On March 20, 2009 an Inter-American Human Rights Commission hearing addressed human rights and military justice in the State of Mexico. The petitioners included the Centro de Derechos Humanos from several regions (CDH), Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promocion de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH), Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), and the Centro de Análisis e Investigación. Representing the State was, Coronel Sanchez from the General Department of Military Justice. Overseeing the hearing were commissioners Florentin Melendez, Victor Abramovich, Paolo Carroza and President Luz Patricia Mejia.
Hearing on Mexico’s Military Justice 3.20.09
In Human Rights, IACHR, Latin America, Mexico on April 19, 2009 at 10:55 pmDiagnostic and Program for Human Rights 3.20.09
In Uncategorized on April 19, 2009 at 10:53 pmIn a hearing regarding The Diagnostic and Program for Human Rights on March 20, 2009, the Mexican government’s work in analyzing the overall human rights condition Mexico City. Rather than involving a petitioner with a specific claim, this hearing was part of a series of hearings. The purpose of which is to keep the Commission informed on the status of a human rights diagnostic run in Mexico City and the implementation of a project addressing human rights violations based from that diagnostic.
U.S. Immigrant Detention and Deportation 3.20.09
In Uncategorized on March 29, 2009 at 5:21 pm
On Friday March 20, 2009 the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) held a hearing on U.S. immigrant detention and deportation policies. Petitioners from the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Transnational Legal Clinic went before the commission alleging (1) the duties delegated to local law enforcement from the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) leads to widespread abuses of power, (2) U.S. policies deprive detainees of due process, and (3) the deplorable detention conditions amount to a human rights crisis.
