HONDURAS
SUBMISSION FROM THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
22TH SESSION OF THE WORKING GROUP ON THE UPR May 2015
Washington DC, August 2014
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I. TABLE OF RATIFICATION OF INTER-AMERICAN TREATIES BY PANAMA
Ratification / Signature Deposit Accession American Convention on Human Rights 22/11/69 05/09/77 08/09/77 Inter-American Convention to Prevent and 11/03/86 - - Punish Torture Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area - 14/09/11 10/11/11 of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, “Protocol of San Salvador” Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death - 14/09/11 10/11/11 Penalty Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication 10/06/94 04/07/95 12/07/95 of Violence Against Women, “Convention of Belém do Pará” Inter-American Convention on Forced 10/06/94 28/04/05 11/07/05 Disappearance of Persons Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination 08/06/99 24/01/01 16/02/01 Against Persons with Disabilities Inter-American Convention Against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related - - - Forms of Intolerance Inter-American Convention Against All - - - Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance
II. COUNTRY REPORTS (Since 2011)
None
III. THEMATIC REPORTS (Since 2011)
- Report of the IACHR on the situation of persons deprived of liberty in Honduras, March 18, 2013
IV. ADMISSIBILITY REPORTS (Since 2011) - Report No. 70/11, Petition 975-10, Adán Guillermo López Lone, et al.
- Report No. 114/12, Petition 524-07, Adán Guillermo López Lone et al.
- Report No. 19/12, Petition 1127-05, Family of Sergio Arturo Canales Gálvez
- Report No. 93/13, Petition 1063-07, Jesús Flores Satuye et al.
- Report No. 56/13, Petition 80-02, Herminio Deras García et al.
- Report No. 56/14, Petition No. 886-04, Ronal Jared Martínez Velásquez and Marlón Fabricio Hernández Fúnez, Honduras
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- Report No. 57/14, Petition No. 775-03, Juan González et. al, Honduras
- Report No. 76/14, Petition No. 639-06, Marcelo Ramón Aguilera Aguilar, Honduras
- Report No. 77/14, Petition No. 140-05, Inés Yadira Cubero González, Honduras
V. REPORT ON THE MERITS (Since 2011)
None
VI. CASES SUBMITTED TO THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT (Since 2011)
- Carlos Antonio Luna López (Read press release) (The letter of submission of this case to the Court and the Merits Report will be posted on this webpage) Case 12.472, Honduras Date of submission to the Court: November 17, 2011
- Rafael Arturo Pacheco Teruel et al; Deaths due to fire in the Jail of San Pedro Sula (Letter of submission to the Court and Merits Report) Case 12.680, Honduras March 11, 2011
- Garífuna Community of "Triunfo de la Cruz" and its Members, Honduras Case 12.548 Date of submission to the Court: February 21, 2013 Press Release Letter of submission of this case to the Court, available in: Word y en pdf Merits Report of this case, available in Word and pdf
- Garifuna Community of Punta Piedra and its Members, Honduras Case 12.761 Press Release Date of submission to the Court: October 1, 2013 The letter of submission to the Court and the Merits Report will be posted on this webpage
- Adán Guillermo López Lone et al., Honduras Case 12.816 Date of submission to the Court: March 17, 2014 Press Release The letter of submission to the Court and the Merits Report will be posted on this webpage
VII. JUDGMENTS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (Since 2011)
- I/A Court H. R., Case of Luna López v. Honduras. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of October 10, 2013. Series C No. 269
- I/A Court H.R., Case of Pacheco Teruel et al v. Honduras. Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of April 27, 2012. Series C No. 241
(These judgments are available at: http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index.php/en/decisions-and- judgments)
VIII. PRESS RELEASES (Since 2011)
- 94/14 - IACHR expresses concern over threats against and arrests of campesino leaders in Bajo Aguán, Honduras. Washington, D.C., August 29, 2014
- R89/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder Journalist in Honduras. Washington, D.C., August 21, 2014
- 62/14 - IACHR Condemns Killing of Human Rights Defender in Honduras. Washington, D.C., May 28, 2014
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- 56/14 - IACHR Expresses Concern over Violent Deaths of Children, Adolescents, and Youths in a Context of Citizen Insecurity in Honduras. Washington, D.C., May 14, 2014
- R39/14 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Radio Worker in Honduras. Washington, D.C., April 15, 2014
- 32/14 - IACHR Takes Case involving Honduras to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., April 2, 2014
- R98/13 - Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression Condemns Murder of Journalist in Honduras Washington, D.C., December 11, 2013
- 76/13 - IACHR Takes Case involving Honduras to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., October 11, 2013
- 58/13 - IACHR Presents Report on Persons Deprived of Liberty in Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August 2, 2013
- 55/13 - IACHR Condemns Murder of Judge in Honduras. Washington, D.C., July 30, 2013
- 52/13 - IACHR Condemns the Murder of Lenca indigenous leader and injuries to a child in Honduras Military operation. Washington, D.C., July 19, 2013
- R50/13 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Kidnapped Journalist in Honduras. July 15, 2013
- 21/13 - IACHR Takes Case involving Honduras to the Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., April 4, 2013
- 3/13 - In View of Situation in Honduras, IACHR Stresses Importance of Principle of Independence of the Judiciary. Washington, D.C., January 3, 2013
- 121/12 - IACHR Condemns Murder of Human Rights Defenders in Honduras. Washington, D.C., September 28, 2012.
- 109/12 - IACHR Condemns the Murder of a Trans Woman in Honduras. Washington, D.C., August 28, 2012.
- R52/12 - The Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of Journalist Kidnapped in Honduras. Washington, D.C., May 17, 2012
- R46/12 - Office of the Special Rapporteur of Freedom of Expression, the Rapprteurship on Human Rights Defenders and the Unit for the Rights of Persons LGTBI Condemn Murder of Journalist and LGTBI Activist in Honduras. Washington, D.C., May 11, 2012
- 43/12 - Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty Finds Serious Structural Deficiencies in Prisons of Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 27, 2012.
- R126/11 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Regrets Death of Jounalist and Shooting Against a Newspaper in Honduras. Washington, D.C., December 8, 2011.
- 121/11 - IACHR Takes Case Involving Honduras to Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., November 17, 2011.
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- R100/11 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Murder of a Community Journalist in Honduras. Washington, D.C., September 12, 2011.
- R70/11 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Condemns Latest Murder of a Journalist in Honduras and Calls for a Thorough Investigation. Washington, D.C., July 18, 2011.
- R49/11 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Deplores Murder and Attempted Murder of Owner and Manager of Media Outlets in Honduras. Washngton, D.C., May 27, 2011.
- R45/11 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Deplores Murder of Journalist in Honduras. Washington, D.C., May 13, 2011.
- R 27/11 - Office of the Special Rapporteur Expresses Concern Over Attacks Against Media in Honduras. Washington, D.C. March 30, 2011.
- 25/11 - IACHR Takes Cases Involving Colombia, El Salvador, and Honduras to Inter-American Court. Washington, D.C., March 25, 2011.
- 4/11 - IACHR deeply concerned about murders of members of the transgender community in Honduras. Washington, D.C., January 20, 2011.
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