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Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:17 PM

INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Type: Organization
Name: INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Jose Miguel Insulza - Click to view image in its original context
Jose Miguel Insulza
OAS SECRETARY GENERAL BID FAREWELL TO OUTGOING HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONERS
The Secretary General of the Organization ofAmerican States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, bid farewell Friday to the four members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) who will cease working at the end of the year. The IACHR concluded ... [Organization of American States - 11/15/2009]
First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 3 Documents
Organization of American States - Click to view image in its original context
Organization of American States
Students file complaint at the IACHR against the Venezuelan government
A delegation of 14 students headed by Julio Rivas charged on Monday the Venezuelan government with human rights abuses.The delegation headed for Washington to hold a meeting last Friday with Santiago Cantón, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission ... [El Universal - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)
International Rivers Network - Click to view image in its original context
International Rivers Network
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights examines impacts of
Astrid Puentes - AIDA, (510) 220-7647, (Washington DC)Marco Von Borstel - IMDEC, +(52-1)33-1269 26 21, (Mexico)Monti Aguirre- International Rivers, +707-591-1220 (California)Washington, D.C., On November 2, 2009 the Inter-American Commission on Human ... [Bank Information Center - 11/02/2009]
First Reported 11/12/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
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United Nations
Mexicans ask for UN to police drugs war
Mexico's business leaders have appealed to the United Nations to deploy peacekeepers just yards from the American border to help stem the rampant violence of the country's drug cartels. Mexican police inspect an unmarked grave in Ciudad Juarez Photo: ... [Telegraph - 11/13/2009]
First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 1 Documents
JURY SELECTS WINNERS AND FINALISTS IN THE POSTER CONTEST
The jury selected today the finalists and Winters of the poster contest organized hmong children and young adults of the region, in the context of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Below ... [Organization of American States - 11/13/2009]
First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 1 Documents
IACHR CONCLUDES ITS 137TH PERIOD OF SESSIONS
As it concludes the last period of sessions of its 50th anniversary year, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization ofAmerican States (OAS) observes that the region continues to face grave obstacles to the effective enjoyment ... [Organization of American States - 11/13/2009]
First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Journalist kidnapped and executed in northern Mexico
TORREON, Mexico - A journalist specializing in police matters was kidnapped and killed execution-style in Durango state in northern Mexico, the most dangerous Latin American country for the press, prosecutors said Tuesday.Bladimir Antuna Garcia, a reporter ... [Asiaone - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Elizabeth Bartholet mourns international adoption slowdown (O Solo Mama)
On November 6, 2009, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Bartholet will testify before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights regarding the “Human Rights of Unparented Children and International Adoption Policies” in the Americas. Adoption ... [Progressive Bloggers - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
RIGHTS-MEXICO: MILITARY ABUSES FACE INTER-AMERICAN REVIEW
A case of rights abuses allegedly committed by the Mexican armed forces is coming up for a hearing at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), where it joins a long list of accusations against the army in this Latin American country.As part ... [Individual.com - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 1 Documents
Indigenous groups file claim against IIRSA
Indigenous groups from Bolivia, Brazil and Peru filed a case against their respective governments Nov. 2 in the Washington-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in ... [Bank Information Center - 11/10/2009]
First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
THE OAS CONMEMORATES THE ANNIVERSARIES OF THE MAIN ENTITIES OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM ON HUMAN RIGHTS
The Organization ofAmerican States (OAS) will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights and the thirtieth anniversary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights this Wednesday, November 11th , with two events ... [Organization of American States - 11/11/2009]
First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 1 Documents
Gomes calls for CDA boss' resignation
Gomes said findings of abuse from 2005 to 2006 were horrific, and recommendations were made with several subsequent promises. However, according to Gomes, nothing has changed.Now, she says, the promises of Alison Anderson, chief executive officer of the ... [Jamaica Gleaner - 11/11/2009]

