194 Period of Sessions
Colombia: Situation of the territories in Chocó

Colombia: Situation of the territories in Chocó

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Participants: Fundación Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular-Programa por la Paz (CINEP/PPP).Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos en Colombia .State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


192 Period of Sessions
Brazil: Freedom of religion and belief of practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions

Brazil: Freedom of religion and belief of practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions

Thursday, March 6, 2025

Participants: Instituto Juristas Negras.International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights (Race and Equality).United Nations Regional Office for South America.State of Brazil

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Right to Freedom of Expression


191 Period of Sessions
Panama: Situation of the population of African descent on Casaya, Casayeta, and Bolaños Islands

Panama: Situation of the population of African descent on Casaya, Casayeta, and Bolaños Islands

Friday, November 15, 2024

Participants: Defensoría del Pueblo de Panamá.Moradores de las Islas Casaya, Casayeta y Bolaños.State of Panama

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


189 Period of Sessions
Honduras: Forced evictions of indigenous, black and peasant communities

Honduras: Forced evictions of indigenous, black and peasant communities

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Participants: Bufete Justicia para los Pueblos.Comité Municipal de Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos de Tocoa.Consejo Indigena Lenca de Río Bonito.Consejo Indigena Lenca de Tierras del Padre.Isabel Albaladejo, Representante en Honduras de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos.Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña (OFRANEH).Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.State of Honduras

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Rights of Women


188 Period of Sessions
Region: Impacts of Intergenerational Incarceration of People of Afro-Descendants on Women

Region: Impacts of Intergenerational Incarceration of People of Afro-Descendants on Women

Monday, November 6, 2023

Participants: Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights of Women


187 Period of Sessions
Human rights and the use of facial recognition technologies in Brazil

Human rights and the use of facial recognition technologies in Brazil

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Participants: UNEafro Brasil - União de Núcleos de Educação Popular para Negras/os e Classe Trabalhadora.State of Brazil

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


186 Period of Sessions
Situation of human mobility from an ethnic-racial approach

Situation of human mobility from an ethnic-racial approach

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Participants: Promise Institute for Human Rights of University of California Los Angeles School of Law UCLA .RacismoMX.Center for Immigration Law and Policy of University of California Los Angeles School of Law.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO).Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA).Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI).Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC).Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS).National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG).Observatorio de Racismo en México y Centroamérica

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Migrants and their Families.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


185 Period of Sessions
Impacts of State Violence on the Families of Afro-descendants in Brazil

Impacts of State Violence on the Families of Afro-descendants in Brazil

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Participants: Various Civil Society Organization.State of Brazil

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


184 Period of Sessions
Situation of Afro-descendants and the National Population and Housing Census in Colombia

Situation of Afro-descendants and the National Population and Housing Census in Colombia

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Participants: Conferencia Nacional de Organizaciones Afrocolombianas (CNOA).Corporación Afrocolombiana Hileros- Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN).Asociación Nacional de Afrocolombianos (AFRODES).Ilex Acción Jurídica .State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


183 Period of Sessions
Situation of the human rights of afrodescendants in Uruguay

Situation of the human rights of afrodescendants in Uruguay

Monday, March 14, 2022

Participants: Coordinadora Nacional Afrouruguaya (CNAU).International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights (Race and Equality).Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OACNUDH).State of Uruguay

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


182 Period of Sessions

Human rights situation of Afro-descendant communities in the Pacific region of Colombia

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Participants: Consejo Nacional De Paz Afrocolombiano (CONPA).Colectivo LA COMADRE.Red Nacional de Mujeres Afrocolombianas- KAMBIRÍ.Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN).Asociación Nacional de afrocolombianos desplazados (AFRODES).Asociación de Consejos Comunitarios del Norte del Cauca (ACONC).Pastoral Afrocolombiana.Foro Interétnico Solidaridad Chocó (FISCH) .Conferencia Nacional de Organizaciones Afrocolombianas (CNOA).La Autoridad Nacional Afrocolombiana (ANAFRO).Consejo Laboral Afrocolombiano (CLAF).Comité Cívico por la Dignidad del Departamento del Chocó.Comité Cívico por la Defensa de Buenaventura Valle del Cauca.Asociación de Mujeres del Norte del Cauca.Red de Mujeres Afrocaribeñas.Institute on Race, Equility and Human Rights.ILEX Acción Jurídica .State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


