Other members of Asociación para una Ciudanía Participativa (ACI- PARTICIPA)
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2018-045-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2018
- From Country
- 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
- 7 June 2017
- Type of record
- Named organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
demonstration by members of a company that operates in a region where ACI- PARTICIPA is helping the local indigenous community who are opposing actions by the company.
- Type of rights defended
- Indigenous peoples’ rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
A representative - Hedme Castro - Attempting to fly to Geneva for a HRC side event
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council - General
- Dates of engagement
- 2 March 2017
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 21 April 2017; 1 May 2017
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Tegucigalpa
- Reprisal information
death threats, attacks and reprisals against Ms. Hedme Castro (HND 3/2017), of the Asociación para una Ciudanía Participativa (ACI- PARTICIPA). The allegations related to surveillance and interference with her online correspondence, and her being held on 2 March 2017 at Toncontin international airport in Tegucigalpa, which prevented her from being able to board a plane to Geneva for a Human Rights Council side-event. Airport security allegedly conducted a “random” inspection of her luggage and interrogated her as to the purpose of her visit to Geneva, as well as to why she was carrying information regarding the situation of human rights in the country. 46. On 21 April 2017, a car without plates and with tinted windows was allegedly parked outside the office of ACI-PARTICIPA. On 1 May 2017, Ms. Castro and other members of ACI-PARTICIPA were reported to have been verbally and physically attacked during a demonstration by members of a company that operates in a region where ACI- PARTICIPA is helping the local indigenous community who are opposing actions by the company.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Physical attack: Physical attack - General
- Surveillance
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- Yes
- Government response dates
- 29 June 2017
- Government response content
noting that no request was found by the Department of Human Rights in the Ministry of Security to implement protection measures for Ms. Castro or other members of ACI-PARTICIPA, but the Human Rights Defenders section, Special Attorney for Human Rights is investigating her and others’ concerns regarding the airport security forces. The Government said it was impossible to contact Ms. Castro because she had left the country, therefore no risk assessment could be made on her behalf.
- 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