General situation addressed

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2018-044-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2018
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 15.199999

Longitude: -86.241905

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Honduras
From Region
UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
  • UN Special Procedures: Thematic
Dates of prior UN action
12 May 2018
Type of record
General situation addressed
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

in connection with their engagement with the United Nations and its human rights mechanisms or with regional human rights organizations

Engagement with UN body
  • Unclear
Type of attempted engagement
  • Unclear
Reprisal information

Following the end of his official visit to Honduras on 12 May 2018, Mr. Michel Forst, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, was “extremely concerned with the increasing number of acts of intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders in connection with their engagement with the United Nations and its human rights mechanisms or with regional human rights organizations. These reprisals take the form of smear campaigns, harassment, intimidation, threats, physical attacks and killings.”

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Defamation / Defamation campaign
  • Physical attack: Killing
  • Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
No
Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
No
Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
No
Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
No
Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
No
How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
0