Now more than ever, we must all defend human rights

In the current global health crisis caused by the expansion of COVID-19, it is essential that the measures taken by governments guarantee the rights of those most vulnerable and do not produce disproportionate impacts that exarcebate humanitarian crises and fuel militarisation, persecution and repression

Social Justice, criminalized

Entre 2013 y 2018, al menos 645 mujeres defensoras fueron criminalizadas y procesadas judicialmente en Honduras, de las cuales un gran porcentaje tenía relación con la defensa de los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales (DESC). Una situación que impide que puedan llevar a cabo su importante trabajo en las condiciones que merecen y que pone en riesgo la justicia social.

“We are not demanding new or special rights. We just want our human rights that have already been recognised to be respected”

From 2008 until the beginning of 2018, at least 295 LGBTIQ+ people were killed in Honduras. The organizations of sexual diversity in the country and the United Nations agree to point out the high vulnerability of this group, especially trans women

“We see ourselves as cultivators of hope”

On 17 December last year, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas, which represents the culmination of a historic process lasting almost two decades