181 Period of Sessions
Human rights situation of Afrodescendants on agricultural plantations in Ecuador

Human rights situation of Afrodescendants on agricultural plantations in Ecuador

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Participants: Defensoría del Pueblo de Ecuador (DPE).State of Ecuador

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


179 Period of Sessions
Situation of political rights and intersectionality of gender, diversity and race in Brazil"

Situation of political rights and intersectionality of gender, diversity and race in Brazil"

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Participants: Associação Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais (ANTRA) .Criola .Instituto Internacional sobre Raza, Igualdad y Derechos Humanos (Raza e Igualdad) .Instituto Marielle Franco .Justicia Global .Rede Nacional de Negras e Negros LGBT .Terra de Direitos.Estado de Brasil

Topics: Rights of Persons LGBTI.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Human rights situation of the Afro-descendant, peasant and indigenous communities of Bajo Atrato, Colombia

Human rights situation of the Afro-descendant, peasant and indigenous communities of Bajo Atrato, Colombia

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Participants: Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz.Estado de Colombia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Rights of Indigenous Peoples


178 Period of Sessions
Police violence and racism against Afro-descendants in the region

Police violence and racism against Afro-descendants in the region

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


177 Period of Sessions
Denounces of the lack of protection for groups of victims of the armed conflict in Colombia: indigenous, Afro-descendant and rural communities and social leaders

Denounces of the lack of protection for groups of victims of the armed conflict in Colombia: indigenous, Afro-descendant and rural communities and social leaders

Monday, October 5, 2020

Topics: Human Rights Defenders.Right of Association.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Labor and Workers' Rights.Impact of violence and armed conflicts.Transitional Justice


Structural racism and police violence in the United States

Structural racism and police violence in the United States

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Citizen Security


Police violence and racism against Afro-descendants in the region

Friday, October 9, 2020

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


175 Period of Sessions
Case 13.615 - Miskitu Indigenous Community of Tasbapounie; Afro-descendant Community of Monkey Point; Rama Indigenous People, Black Creole Community of Bluef, Nicaragua

Case 13.615 - Miskitu Indigenous Community of Tasbapounie; Afro-descendant Community of Monkey Point; Rama Indigenous People, Black Creole Community of Bluef, Nicaragua

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Participants: Centro de Asistencia Legal a Pueblos Indígenas (CALPI).State of Nicaragua

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Petitions and Cases


Police violence against African descent people in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil

Police violence against African descent people in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil

Friday, March 6, 2020

Participants: Coalizão Negra por Direitos.State of Brazil

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


174 Period of Sessions
Case 12.569 - Quilombola Communities of Alcântara vs Brazil

Case 12.569 - Quilombola Communities of Alcântara vs Brazil

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Participants: Defensoria Pública da União, Federação dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura do Estado do Maranhão (FETAEMA).Associação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas do Maranhão .Centro de Cultura Negra do Maranhão.State of Brazil.Justiça Global.Movimento dos Atingidos pela Base Espacial de Alcântara (MABE) .Sociedade Maranhense de Direitos Humanos

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Aggression against freedom of religions of African origin in Brazil

Aggression against freedom of religions of African origin in Brazil

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Participants: Associação das Comunidades Tradicionais de Matriz Africana de Campinas e Região (Armac). Instituto da Mulher Negras de Mato Grosso (Imune). Rede Nacional de Religiões Afro Brasileiras e Saúde (Renafro).Associação de Umbanda e Candomblé de Campinas e Região Promotoras Legais Populares.Coletivo de Jovens Negras Acotirene.Coletivo de Mulheres Negras de Cáceres .Coletivo Marias de Luta.State of Brazil.Fórum Paulista de Direitos Humanos.Rede Nacional de Mulheres Negras no Combate à Violência.Rede Nacional Juventude do Axé

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Situation of human rights violation of Afro-LGBTI persons in the Americas

