INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION: Session 137

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[22 October 2009] – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold its 137th session from 28 October – 13 November 2009 in Washington, D.C.

The Commission will hold hearings on issues of concern in the Americas on 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th of November. Find the full list of hearings here.

Child rights issues on the agenda include:

3 November 2009

  • The situation of children in detention centres in Jamaica, presented by Jamaicans for Justice
  • Violence against women and children on the Haitian-Dominican Republic border, presented by the Regroupement des Citoyens por la Protection des Droits Humains (RECIPRODH)

Audio recordings of the hearings will be available on the Commission's website. Some of the sessions will be webcast live on the OAS website.

Anyone interested in attending the public hearings may do so, and no advance registration is required. Journalists do not need any special accreditation.

Information on child rights at the session will be available on CRIN's news page on the Inter-American Commission. To send us information on child rights at the Inter-American Commission, please email [email protected].

Further information

 

pdf: http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/English/2009/Schedule137.eng.htm

Country: 
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Issues: 
State violence
Violence: 
State violence
Attachment Link: 
http://www.cidh.org/Comunicados/English/2009/Schedule137.eng.htm

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