GENEVA (29 November 2023) – The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture has added the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Greece, Honduras and Nigeria to its programme of visits for 2024, in addition...

TEGUCIGALPA / GENEVA (31 October 2023) — The legal and judicial system in Honduras has failed to ensure justice and accountability for the most serious crimes and threats to the safety of human rights...

GENEVA (13 October 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of expression, Irene Khan, will conduct an official visit to Honduras from 16 to 27 October...

GENEVA (14 September 2023) – UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry, will visit Honduras from 18 to 27 September 2023. During...

At the invitation of the Government of Honduras, the Working Group visited the country from 20 to 29 March 2023. In accordance with its mandate, the purpose of the visit was to obtain first-hand information on the human rights situation in the country in the area of enforced disappearance, with a view to identifying the progress achieved in protecting the rights to truth, justice, reparation and memory, as well as the main challenges the country is currently facing, including with regard to the prevention of enforced disappearance.

We are very concerned by the militarization of public security in Honduras. On 5 July, the Government extended, for an additional 45 days, a state of emergency introduced in December 2022 as part of...

TEGUCIGALPA (2 June 2023) – Honduras must address decades of impunity in extrajudicial killings and hold perpetrators accountable, a UN expert said today. “The political will and ongoing efforts of...

GENEVA (19 May 2023) – UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Morris Tidball-Binz will visit Honduras at the invitation of the Government from 22 May to 2 June 2023...

GENEVA/TEGUCIGALPA (30 March 2023) – The government’s political will to tackle the issue of enforced disappearances in Honduras must be transformed into concrete action, UN experts said today....

GENEVA (16 March 2023) – The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will conduct an official visit to the Republic of Honduras from 20 to 29 March 2023. The Working Group, which...