Situation of human rights violation of Afro-LGBTI persons in the Americas

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Participants: Carlos Quesada.Fundación Afrodescendiente por las Diversidades Sociales y Sexuales SOMOS IDENTIDAD.Janaina Oliveira.Alessandra Ramos.Alianza Cubana Manos.Anita Sinha.Conferencia Nacional de Organizaciones Afro-Colombianas CNOA.Consultorio Jurídico Internacional de los Derechos Humanos de American University Washington College of Law .Cristian King.Emigdio Cuesta Pino.Fundación Afrocolombiana Arco Iris de Colombia.The International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights.Instituto Transformar Shélida Ayana .Johana Caicedo Sinisterra.Juana Mora Cedeño.Marco Antonio Ramírez Shupingahua.Nixon Ortiz.Red Peruana de Jóvenes Afrodescendientes Ashanti Perú.Rede Nacional de Negras y Negros LGBTI de Brasil .Trans Siempre Amigas (TRANSSA)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Rights of Persons LGBTI


173 Period of Sessions
Reparation for Slavery and Other Forms of Structural Racial Discrimination in the United States

Reparation for Slavery and Other Forms of Structural Racial Discrimination in the United States

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Participants: State of the United States.Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University School of Law (TMCRC)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment


172 Period of Sessions
Situation of the indigenous and afrodescendant peoples of the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua

Situation of the indigenous and afrodescendant peoples of the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Participants: Centro de Información y Servicios de Asesoría en Salud (CISAS).Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH).Centro por la Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua (CEJUDHCAN).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Nicaragua.Fundación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo del Sureste de Nicaragua (Fundación del Rio).Fundación Popol Na para la Promoción y el Desarrollo Municipal.Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (IM Defensoras).Iniciativa Nicaragüense de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos de las mujeres (IN-Defensoras).The International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights.La Asociación Diversidad Sexual Nicaragüense (ADISNIC)

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Criminal System and alleged violations of the rights of African descendants in Brazil

Criminal System and alleged violations of the rights of African descendants in Brazil

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Participants: Alma Preta Jornalismo. Comunidade de Samba Pagode na Disciplina Jardim Miriam. Cooperifa. Grupo de Amigos e Familiares de Pessoas em Privação de Liberdade. Grupo Kilombagem . Núcleo de Consciência Negra na USP (NCN). Pretas em Movimento. Ubuntu Cursinhos.Aliança Hip Hop Taquaril .Amma Psique e Negritude.Assessoria Popular Maria Felipa.Associação de familiares e amigos de presos/as (AMPARAR).Bloco Afro Ilú Oba De Min.Casa do Hip Hop do Taquaril.Casa do Meio do Mundo.Centro de Assessoria Popular Mariana Criola.Centro de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente Mônica Paião Trevisan (CEDECA-Sapopemba).Centro de Direitos Humanos do Sapopemba “Pablo Gonzales Olalla”.Centro de Estudo das Relações de Trabalho e Desigualdades (CEERT).Coletivo Força Ativa .Coletivo Negro Vozes da UFABC.Comunidade Cultural Quilombaque.Comunidade de Samba Maria Cursi .Coordenação Nacional de Entidades Negras (CONEN) .Criola-Organização de Mulheres Negras.Cursinho Popular Carolina de Jesus.Desenrola e Não me Enrola.State of Brazil.Festival da Mulher Afro-Latina-Americana e Caribenha – Latinidades.Fórum Permanente pela Igualdade Racial Fórum Grita Baixada (FOPIR).IDEAS - Assessoria Popular.Marcha de Mulheres Negras (MMN) .Movimento Mães de Maio .Movimento Negro Unificado do Brazil.Rede de Mulheres Negras de Minas Gerais .Rede de Proteção e Resistência Contra Genocídio.Rede Urbana de Ações Socioculturais- (RUAS).UNEAFRO BRASIL.União de Negros pela Igualdade (UNEGRO)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


Inclusion of racial criteria in the Mexico 2020 census

Inclusion of racial criteria in the Mexico 2020 census

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Participants: Alianza Cívica Pinotepa Nacional A.C. Pueblos y Organizaciones Costeñas Autónomas (Epoca A.C).Afrodescendencias en Mexico A.C.Asociación de Mujeres de la Costa de Oaxaca (AMCO. A.C).Ciudadanía Activa MX.Colectivo para Eliminar el Racismo.Copera A.C.State of Mexico.La Fundación Afromexicana Petra Morga A.C .La Ventana Investigación y Divulgación Científica para el Desarrollo Regional A.C..Mano Amiga de la Costa Chica A.C.Mexico Negro A.C.Organización para el Fomento de la Equidad de Género y el Respeto de los Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos Negros Afromexicanos.Presente y Cambio .Unidad para el Progreso de Oaxaca A C.Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.Universidad Veracruzana

