CGRS submitted input to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing for his report on land governance, land management, and the right to adequate housing, highlighting systemic disregard and erosion of collective land ownership rights in Honduras.
CGRS submitted input to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to a Healthy Environment highlighting deficiencies in environmental assessments and the failure to adequately consult Indigenous communities in Honduras.
CGRS submitted input to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, focusing on the nexus between gender equality and development. The submission highlights the challenges Honduran women face from climate change, disasters, and environmental degradation, and ways to address them.
CGRS and our partners requested that the Inter-American Commission on on Human Rights extend and expand its Precautionary Measures to better protect displaced Haitian women and girls at grave risk of sexual violence.
CGRS submitted input to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for its report on Indigenous Peoples’ right to traditional economies, highlighting conditions in Honduras and urging inclusion of Indigenous communities in decision-making processes.
CGRS provided input to the UN Working Group on Disappearances, addressing Enforced Disappearances in the Context of the Defense of Land, Environment, and Natural Resources. The submission emphasizes the particular vulnerability of land defenders in Honduras.
Este documento destaca elementos clave de la declaración del reconocido experto Donald Hernández Palma, que detalla cómo los devastadores efectos del cambio climático y los desastres ambientales han impactado profundamente los derechos humanos en Honduras.
CGRS submitted input to the UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity to inform its report on Indigenous peoples and international solidarity. The submission highlights the deplorable Indigenous rights conditions in Honduras and offers recommendations.
CGRS submitted input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders to inform its report on defenders working in remote and rural areas. The submission highlights conditions of violence and harm in Honduras and offers recommendations to address these challenges.
This factsheet highlights key elements of a declaration by renowned expert Donald Hernández Palma, detailing how the devastating effects of climate change and disasters have profoundly impacted human rights in Honduras.