The special rapporteur to the UN on the affairs of Indigenous groups, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz met with a member of the National Commission of Human Rights, Linda Rivera, to learn and discuss the ongoing situations facing Indigenous Hondurans, related to violence and access to justice. Tauli-Corpuz, who began an official visit to Honduras on the 2nd […]
On Friday a series of interesting developments occurred. First, the National Commission of Human Rights (Conadeh) revealed that the government had responded favorably to a petition the Commission sent to incorporate basic education about human rights into the national basic education curriculum. According to the statement from their website, the Commission and the Ministry of […]
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, is carrying out her first official visit to Honduras. She arrived in the country yesterday, November 2nd, and will be staying through Tuesday, November 10th. She is here to study the situation of indigenous peoples in the country. “During my mission, I […]
Over 150 local and international representatives are convening at the First Regional Conference on Women’s Economic Rights held in Tegucigalpa. The women’s conference is concentrating on developing funding programs, entrepreneurship and public policies with gender equality at a regional level. The initiative is seeking to “analyze and recommend concrete actions to promote the necessary changes” […]
Press Release Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty Finds Serious Structural Deficiencies in Prisons of Honduras April 27, 2012 Tegucigalpa, Honduras – The Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) made an observation visit to Honduras from April 23 to 27, 2012. […]