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


171 Period of Sessions
Human Rights Situation of Quilombola Communities in Brazil

Human Rights Situation of Quilombola Communities in Brazil

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Participants: Instituto Socioambiental (ISA).Associação de Advogados de Trabalhadores Rurais no Estado de Bahia (AATR).Centro de Cultura Negra do Maranhão.Commisão Pastoral da Terra.Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas (CONAQ) .State of Brazil.Terra de Direitos

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights.Environment


169 Period of Sessions
Reports of Killings, Threats, and Forced Displacement of Defenders of Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Afrodescendents in Colombia

Reports of Killings, Threats, and Forced Displacement of Defenders of Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Afrodescendents in Colombia

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Participants: Movimiento Alternativo Indígena y Social (MAIS).Corporación para los Derechos de los Afrodescendientes (CODEAFRO).State of Colombia.Movimiento Significativo de Ciudadanos Colombia Humana

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Human Rights Defenders.Forced Displacement


Reports of Violations of the Rights of AfroColombian Communities Affected by the Armed Conflict in Colombia

Reports of Violations of the Rights of AfroColombian Communities Affected by the Armed Conflict in Colombia

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Participants: Asociación Nacional de Afrocolombianos Desplazados (AFRODES).State of Colombia.Instituto sobre Raza, Igualdad y Derechos Humanos

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Impact of violence and armed conflicts


Rights of Afro-Mexicans and Afrodescendents in Mexico

Rights of Afro-Mexicans and Afrodescendents in Mexico

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Participants: Alianza Cívica Pinotepa Nacional A.C. Cooperativa de Mujeres Pescadoras del Manglar . Pueblos y Organizaciones Costeñas Autónomas (Epoca A.C).Afrodescendencias en Mexico A.C.Asociación de Mujeres de la Costa de Oaxaca (AMCO. A.C).Colectiva de la Costa de Oaxaca Ñaa Tunda.Comité Ciudadano en Defensa de los Naturalizados y Afromexicano (CCDNAM).Copera A.C.CUCULUSTE A.C..State of Mexico.Fundación Ayabs.Instituto sobre Raza, Igualdad y Derechos Humanos.La Ventana Investigación y Divulgación Científica para el Desarrollo Regional A.C..Mexico Negro A.C.Raíces de Identidad A.C..Red de Mujeres de la Costa Chica (REMCO A.C.).Red INTEGRA

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


168 Period of Sessions
Reports of Homicides of Afrodescendent Adolescents in Brazil

Reports of Homicides of Afrodescendent Adolescents in Brazil

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Participants: Associação Nacional dos Centros de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescene (ANCED) Brasil.Centro de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente Mônica Paião Trevisan (CEDECA-Sapopemba).State of Brazil.Fórum Permanente das Organizações Não-Governamentais de Defesa dos Direitos de Crianças e Adolescentes do Ceará (Fórum DCA Ceará).Justiça Global

Topics: Rights of Children.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


165 Period of Sessions
Reports of Extrajudicial Executions and Excessive Use of Preventive Detention against Afro-descendants in Jamaica

Reports of Extrajudicial Executions and Excessive Use of Preventive Detention against Afro-descendants in Jamaica

Monday, October 23, 2017

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Right of Access to Land of Quilombola Afro-descendants in Brazil

Right of Access to Land of Quilombola Afro-descendants in Brazil

Monday, October 23, 2017

Participants: Comissão Pró-Índio de São Paulo (CPI/SP) .Instituto Socioambiental (ISA).Associação de Advogados de Trabalhadores Rurais no Estado de Bahia (AATR).Comisión Pastoral de Tierra.Conectas, Brasil .Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas (CONAQ) .State of Brazil.Justiça Global.Terra de Direitos

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


163 Period of Sessions
Human Rights Situation of Afro-Descendants Affected by the Armed Conflict in Colombia

Human Rights Situation of Afro-Descendants Affected by the Armed Conflict in Colombia