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Action needed "We want to make it clear that, six years after the formation of the CDA, we can no longer accept promises. They are not sufficient, we need action to protect the children" Gomes declared...
Gomes calls for CDA boss' resignation [Jamaica Gleaner - 11/11/2009]
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has documented "the use of repression against demonstrations; the detention of thousands of people; cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; and poor detention conditions."
Honduras: pressure grows on Britain and EU to act [Morning Star Online - 10/29/2009]
...Again, not everyone approved. According to a Catholic priest, Alberto Franco, a member of the Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz: "When he walked through the province of Santander [near the border with Venezuela] he got threats by email in which he and his partners were accused of being unpatriotic. The language used was similar to that used by paramilitary forces [in Colombia]." A request was even made to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that he should be given protection...
Saving Colombia's Corporal Pablo from Farc: a father's epic struggle [Observer - 10/25/2009]
...Consistent with COFADEH's findings, the IACHR charged the coup government with "disproportionate use of public force, arbitrary detentions, and the control of information aimed at limiting political participation by a sector of the citizenry." A scant six weeks after that IACHR report, at the end of September, the National Front Against the Coup in Honduras (FNR) estimated more than 100 coup...
Coup's Impact on Honduran Women [Foreign Policy In Focus - 10/22/2009]

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Women in Black March on Ciudad Juarez [New America Media - 21 hours ago]
RIGHTS-MEXICO: State Held Responsible for Three... [Inter Press Service - 23 hours ago]
Nov. 20 - WPFC sends congratulatory letter to A... [World Press Freedom Committee - 11/20/2009]
THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION... [The Zimbabwean - 11/16/2009]
US Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s Three-Day Fact-Finding... [NYC Independent Media Center - 11/15/2009]
OAS SECRETARY GENERAL BID FAREWELL TO OUTGOING ... [Organization of American States - 11/15/2009]
US Rep. Jan Schakowsky's Three-Day Fact-Finding... [The NarcoSphere - 11/14/2009]
IACHR CONCLUDES ITS 137TH PERIOD OF SESSIONS [Organization of American States - 11/13/2009]
OAS ROUNDTABLE DEBATES ABOUT CHALLENGES TO THE ... [Organization of American States - 11/13/2009]
JURY SELECTS WINNERS AND FINALISTS IN THE POSTE... [Organization of American States - 11/13/2009]
Mexicans ask for UN to police drugs war [Telegraph - 11/13/2009]
Mexican businessmen ask for UN peacekeepers to ... [Telegraph - 11/12/2009]
Mexican city calls for U.N. to help quell violence [New York Daily News - 11/12/2009]
Gomes calls for CDA boss' resignation [Jamaica Gleaner - 11/11/2009]
THE OAS CONMEMORATES THE ANNIVERSARIES OF THE M... [Organization of American States - 11/11/2009]
Indigenous groups file claim against IIRSA [Bank Information Center - 11/10/2009]
THE OAS TRAINS FUTURE LEADERS OF THE HEMISPHERE [Organization of American States - 11/07/2009]
RIGHTS-MEXICO: MILITARY ABUSES FACE INTER-AMER... [Individual.com - 11/06/2009]
ARGENTINA: WPFC urges Senate to approve bill de... [Ifex - 11/05/2009]
RIGHTS-MEXICO: Military Abuses Brought to Inter... [Inter Press Service - 11/04/2009]
Students file complaint at the IACHR against th... [El Universal - 11/03/2009]
Venezuela demands replacement of IACHR Secretary [El Universal - 11/03/2009]
Journalist kidnapped and executed in northern M... [Asiaone - 11/03/2009]
IACHR to discuss Venezuelan situation [El Universal - 11/03/2009]
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights exami... [Bank Information Center - 11/02/2009]
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Exami... [International Rivers Network - 11/02/2009]
Oct. 29 - WPFC sends letter to President of Arg... [World Press Freedom Committee - 10/31/2009]
NORDICITY: And they call it democracy [Yukon News - 10/30/2009]
Honduras: pressure grows on Britain and EU to act [Morning Star Online - 10/29/2009]
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Elizabeth Bartholet mourns international adopti... [Progressive Bloggers - 11/06/2009]
On November 6, 2009, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Bartholet will testify before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights regarding the “Human Rights ...
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