2021 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report to the Human Rights Council on Honduras
On Feburary 2021 the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights provided a country report to the High Commissioner included in the annual report to the Human Rights Council. The report raised a series of human rights concerns, including the misuse of the judicial system in the Guapinol case in order to unfairly prosecute and detain human rights defenders.
Type of Action / Tipo de Acción:
Multi-Lateral Organization Proceedings
Legal Description / Descripción Legal:
High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents her Global Update to the Human Rights Council, as well as her Reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Cyprus, Eritrea and on the COVID-19 Pandemic, 26 February 2021.
Extractive Project / Proyecto extractivo:
Region / Región:
Central America
Country / País:
Honduras
Natural Resource / Recurso natural:
Iron oxide
Jurisdiction / Jurisdicción:
United Nations System
Category of Key Actors in Legal Action / Categoría de actores claves en la Acción Legal:
Multi-Lateral Organizations
Human Rights Violated/Claimed:
Right to defend rights, Right to due process
Key Legal Actors Involved / Actores jurídicos clave involucrados:
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Legal Artefact / Artefactos Legales
References / Referencias:
UNOHCHR, “High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents her Global Update to the Human Rights Council, as well as her Reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Cyprus, Eritrea and on the COVID-19 Pandemic”, dated 26 February 2021, online: https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26812&LangID=E, accessed 8 April 2021