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Participants: Centro de Estudios de Derechos Justicia y Sociedad (DeJusticia).State of Colombia.Observatorio de Discriminación Racial.Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


162 Period of Sessions
Institutional Framework of Indigenous and AfroDescendant Peoples in Peru

Institutional Framework of Indigenous and AfroDescendant Peoples in Peru

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Participants: Asociación Negra de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (ASONEDH).Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP). Confederación Nacional Agraria (CNA). Federación Nacional de Mujeres Campesinas, Artesanas, Indígenas, Nativas y Asalariadas del Perú (FENMUCARINAP).Central Única de Rondas Campesinas del Perú (CUNARC-P).Consejo Nacional Afroperuano (CNAfro).State of Peru.Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Sociedad (IIDS).Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú (ONAMIAP).Red peruana de jóvenes afrodescendientes (ASHANTI-Perú).Unión Nacional de Comunidades Aymaras (UNCA)

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


161 Period of Sessions
Case 12.545 – Isamu Carlos Shibayama and Others, United States (Merits)

Case 12.545 – Isamu Carlos Shibayama and Others, United States (Merits)

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Participants: Japanese Peruvian Oral History Project (JPOHP).Karen Parker

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Rights of Migrants and their Families.Petitions and Cases.Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


Human Rights Situation of Afro-Descendants in Cuba

Human Rights Situation of Afro-Descendants in Cuba

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Participants: Comité Ciudadanos por la Integración Racial (CIR).Instituto sobre Raza, Igualdad y Derechos Humanos

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Reports of Violence against LGBTI People of African Descent in Brazil

Reports of Violence against LGBTI People of African Descent in Brazil

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Participants: State of Brazil.The International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights.Rede Nacional de Negros e Negras LGBT

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Human Rights Defenders.Rights of Persons LGBTI


Human Rights Situation of Young People in Guyana

Human Rights Situation of Young People in Guyana

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Participants: ChildLinK.State of Guyana.Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC).Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD)

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Children.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights.Rights of Persons LGBTI


157 Period of Sessions
Human Rights Situation of Afrodescendent Women in Brazil

Human Rights Situation of Afrodescendent Women in Brazil

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Participants: Criola-Organização de Mulheres Negras.Geledés-Instituto da Mulher Negra.The International Institute on Race, Equality and Human Rights.Instituto Patrícia Galvão

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Rights of Persons LGBTI


156 Period of Sessions
Situation of the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Descendants along Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast

Situation of the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Descendants along Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Participants: Centro por la Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua (CEJUDHCAN).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Nicaragua

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Report by Peru’s National Commission against Discrimination

Report by Peru’s National Commission against Discrimination

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Participants: State of Peru.Procuraduría Pública Especializada Supranacional del Perú

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Reports of Discrimination against People of African Descent in Colombia

Reports of Discrimination against People of African Descent in Colombia

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Participants: Asociación Nacional de Afrocolombianos Desplazados (AFRODES).Centro de Estudios de Derechos Justicia y Sociedad (DeJusticia).Conferencia Nacional de Organizaciones Afrocolombianas (CNOA).State of Colombia.Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF).Proceso Afrourbano de Bogotá .Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Reports of Excessive Use of Force by the Police against People of African Descent in the United States

Reports of Excessive Use of Force by the Police against People of African Descent in the United States

Friday, October 23, 2015

Participants: State of the United States.Robert F. Kennedy, Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center).St. Louis University School of Law

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Human Rights Situation of People of African Descent in Costa Rica

Human Rights Situation of People of African Descent in Costa Rica

Friday, October 23, 2015

Participants: Agenda Política de Mujeres.Asociación para el Desarrollo de las Mujeres Negras Costarricenses .Centro de Investigación en estudios de la mujer de la Universidad de Costa Rica (CIEM).State of Costa Rica.Red Nacional de Juventud Afrocostarricense (RENAJFRO).Unión Asesora Afrodescendiente

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


154 Period of Sessions
Criminal Justice and Race in the Unites States

Criminal Justice and Race in the Unites States

Monday, March 16, 2015

Participants: State of the United States

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Access to Justice, Judicial Guarantees


Reports of Killings of Young People of African Descent in Brazil

Reports of Killings of Young People of African Descent in Brazil

Friday, March 20, 2015

Participants: Associação Nacional dos Centros de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescene (ANCED) Brasil.State of Brazil

