PBI Honduras in 2020: Further accompaniment in the face of limitations

In the year of COVID-19 and the hurricanes ETA and IOTA, we have maintained our presence in the Central American country, looking for new ways to make spaces for the human rights defenders. More thanface-to-face or virtual 170 actions together with defenders; 63 meetings with the international community and 48 with national authorities is a reflection of the work carried out.

The National Protection Mechanism, five years later

Following the approval of the National Protection Law, Honduras created the National Protection Mechanism in 2015 in order to protect human rights defenders and journalists who face violence due to their work. Five years since its establishment, the full protection of human rights defenders remains hindered by challenges, including a lack of trust, the lack of a differentiated approach, and the lack of a preventative focus

"We do not want to be part of the caravans"

In the last forty years, the Honduran population that has migrated to the United States has grown by 3,000%, to 1.2 million. The studies suggest that we are facing a migratory cycle within the framework of neoliberalism in its extractivist stage. Especially worrying is the situation in Garífuna communities, where dispossession as a result of tourism projects leads them to abandon their communities and even the country

The fight for the next generation

María Felicita López, an indigenous feminist leader, works in the Department of La Paz in resistance against extractive projects that enter communities without consultation and without an environmental impact study. In addition, She recognizes that the accompaniment of PBI helps them when there are difficulties with national authorities