The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (CIDH) will hold their 168th general meeting in the Dominican Republic from 3 to 11 May 2018. Delegates and invited experts will discuss the human rights’ situations in countries such as Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Venezuela.
The CIDH will be holding public meetings as well as working sessions to exam the status of human rights’ in the hemisphere including torture victims in Mexico, the treatment of indigenous communities in Peru, and complaints of violation of human rights in Nicaragua.
In addition, the agenda includes addressing race-based assaults in Brazil and the rights of LGBTI persons in the Americas. Participants will also exam the human rights situation in Venezuela and a case of the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico. The CIDH will also discuss rights of women in Argentina and human rights on Colombia.
The hosting of the meeting in the Dominican Republic is controversial given that the CIDH has been very critical of the Dominican Republic handling of migratory issues in regards to immigration from Haiti.
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Al Momento
24 April 2018