Topics: Rights of Children.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


153 Period of Sessions
Reports of Racism in the Justice System of the United States (On the Commission’s initiative)

Reports of Racism in the Justice System of the United States (On the Commission’s initiative)

Monday, October 27, 2014

Participants: ACLU of the Nation’s Capital .American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section .State of the United States.Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCUL).New York University School of Law

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Situation of Violence against Creole and Garifuna Populations in Central America

Situation of Violence against Creole and Garifuna Populations in Central America

Friday, October 31, 2014

Participants: Global Rights - Partmers for Justice.Red de Mujeres Afrolatinoamericanas, Afrocaribeñas y de la Diáspora

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


150 Period of Sessions
Situation of the Right to Nationality of Dominicans of Haitian Descent affected by Denationalization Policies in the Dominican Republic

Situation of the Right to Nationality of Dominicans of Haitian Descent affected by Denationalization Policies in the Dominican Republic

Monday, March 24, 2014

Participants: Centro Cultural Dominico-Haitiano (CCDH) .Centro de Acción Social y Agraria (CEFASA).Centro Pedro Francisco Bonó (Centro Bonó).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Colectiva Mujer y Salud .State of Dominican Republic.Fundación Étnica Integral (FEI) .Movimiento Socio Cultural de Trabajadores Haitianos, Inc. (MOSCTHA) .Observatorio Migrantes del Caribe (OBMICA).Solidaridad Fronteriza

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Impact of “Stand Your Ground” Laws on Minorities in the United States

Impact of “Stand Your Ground” Laws on Minorities in the United States

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Participants: Community Justice Project.State of the United States.Florida Legal Services, Inc..Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign.National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).The Dream Defenders, Inc..University of Miami Human Rights Clinic (HRC)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


149 Period of Sessions
Human Rights Situation of Trans Persons of African Descent in Brazil

Human Rights Situation of Trans Persons of African Descent in Brazil

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Participants: State of Brazil.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice.Rede Negra LGBT de Brazil

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Rights of Persons LGBTI


Situation of Afro-descendant Leaders in Colombia

Situation of Afro-descendant Leaders in Colombia

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Participants: Asociación Nacional de Afrocolombianos Desplazados (AFRODES).State of Colombia.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Discrimination against Persons of African Descent in Latin America and the Caribbean

Discrimination against Persons of African Descent in Latin America and the Caribbean

Friday, November 1, 2013

Participants: Asociación Civil Consorcio Desarrollo y Justicia.Asociación Napguana.Centro Ecuatoriano de Desarrollo y Estudios Alternativos (CEDEAL) .Fundación AfroAmigos .Instituto Centroamericano para el Desarrollo de la Economía Social (INCADES) .Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe para la Democracia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


147 Period of Sessions
Human Rights Situation of Afro-descendant Women in Brazil

Human Rights Situation of Afro-descendant Women in Brazil

Monday, March 11, 2013

Participants: Associação Cultural de Mulheres Negras (ACMUN).State of Brazil.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Situation of Human Rights of Afro-descendant Women in Colombia

Situation of Human Rights of Afro-descendant Women in Colombia

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Participants: Asociación de Mujeres Afrodescendientes y del Caribe Graciela Cha Inés .Corporación Caminos de Mujer en Tumanco y el Palenque El Congal .State of Colombia.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice.Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


146 Period of Sessions

Situation of Afro-Descendant Population in Cuba

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Participants: Afrocuban Alliance.Comité Ciudadanos por la Integración Racial (CIR).Empodera Cuba .State of Cuba

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


143 Period of Sessions

Case 12.738 - Opario Lemoth Morris and Others (Buzos Miskitos), Honduras (Testimony)

Monday, October 24, 2011

Participants: Asociación Misquita Hondureña de Buzos Lisiados (AMHBLI).Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).Consejo de Ancianos Almuk Nani Asla Takanka.State of Honduras.Miskitu Indiang Mairin Asia Takanka (MIMAT-Asociación de Mujeres Miskitas de la Costa Atlántica)

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Petitions and Cases.Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Human Rights Situation of the Afro-Peruvian Population

