INTER-AMERICAN   COMMISSION  ON  HUMAN  RIGHTS

COMISIÓN  INTERAMERICANA  DE  DERECHOS   HUMANOS

COMISSÃO   INTERAMERICANA  DE  DIREITOS   HUMANOS

COMMISSION INTERAMÉRICAINE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME

 

 

ORGANIZATION  OF  AMERICAN  STATES

WASHINGTON, D.C. 2 0 0 0 6  U.S.A.

           

 

 

                                                                                                January 31, 2005

 

 

RE:      Situation of the right to adequate housing in the Americas

Hearing – 122th Period of Sessions

 

 

Dear sirs:

 

            I am pleased to address you concerning your note of January 12, 2005, in which you express your interest in attending a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights during its 122th Period of Sessions to address matters relating to the general situation of the right to adequate housing in the Americas.

 

            In this respect, I am pleased to inform you that the Commission has decided to convene a hearing on Friday March 4, 2005, from 4:15 to 5:15, at the Main Building of the Organization of American States, situated at the following address:

 

17th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W.

Washington, D.C.  20006

 

During the hearing, the Inter-American Comisión expects to hear your views on the applicable legal framework for the right to adequate housing, as well as specific examples in OAS Member states, including those mentioned in your application.

 

 

 

National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty

National Economic and Social Rights Initiative

Center for Constitutional Rights

International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic

Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions

Social Rights Advocacy Centre

Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign

Coalition to Protect Public Housing

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

COHRE American Ribeiro

National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty

 

Fax:     202 628 2737

 

 

 

 

The persons attending the hearing must be properly accredited.  For this purpose, I hereby request that you submit, as soon as possible, a list of persons who you wish to include as members of your delegation, together with confirmation of your attendance on the date and at the time indicated above.  If any of the aforementioned persons require a written communication from this Executive Secretariat in order to request travel documents to the United States, you are hereby requested to inform us accordingly within the next 48 hours. 

 

Also in the interests of facilitating the documentary procedures applicable to all interested persons, and in consideration of the terms of Article XV, section 1(a) of the Headquarters Agreement between the Organization of American States and the Government of the United States of America signed on May 14, 1992, we wish to bring to your attention that the Commission has prepared for submission to the Permanent Mission of each country before the OAS the list of persons who will be attending the Commission’s hearings and who do not reside in this country. Therefore, if there are any participants who you do not wish to be included on this list, we hereby request that you inform us within the time limit stated in the previous paragraph.

 

I have also enclosed as an attachment a copy of a document entitled “Practices for General Hearings,” and request that you follow the guidelines provided therein to the extent possible.

 

            In addition, it would assist the Commission if you would provide for distribution at the hearing a written document summarizing the main points of your presentation.

 

 

 

Sincerely yours,

 

 

 

                                                                        Santiago A. Canton

                                                                        Executive Secretary

 

 

Enclosure