GATHERING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS OF LATIN AMERICA

GATHERING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS OF LATIN AMERICA

GATHERING OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
DEFENDERS OF
LATIN AMERICA
5.6. DEC / 2011
University of Buenos Aires Law School
2263 Figueroa Alcorta Ave.
Buenos Aires - Argentina
MONDAY 5TH
hs
08.30
09.00
Registration / Aula Magna Hall
Opening / Salón Azul
Horacio Verbitsky, CELS’ President
Mónica Pinto, Dean of the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires
Markus Löning, Federal Government Delegate for Human Rights Policies
and Humanitarian Assistance, Foreign Ministry of Germany
Gastón Chillier, CELS’ Executive Director
10.00
Coffee break / Aula Magna Hall
10.15
PANEL 1 / Salón Azul
Diagnosis of the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Latin America
moderator Jorge Taiana, Centro Internacional de Estudios Políticos – UNSAM (Argentina)
panelists
Edmundo Rodrigues Costa, Comissão Pastoral da Terra (Brazil)
Leidy San Juan, Escuela Nacional Sindical (Colombia)
Mijael Carbone, Comunidad de Temucuicui / Alianza territorial Mapuche (Chile)
Pablo Eugenio Fernández Blanco, Red de Apoyo por la Justicia y la Paz (Venezuela)
Bertha Oliva, Comité de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos en Honduras-COFADEH (Honduras)
12.15
Lunch / Aula Magna Hall
13.15
PANEL 2 / Salón Azul
Protecting Human Rights Defenders. Local, Regional and International Mechanisms
moderator Santiago Cantón, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
panelists
José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders of the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights
Jimena Reyes, Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders - FIDH / OMCT
Andrés Díaz Fernández, Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (Mexico)
Claudia Samayoa, Unidad de Protección de Defensores y Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (Guatemala)
15.00
THEMATIC ROUNDTABLES A / B
A
SALÓN AZUL
Natural Resources Extraction Model
and Human Rights
moderator Silvina Zimerman, CELS (Argentina)
panelists Andressa Caldas, Justiça Global (Brazil)
Harrison Cuero Campaz, Proceso de
Comunidades Negras – PCN (Colombia)
Javier Rodríguez Pardo, Unión de
Asambleas Ciudadanas – UAC (Argentina)
Juan Carlos Ruiz, Instituto de Defensa Legal (Peru)
16.30
Coffee break / Aula Magna Hall
16.45
THEMATIC ROUNDTABLES C / D
C
SALÓN VERDE
Defending Indigenous Rights under
the Human Rights Paradigm
moderator Verónica Huillipán, Mapuche Confederation (Arg)
B
m.
p.
D
m.
SALÓN VERDE
Human Rights Defense in the Context
of Punitive Power and Institutional Violence
Paula Litvachky, CELS (Argentina)
César Antillanca, (Argentina)
Tomás Ramos, assistant to state legislator
Marcelo Freixo (Brazil)
Luis Pedernera, IELSUR (Uruguay)
Andrés Ramírez, (Paraguay)
SALÓN AZUL
The Human Rights Struggle in the Context
of Patriarchal Structures and Practices
Lohana Berkins, Asociación de Lucha
por la Identidad Travesti – ALIT (Argentina)
Andrea Medina Rosas, Iniciativa de
defensoras de Mesoamérica (Mexico)
Nubia Lazo, Católicas por el Derecho
a Decidir (El Salvador)
Jeannette Llaja, Demus (Peru)
Catalina Lagos, Corporación Humanas (Chile)
panelists
Ana Manuela Ochoa, indigenous lawyer of the
kankuamo people (Colombia)
Leonardo Tamburini, CEJIS (Bolivia)
Tania Edith Pariona Tarqui (Peru)
Delfín Gerónimo, Diaguita Union (Argentina)
18.30
Welcome reception + Exhibition “Art for Human Rights” / Aula Magna Hall
p.
hs
09.00
TUESDAY 6TH
PANEL 3 / Salón Verde
Donors´ Panel on International Cooperation
moderator Victoria Wigodzky, CELS (Argentina)
panelists
Martín Abregú, Human Rights and Governance Unit, Ford Foundation
Markus Löning, Federal Government Delegate for Human Rights Policies
and Humanitarian Assistance, Foreign Ministry of Germany
European Commission - to be confirmed
10.00
Coffee break / Aula Magna Hall
10.15
PANEL 4 / Salón Verde
Strategies to address the criminalization of social conflicts.
Actors, experiences and results.
moderator Marcela Perelman, CELS (Argentina)
panelists
Cleonice Días, Communitarian Committee of “Cidade de Deus” (Brazil)
María Rivera, Defensoría Popular (Chile)
Luis Aredez, CAPOMA (Argentina)
Leandro Scalabrin, Lawyer - MST (Brazil)
12.15
Lunch with José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez,
Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Foyer)
14.00
PANEL 5 / Salón Verde
Human Rights Defense in Changing Political and Social Sceneries
moderator José Natanson, director of Le Monde Diplomatique, Southern Cone edition
panelists
Francisco Soberón, APRODEH (Peru)
Susana Chiarotti, INSGENAR (Argentina)
César Rodríguez Garavito, DEJUSTICIA y Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Marino Alvarado, Provea (Venezuela)
Anthony Romero, ACLU (USA)
16.00
Coffee Break / Aula Magna Hall
16.15
PANEL 6 / Salón Azul
Local and International Strategies for the Defense of Human Rights
moderator Camila Asano, Conectas Human Rights (Brazil)
panelists
Estela Díaz, Campaña Nacional por el Derecho al Aborto Legal, Seguro y Gratuito (Argentina)
Josefina Doz Costa, Andhes (Argentina)
Federico Andreu Guzmán, Colombian Comission of Jurists (Colombia)
Nancy Yañez, Observatorio Ciudadano (Chile)
Eric Sottas, World Organization Against Torture
18.15
Closing remarks / Salón Azul
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