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Participants: Centro de Desarrollo de la Mujer Negra Peruana (CEDEMUNEP) .State of Peru.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Access to Education for Indigenous, Peasant, Afro-descendant and Rural Women

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Participants: Comite de America Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (CLADEM)

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights


Human Rights Situation of Afro-descendant Women in Latin America

Friday, October 28, 2011

Participants: Global Rights - Partmers for Justice.Red de Mujeres Afrolatinoamericanas, Afrocaribeñas y de la Diáspora

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


141 Period of Sessions

Human Rights Situation of Persons of African Descent in Uruguay

Friday, March 25, 2011

Participants: Agrupación Salvador Betervide .Asamblea Afrodescendiente.Centro Umbandista “Reina da Mata”.State of Uruguay.Formación para la Transformación Social Afrodescendiente.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Right to Prior, Free, and Informed Consultation of Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendants in the Andean Region

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Participants: Centro de Estudios de Derechos Justicia y Sociedad (DeJusticia).Centro sobre Derecho y Sociedad of Ecuador (CIDES).Cooperación.Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) of Peru.Fundación Construir.Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF)

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


140 Period of Sessions

Allegations on Excessive Use of Police Force against Afro-descendants in Brazil

Monday, October 25, 2010

Participants: State of Brazil.Geledés-Instituto da Mulher Negra.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Human Rights Situation of Peasants and Persons of Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous Descent in Cantón de Talamanca, Costa Rica

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Participants: Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Manzanillo.State of Costa Rica.Organizaciones comunales

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


137 Period of Sessions

Situation of Afro-Colombian, Indigenous and Campesino Communities of Northern Cauca, Colombia

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Participants: State of Colombia.Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN)

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


134 Period of Sessions

Case 12.573 – Marino López y Others (Operation Genesis), Colombia

Monday, March 23, 2009

Participants: Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP).State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Petitions and Cases


133 Period of Sessions

Racial discrimination and access to justice of Afro-descendants in Colombia

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Participants: State of Colombia.Observatorio de Discriminación Racial.Rappaport Center for Human Rights and Justice.Universidad de Los Andes

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Discrimination on the base of Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation in the Americas

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Participants: Taller de Comunicación Mujer

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Rights of Persons LGBTI


Case 12.569 – Quilombolas communities of Alcántara, Brazil

Monday, October 27, 2008

Participants: Associação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas do Maranhão .Centro de Cultura Negra do Maranhão.State of Brazil.Federação dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura do Estado do Maranhão.Global Exchange.Justiça Global.Movimento dos Atingidos pela Base Espacial.Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos.Sociedade Maranhense de Direitos Humanos

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


131 Period of Sessions

Situation of Discrimination of Afro-descendents in Labor, Education and Access to Justice in the Americas

Friday, March 7, 2008

Participants: Inter-American Institute of Human Rights

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Labor and Workers' Rights


Human rights situation of displaced Afro-Colombians

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Participants: Asociación Nacional de Afrocolombianos Desplazados (AFRODES).State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Right to education of members of Afro-Descendent and Indigenous communities in the Americas

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Participants: Cornell University Law School.Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights .University of Virginia Law School

Topics: Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Human Rights Situation of Internally Displaced Afro-Colombians

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Participants: Asociación Nacional de Afrocolombianos Desplazados (AFRODES).State of Colombia.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


130 Period of Sessions

Situation of Descendants of Fugitive Slaves of the Colonial Period (“Quilombolas”) in Brazil

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Brazil.Federación de Órganos para la Asistencia Social y Educacional (FASE).Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


129 Period of Sessions

Situation of Descendants of Slaves Escaped during the Colonial Period (Quiolombolas), Brazil

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Brazil.Federación de Órganos para la Asistencia Social y Educacional (FASE).Red Social de Justicia y Derechos Humanos

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


128 Period of Sessions

Situation of Afrobrazilian women

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Participants: State of Brazil.Geledés-Instituto da Mulher Negra

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


127 Period of Sessions

Petition 1207/05 – John Melvin Alexander and others, United States

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: Charles Ogletree Jr..State of the United States.Gay McDougall

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Petitions and Cases


Racial Discrimination in the Dominican Republic

Friday, March 2, 2007

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Dominican Republic.Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados/as y Migrantes (SJRM)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Situation of Afro Descendents in Colombia

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Participants: Asociacion para la Promocion Social Alternativa (MINGA)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


