoria Social en Discapacidad (COGUASDI), State of Guatemala
Reports of Trafficking of Women and Children in Guatemala
Petitioners: Asociación para la Eliminación de la Explotación Sexual, Pornografía, Turismo y Trata de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes (ECPAT), Instituto de Protección Social (IPS), Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), State of Guatemala
20 March 2015
Reports of Sexual Torture of Women in Mexico
Petitioners: Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (Centro Prodh), Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos(CMDPDH), Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña – Tlachinollan
Access to Justice for Migrant Persons in Mexico
Petitioners include: Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense, Comité de Familiares de Migrantes Fallecidos y Desaparecidos - El Salvador (COFAMIDE), Comité de Familiares de Migrantes de El Progreso (COFAMIPRO), Comité de Familiares de Migrantes del Centro de Honduras (COAMICENH), Mesa Nacional para las Migraciones en Guatemala (MENAMIG)
Reports of Killings of Young People of African Descent in Brazil
Petitioners: Associação Nacional dos Centros de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente, State of Brazil
Children’s Rights and the Media in the Americas
Petitioners: Red Andi América Latina, Dos Generaciones, Civitas, DNI Costa Rica, Agencia Pandi, Cecodap, Fundación Yupana, Equipo Uno, Corporación Raíces, El Abrojo, Global Infancia, Andi Brasil, Eco Jóvenes, Demos, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR), Instituto Alana, Intervozes - Coletivo Brasil de Comunicação Social