Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/HND/CO/1, 27 October 2006: Honduras
13. The Committee is concerned at the frequent use of arrest on suspicion by members of the security forces, including mass round-ups based on appearance alone and with no warrant from a competent authority. It notes with concern the broad wording of new article 332...Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, E/CN.4/2006/95/Add.5, March 6, 2006: Honduras
727. Son igualmente preocupantes las agresiones, incluso asesinatos, de las personas que defienden los derechos de lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y personas transgénero. La Representante ha intervenido en el caso de una persona transexual testigo de un asesinato a la que...
Honduras: cuestiones políticas ingieren en la independencia del poder judicial
El poder judicial y la profesión legal en Honduras se encuentran comprometidos por la influencia política, alegaciones de corrupción y posible impunidad, segun un reporte de la CIJ.
Judiciary and legal profession compromised by politics, corruption and impunity
“A high degree of politicization infringes upon the proper functioning of the Honduran judiciary and legal profession”, stated a team of legal experts sent by the ICJ Centre on a fact-finding mission to Honduras.
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