124 Period of Sessions

Situation of persons affected by mandatory minimum sentences in the United States

Friday, March 3, 2006

Participants: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU).Justice Roundtable.National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).Open Society Policy Center

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Human Rights Situation of Afro-descendant Communities in Colombia

Tuesday, March 7, 2006

Participants: Global Rights - Partmers for Justice

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Human Rights Situation of Afro-descendant Communities in Brazil

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Participants: State of Brazil.Global Rights - Partmers for Justice.Rodnei Jericó da Silva

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


123 Period of Sessions

Allegations of Acts of Torture by the Police against Afro-descendents in Chicago, US

Friday, October 14, 2005

Participants: State of the United States.Locke Bowman.McArthur Justice Center

Topics: Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Implementation of Affirmative Action Policies in Brazil

Friday, October 21, 2005

Participants: State of Brazil

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Situation of Haitian and Dominican-Haitian Communities in Dominican Republic

Friday, October 21, 2005

Participants: Antonio Pol Emil.Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Dominican Republic

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


121 Period of Sessions

Case 12.440 - Wallace de Almeida, Brazil

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Participants: State of Brazil.Justiça Global

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Petitions and Cases


Human Rights Situation of Afro-Descendants in the Americas

Friday, October 22, 2004

Participants: Global Rights - Partmers for Justice

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Precautionary Measures in favour of Jorge Isaac Aramburó and Request of Information on the Afro-Colombian Communities in the Yurumangi River Basin

Monday, October 25, 2004

Participants: Asociación Minga.State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Precautionary Measures


Case 12.338 - Doce Clanes Saramaka, Suriname

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Participants: David Padilla.State of Suriname.Fergus McKay

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Petitions and Cases


119 Period of Sessions

Precautionary Measures - Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Campesinas, Negras e Indígenas de Colombia (ANMUCIC)

Tuesday, March 2, 2004

Participants: Comisión Colombiana de Juristas (CCJ).State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Women.Rights of Indigenous Peoples.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Human Rights Defenders


Case 12.338 - Clanes Saramaka, Suriname

Friday, March 5, 2004

Participants: David Padilla.Fergus McKay

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Petitions and Cases


118 Period of Sessions

Promotion of Racial Equality in Brazil

Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Participants: State of Brazil.Secretaría Especial de Políticas de Promoción de la Igualdad Racial (SEPPIIR)

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Situation of Afro-Colombian Communities in the Buenaventura County

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Participants: Asociación Minga.State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Information on Racial Discrimination in the United States

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Participants: International Human Rights Law Group

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Information on Affirmative Action in the Americas

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Participants: International Human Rights Law Group

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


117 Period of Sessions

Precautionary Measures - Afro-Colombian Communities Jugiamiandó, Colombia

Tuesday, February 25, 2003

Participants: Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz (CIJP).State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Precautionary Measures


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Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Rights of Migrants and their Families


114 Period of Sessions

Situation of the Afro-Colombian Population in the Coast of Nariño

Tuesday, March 5, 2002

Participants: Asociación Minga.State of Colombia

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Human Rights Situation of Afro-descendants in the Americas

Tuesday, March 5, 2002

Participants: International Human Rights Law Group

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


Human Rights Situation of Afro-Brazilians and Racial Discrimination in Brazil

Friday, March 8, 2002

Participants: International Human Rights Law Group

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


113 Period of Sessions

Case 12.189 - Dilcia Yean and Violeta Bosica, Dominican Republic

Thursday, November 15, 2001

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Dominican Republic.University of Berkeley

Topics: Rights of Children.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Petitions and Cases


106 Period of Sessions

Case 12.189 - Dilcia Jean y Violeta Bosico, Dominican Republic

Monday, March 6, 2000

Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).State of Dominican Republic.University of Berkeley

Topics: Rights of Children.Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.Petitions and Cases


104 Period of Sessions

Human Rights Situation of Afro-descendants in Latin America

Friday, October 1, 1999

Participants: Organization of Africans in the Americas

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination


93 Period of Sessions

Human Rights Situation of the Jewish Community in Latin America

Wednesday, October 9, 1996

Participants: B'nai B'rith

Topics: Rights of Afro-Descendents / Against Racial Discrimination.General Human Rights Situation